Decorative panels in decoration of walls of living quarters

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  • June 12th 2015
Decorative panels in decoration of walls of living quarters

Several centuries ago, for the first time in France, it became fashionable to decorate the walls of rich mansions with the help of wooden panels. The panels were not just made of wood, but were decorated with ornaments with gilding and beautiful paintings. The walls decorated with such panels looked very luxurious. Many countries embraced the "epidemic", each sought to decorate its palace with luxurious, decorative panels. And now, the decorative panels are not out of fashion, they are decorated with walls in living rooms, hallways and halls, offices and bedrooms. The paneling is done in classical, baroque and rococo styles.

From what material do modern decorative panels

Decorative panels are expensive.

And as you know, modern manufacturers are trying to produce building materials for any purse.

The same with the panels, they began to make of a material like wood, chipboard and MDF.


Such panels are made of veneered plates, painted or laminated.

And you can decorate the walls quite cheaply - false panels.

With the help of false panels, you can imagine your walls in a very favorable light, as everyone will think that they have expensive decorative panels.

And you, only, used moldings and planks made of polyurethane, you can use moldings and slats made of wood, aluminum and even plastic.

If the walls are painted - use paint for walls, if wallpaper on the walls - use wallpaper.

We will show how using such decorative cheap panels (false panels), you can make the design of your walls beautiful.

How to make false panels from the wallpaper with your own hands

Walls, in the form of a base, can be painted with water-dispersion paint.

On such a paint, in the future, you will paste wallpaper in the form of false panels.

And you can make a foundation in the form of monochrome smooth wallpaper, and then, on them paste the inserts from the wallpaper.

After the wall is applied with a base in the form of a painting or wallpaper, the wall needs to be allowed to dry.

Then, as the walls dry out, it is necessary to mark out the future decorative panels.

It is necessary to strictly observe the geometry, all angles should be 90 *. The next step - from additional wallpaper, you need to cut out the panels from the wallpaper in accordance with the markings on the wall.

The next step is to glue the decorative panels on the wall.

If the wallpaper is paper - use regular wallpaper glue.

If the wallpaper is thick, with a relief, and these decorative panels look more luxurious - use more sophisticated glue for thick wallpaper.

The next step is to make a frame for decorative panels.


Now you will need polyurethane moldings or wooden or plastic slats.

The resulting frames can be painted in color with decorative panels, but it is better to create a contrast.

If the interior of your room is made in a classical style, you can hang a mirror on the decorative panels, BRA, small photos within the framework, etc.

Decorative panels in modern interiors

Modern fashion dictates simplicity.

Therefore, decorative panels, at present, basically have a simple form in the form of rectangles.

Usually all panels are the same size.

And yet the classic interior does not go out of fashion and there are decorative panels of more complex shapes and sizes.

Modern fashion actively uses in the design of decorative panels, not moldings made of polyurethane, but planks made of metal and plastic.

How to choose the right wallpaper for decorative panels

If the wall is monotonous, and the interior is made in the style of elegant classics, one-color wallpaper imitating decorative plaster is good, or wallpaper with a picture of plants can be used, but the wallpaper base should match the color to each other.

The female bedroom can be decorated with decorative panels with wallpaper on which are painted birds, butterflies and other floristics.

Modern wallpaper is not only different in coloring, but also in texture and everything can be used for false panels.

And since, decorative panels from the wallpaper are created by combining, you have to select colors and drawings depending on your interior.

Decorative panels made of wallpaper can create different motifs and with the help of minimal expenses you will get a modern interior of your room.

How can you create false panels with the help of moldings

The simplest way and the minimum of expenses - using molding of polyurethane or plastic strips, or use wooden slats - to designate individual sections of walls in the form of geometric shapes.

So, there is a ready wall in front of us, with a base on it, which can be painted, and can be pasted with wallpaper.

On this wall, using a pencil and a level, draw rectangles and squares, not forgetting the symmetry along the entire height.

Then, make out around our perimeter our rectangles and squares using moldings or slats.

Just by gluing the frame, you get a luxurious wall.

How are the walls made up by the panels of the Winescot

Panels vainskot - European invention, they were originally made of oak and they sheathed the wall from the floor to a height of 90 to 150 cm.

Such panels protected the walls of the room from damage, as they were usually painted, they were easy to wash and long served.

Because of the convenience, the Vinescot panel is still quite popular today. But since the real panels of oak are expensive, these panels are again made in the form of imitation.

With the help of a wide molding a panel-blende is created.

A wide molding is attached to the wall to a height of 90 to 150 cm from the floor.

All along the perimeter of the room, this molding is glued and if earlier these bars protected the walls from damage, now they simply create a decorative effect.

After fixing the main horizontal bar, inside the space limited by molding, you can make layouts in the form of squares and rectangles - they are also made using polyurethane moldings, fastened with glue or screws.

The inner part, separated by moldings, can be painted in a different color or covered with wallpaper.

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