The gold standard and decoration of any kitchen is the kitchen apron.
Kitchen without an apron is like a tea without sugar. Thanks to this functional element, the walls are reliably protected from splashes and dirt. How best to arrange an apron, and on what materials to detain your gaze?
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How to choose a decor for a kitchen apron
To decorate and decorate the kitchen apron, designers recommend using a ceramic, glass tile or a tile with a photoprint applied. All these materials will provide an aesthetic and attractive appearance, easy cleaning and a harmonious combination with the overall interior of the kitchen.
The classic design of the apron in the kitchen is ceramic tiles. This is understandable simply: the usual and practical ceramic tile for the kitchen apron is durable and versatile in maintenance. Daily simple care will provide an apron neat and attractive appearance, and a variety of options for color tiles are always pleasing to the eye.
Ceramic tile for kitchen apron
Tiles or ceramic tiles provide a wide choice for creating your own apron. Winning high-quality imitation of wooden or stone textures with a pattern on the tile allows creating complex and attractive pictures. Thanks to modern photo printing technologies and mastery, the images on the apron are bright and vivid, resistant to moisture or heat.
Choosing a ceramic tile for an apron, you need to focus on the overall color design of walls, kitchen furniture and existing fixtures. Restrained gamma of some collections of ceramic tiles may not approach the bright furniture design or it will look pale and inexpressive. Too bright tiles with a pattern can visually "absorb" the lining of cabinets of expensive wood.
Find a good design is very simple: rent one facing tile and attach to the cladding site. If you feel harmony, then you can safely acquire a large party.
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Glass facing (skinali)
Glass tiles for decorating the kitchen is a special tempered glass. On the inside of the stele, a pattern or background image is applied.
At the ends of the glass tiles (skins) is sealed, leaving the picture in an inaccessible condition for impact. The drawing will never burn out or be erased. Smooth glass surface is perfectly washed from grease or dirt without divorce.
Glass tiles can have a glossy or matte surface that mimics any natural material. Therefore, it is not surprising that the kitchen apron of glass gradually displaces the ceramic tile.
Glass aprons for the kitchen - it is impossible to imagine that this glass.
Mirror tile for apron
The mirror surface of the apron is perfect for kitchens of small sizes. In this case, the mirror surface looks amazing and creates a visual expansion of the space. However, the mirror aprons did not find their due application due to impracticality. All non-aesthetic divorces from fingerprints or the slightest droplets will be visible, as in the palm of your hand.
Yes, and "bang" pots such an apron of special labor will not be. In addition, the installation of a mirror apron is not a cheap pleasure, because the thickness of the mirror tile is 4 mm.
When choosing the material for the cladding, it is necessary to focus on the expected height of the kitchen apron.
How to calculate the layout of the kitchen apron cladding
When preliminary calculation of the apron arrangement on the walls of the kitchen, it is necessary to take into account the exact coincidence with the borders of the kitchen furniture and the sink. Based on this calculation, the subsequent arrangement of floor and pendant lockers will be simplified to a minimum.
Calculation of the area of the entire laying of the apron must be carried out taking into account the stock of tiles under the cabinets. In the case of a simple linear arrangement of the kitchen apron, its area and height are calculated quite simply. With a complex geometry of the location of cabinets and exhaust elements of the interior, it is necessary to take into account the area occupied by them when facing.
If, after calculating and the selected area, the total height of the kitchen apron is 60 cm, this means that the choice has been made correctly.
It is recommended to start the apron at a distance of 85 cm from the floor. This is not a strictly basic distance for the apron arrangement. If the kitchen is supposed to install a hood, then the part of the wall allocated for installation, is lined up to the upper limits of the pendant lockers. Hanging cabinets in most cases have a height of 60 to 90 cm, so the height of the apron should be up to 120 cm. The width of the installation in the area of the hanging cabinets should be slightly larger. So, for example, with a standard width of the hood 60 cm, the facing area should be 70 cm, taking into account the margin on both sides.
The total number of tiles, therefore, is calculated according to the size of the apron. In this case, it is necessary to leave a reserve - 10 percent of the total number of tiles. The total number of tiles depends on the proposed method of laying.
Ways of laying an ornamental apron in the kitchen
The ways of laying the tile kitchen apron are:
• vertical
• horizontal
• diagonal
• Mosaic.
Vertical and horizontal ways of laying tiles are most economical.
Modern design kitchens and the choice of material for the kitchen apron should not be an experiment, because the facing is made for a long time. Therefore, the choice of material should justify material costs and bring aesthetic pleasure.
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