The use of decorative stone for interior decoration allows you to decorate a house or apartment in an original way... Such natural material successfully merges into various interior solutions, and becomes the highlight that the homeowners are trying to reproduce. Artificial stone gives decorative effect no worse than his wild brother.

Properties of decorative stone

For interior decoration, you can use both artificial stone and natural mineral, here it's all about the price and the wishes of the customer. Each of these types is endowed with a number of properties that must be considered when choosing products. To better understand what kind of decorative stone is for interior decoration, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with its characteristics and study the types of this material.

An undeniable advantage mineral with natural origin is its durability, especially since such wall cladding is not subject to external negative factors inside an apartment or house. It is not affected by precipitation and ultraviolet light, thanks to which the stone can give its best properties - the ability to heat insulation and an unsurpassed appearance. It so happened that the decorative elements of the walls made with such a cladding served and continue to serve as a sign of high financial wealth, so this also affects its popularity.

Oddly enough, but the high strength of the mineral is both its advantage and disadvantage, since its processing is significantly difficult. Again, the pattern on the surface of this decor can be different, and this is not to everyone's liking. And the main disadvantage, which, probably, will always distinguish the wild mineral is its exorbitant price, which is not available to everyone.

The price of a stone produced in artificial conditions, much lower than that of the previous version. The gypsum or cement component makes it much lighter, which can significantly reduce the load on the structure of the house and such material is easier to glue. Thanks to this property, delivery and unloading becomes easier, which means that the cost of the material is lower. Fake diamond deservedly leads the market for decorative building products, as it is endowed with unsurpassed qualities:

• ease of installation. It is laid on a special glue in the same way as ceramic tiles, but there is no need to carefully adjust each element, and a certain randomness only adds charm to the room;
• a huge selection of colors and textures that imitate a natural mineral. There is a wide field for design ideas here;
• the coating can be repaired and restored;
• strength and durability can compete with those of natural cladding;
• optimal hydrophobic properties make the decor easy and convenient to care for.

There are practically no negative qualities here, except that some types of artificial turf are subject to abrasion due to mechanical stress, sometimes hydrophobic processing is indispensable and the cost can be higher than for more traditional types of finishing materials for walls (wallpaper, ceramic tiles).

Using artificial stone for interior wall cladding

There are no strict restrictions on the use of stone in the interior, but you need to be able to stop in time so as not to overload the living space of a house or apartment with this bright and textured material. It is quite justified to decorate corners, arched and doorways with it, since here we have not only an artistic effect, but also excellent protection of vulnerable places from mechanical damage. This technique will help to highlight some of the interior elements and create a beneficial accent on them. You can put plaster or any other decor on glue both over the entire selected area, and in the form of small inserts.

It is customary to glue artificial flexible stone or gypsum products in niches or on shelves. When decorating fireplaces, along with these types of cladding, ceramic decorative tiles under a stone for interior decoration.

Thanks to environmental friendliness artificial decor, it can be glued in the bedrooms at the headboard, which looks very original. In living rooms, TVs are hung on the lined surfaces of the walls, and the stone does not have to have a linear layout - it can be placed randomly.

Radial cladding of niches and ceilings, with the advent of a new product on the construction market, such as flexible stone, is now much easier due to the pliability of the material. In general, a flexible artificial mineral deserves special attention, and we will definitely tell you more about it.

Facing stone: types and individual characteristics

On the construction market there are all possible varieties of decorative facing stone, which in most cases is mounted on glue. Most often, our compatriots prefer plaster products, therefore, we will begin our review with them, in addition, gypsum material, like flexible stone, has a number of advantages over similar claddings for internal walls, which means that it deserves special attention.

Gypsum cladding

Gypsum tiles very naturally imitates real stone

The plaster base of the material allows it to have wide application... It has long and reliably led the way among similar decor designed for indoor use. The increased demand for gypsum is due to its low weight and aesthetic data; moreover, the price for such material is quite democratic. Gypsum products have a porous structure, so they absorb moisture. To exclude the destruction of the material due to moisture, it should be treated with special varnishes and impregnations. Non-flammability, ease of installation on glue, resistance to sudden temperature fluctuations - all this has a positive effect on the choice of buyers. By outward appearance gypsum stone, like its flexible counterpart, is similar to sandstone.

Concrete products

Concrete tiles are characterized by a monotonous color and are available in a variety of colors.

This material includes sand, hardeners, plasticizers, and color pigments. As additives, pumice, ceramic dust, expanded clay granules can be included here. Stone on concrete base it is versatile, so it can be glued to any wall surface.

Porcelain stoneware

Porcelain stoneware tiles have an endless variety of textures and textures

The main ingredients of porcelain stoneware allow it to withstand increased stress. Ceramic cladding with granite strength consists of several types of clay, mineral fillers, feldspar and pigment dyes. In the process of pressing and further firing, porcelain stoneware acquires the ability to withstand high temperatures and moisture, as well as significant mechanical stress. In appearance, porcelain stoneware looks like colored glass or a well-polished mineral. To avoid scratching the glossy surface of this cladding, it is best to refrain from abrasive cleaning agents.

Agglomerates

The agglomerate has a fine mottled structure, great for a strict style

This class of facing materials is characterized by excellent strength characteristics, since they are based on marble and granite chips. Also, manufacturers in the composition of agglomerates include limestone, quartz sand and various pigments. They are mounted on glue on a pre-prepared surface, in which they are similar to more common plaster products.

Acrylic material

Acrylic stone can be cast in absolutely any shape

Acrylic stone can be laid on the surface of the inner walls, which has a number of advantageous properties:

• resistance to mechanical damage;
• does not absorb moisture;
• does not attract dirt and dust;
• easy to clean;
• easy to glue to the surface;
• light weight;
• ecological cleanliness.

Quartzite

Quartzite windowsill

As well as similar plaster products, it can be installed in rooms for any purpose. The structure of such a stone is super strong, and the material itself serves for a very long time without losing its original appearance. It can often be found in the form of window sills and countertops. Quartz stone can be easily processed with diamond discs.

Flexible decorative stone

Flexible stone can be laid even on round surfaces

It is difficult to imagine that a stone is flexible in its structure, but modern technologies never tire of surprising us. Such a flexible material is produced at the site of sandstone mining, for which the natural mineral is cut off in the thinnest layer so that its unique pattern remains. Then the thin section is sanded until a smooth, glossy surface is obtained. The basis on which it is customary to glue the cut material is durable textile with acrylic plasticizers applied to its surface.

Over time, the textiles are removed, and the sandstone cut and acrylic glue on its back are dried in the sun under open air... During the manufacturing process, as you understand, small particles of a natural mineral solidify and leave an unchanged pattern and texture. Flexible stone can be glued to any surface due to its pliability. It is indispensable where you need to process round shapes, make a smooth transition from one element to another. This is a great solution for those who plan to glue material in the corners without cutting it. The new flexible cladding material is not cheap, but its capabilities are not limited by anything.

Ceramic tiles are available in a large assortment

Probably, it is difficult to find a more familiar wall cladding than stone tiles for interior decoration. Everyone who has come across at least a little renovation works, know that products are mounted on special tile adhesive, have an attractive appearance and are distinguished by a huge selection. On sale you can find products of any price category that will give the wall surface both moisture protection and a decorative effect. Such a wall finishing cladding will serve its owners a lot years provided that the correct adhesive is selected and the installation work is carried out correctly.

New renovation - new expectations. But how can you expect something truly new if you continue to think in old patterns? If you want the redevelopment in an apartment or house to bring a real, and not a far-fetched change in the interior for the better, it is worth looking at the usual design ideas with a fresh look. You may not have noticed, but in the design of interiors there has long been a tendency to synthesize finishing materials that are polar to each other in aesthetics. A sort of interior oxymoron, a combination of the incompatible - in theory, but in practice, as it turns out, everything works brilliantly. The focus of our attention today is wall decoration in the kitchen and in the hallway. decorative stone and wallpaper. We will carefully study the photos from modern interiors, consider all the advantages of the solution, and also try to give worthwhile recommendations for the optimal implementation of the winning combination in life. In a word, it will be interesting.

All the benefits of the combination

Natural stone is mainly used for finishing the facades of private houses, but for interior decoration it is advisable to use its imitation from modern finishing materials. Probably, this is the rare case when the copy is no worse than the original, especially if you look at this case from a practical point of view. Consider all the advantages of combining decorative stone and wallpaper in the decoration of the walls in the hallway and in the kitchen.

1. resistance to mechanical stress- This is especially true for ceramic imitation of stone textures and embossed vinyl wallpaper;
2. style versatility- such a combination will fit favorably into classic interior and modern design built according to the laws of a loft and minimalism;
3. eco-safety- almost all materials used for the manufacture of decorative stone are created on the basis of natural ingredients, so you can always use them in any room, even in the kitchen, where you regularly eat, store food and cook;
4. favorable combination with lighting- accentuate the stone texture located in the right place lamps and you will see how much the atmosphere in the room will change;
5. light weight- unlike the so-called natural stone, decorative is quite lightweight and can be easily used even in plasterboard structures;
6. affordable price- and again, it is worth mentioning natural stone and making quite obvious conclusions about the more favorable cost of its imitation, as well as about the cost of wallpaper - relatively inexpensive, nice and practical;
7. a large number of variations- you can choose a wallpaper with a stone texture and harmoniously complement a fragment of a wall decorated with imitation, or use a photo wallpaper with an interesting pattern and correctly fit it on a wall trimmed around the perimeter with a stone: and these are just a few good options from a whole series of possible.

As for the technical aspects of using wall decoration with decorative stone and wallpaper, for example, in the hallway and in the kitchen, then already from the photo above we can draw a fair conclusion: such a combination can be safely used in the interior, regardless of the level of humidity in the apartment or house, are there near open sources water, whether the temperature regime is observed, are there any prerequisites for the occurrence of mold and other manifestations of pathogenic flora. However, with some materials, you need to be extremely careful and apply certain tricks in order to prolong their life for as long as possible. But more about that - in the section dedicated to materials that are widely used in industry to produce high-quality imitation of stone texture in the interior.

Modern materials for imitation of stone

Surely, you have all met wall decoration more than once, where decorative stone is combined with wallpaper in the format of both the kitchen and the hallway. Or you have seen a lot of photos on the Internet with similar examples of interior design. The stone texture on almost all of them looked convincing, but in some cases very different materials were used to imitate it. What are modern materials best suited for this task?

Gypsum

• a large selection of textures;
• very convincing transmission of the characteristics of rocks;
• absolute ease of installation.

Today it is gypsum that is one of the most successful ways to "settle" stone decoration in your interior, and without any strain for your budget. An affordable price tag, a large number of mastered forms, very low weight and simple installation - what else is needed for happiness? Oh yes, gypsum is not only possible, but even necessary to be painted: you can correctly fit it anywhere, and with well-chosen wallpaper nearby, the interior has every chance of noticeably transforming. If your walls are made of sheets of gypsum board, then this option will become optimal solution.


Good advice: after installation, you can treat the plaster with varnish with the effect of wet asphalt or any other glossy shine and stretch a neutral-colored LED strip over the wall - you will get an amazingly beautiful solution that amazes with deep realism of texture and incredible volume. Checked!

Clinker

• high level of performance;
• resistance to mechanical stress;
• excellent performance characteristics.

Clinker refers to red clay tiles that have undergone severe heat treatment. As a rule, they are used not only for decorative wall decoration in the hallway and in the kitchen, but also outside, as decoration of facades. Based on this, it is already possible to draw a very specific conclusion about how convincing the clinker is in its characteristics:

• not afraid of water or high / low temperatures;
• fireproof;
• absolutely non-toxic;
• easily fits into the most capricious interior.

The photo shows several options for decorating the walls with such a decorative stone in the hallway and in the kitchen - next to and without wallpaper.

Porcelain stoneware

• very strong but heavy tiles;
• impeccable performance;
• unconvincing relief.

Porcelain stoneware is often confused with clinker, but the difference between them is quite significant: porcelain stoneware is hardened under more high temperature, its base is made of ceramics mixed with quartz sand. In terms of characteristics, of course, full parity: also universal use - and also absolute immunity even to strong mechanical stress. However, in terms of conveying the features of stone texture, porcelain stoneware does not have many trump cards. It perfectly copes with imitation of marble rocks, however, in everything that concerns volume and relief, it loses outright to the gypsum and clinker versions.

Flexible stone

• easy-to-use material;
• high price;
• well suited for the design of non-linear surfaces.

An option that you rarely see in modern interiors due to its high cost. However, the visual decorative effect fully justifies the material investment. And from the point of view of installation, everything is very simple and understandable even for beginners.



You can read more about the most popular types of decorative stone in the article: "Decoration stone for walls inside an apartment".

Key features of use

Every time we try to integrate a new element into our living space, we hope that it will reveal its potential in any case. However, the opposite situation often occurs. In order not to sprinkle ashes on your head afterwards, it is better to foresee all the nuances in advance - such a constructive approach to the organization of the interior will undoubtedly bear fruit.

Consider the size of the room

Very often people try to overload their already humble square meters catchy details. Decorating the walls with decorative stone and wallpaper cannot be attributed to cosmetic changes in the interior: such a combination invariably attracts attention, makes one glance at the texture over and over again and celebrate the mood that it brings to the house. And it's good if there is enough free space for the entire decorative potential of such a solution to be fully revealed. But in the opposite case, we get an extremely uncomfortable interior with all the ensuing sad consequences.




Remember: decorative stone in combination with wallpaper in any room requires enough free space to unfold the beauty of its texture. If effective area the premises are modest, then you should think about the advisability of using such a combination in general, otherwise the risk of turning the apartment into a kind of cave and losing all the comfort is very great.

Lighting is your secret weapon

We have already mentioned the role of lighting in unleashing the decorative potential of stone texture. You really have at your disposal a significant trump card, the use of which allows you to radically transform the visual appearance of the room and emphasize good choice one or another finishing solution.


If the texture of the decorative stone is already replete with relief and you want to consistently scatter light over the entire surface of the wall in order to create a harmonious look, then use the frontal rays, which allow you to somewhat smooth out the relief and remove all unnecessary shadows. This option is good again for small rooms in which an overly active decorative stone texture on the walls can provoke visual redundancy.


If you are faced with the exact opposite task, then use central lighting with streams of light from above: this way you can get an amazingly beautiful and even mysterious play of shadows and favorably emphasize the features of the stone texture of the walls.


The photo shows several options for using a winning combination. We picked up options both in the hallway and in the kitchen.

Wall mural + plaster = a good combination

Sometimes there is nowhere to turn around in the hallway, but if you decorate the wall fresh and original, then your guests will completely forget even about such an inconvenience. For this, use wallpaper with some interesting image, and on top of it, decorate the walls with decorative stone. Gypsum is very suitable for these purposes, which adheres perfectly to any kind of surface. As a result, you can get a breathtakingly beautiful result that will significantly expand the boundaries of your cramped hallway and make you feel comfortable not only for your guests, but also for yourself.




Here are some good examples from a photo, where a similar wall decoration with decorative stone and wallpaper is made in the hallway - and you can look at it endlessly.

Be smarter - use decorative stone in the corners

Our four-legged friends at home have an undisguised love for corners: the way the wallpaper is damaged in these places can be seen in every apartment. However, you may well be smart and give a decisive rebuff to the unbelted "hooligans" if you decorate the walls with decorative stone just in this "demanded" place. As a result, the walls will receive plus a few points for visual excellence, but most importantly, they will remain intact.






However, even if you do not have pets, nothing prevents you from using such a tool: in combination with wallpaper, it looks extremely advantageous, fresh and interesting.

Highlighting the apron and dining area

You should be extremely careful here: not every decorative material used to imitate stone can be suitable for decoration working area(apron). The fact is that constant operation under conditions high humidity, intermittent contact with water can seriously shorten the life of the gypsum wall finish. But they will perfectly cope with all these nuances of imitation from porcelain stoneware, flexible stone or clinker- they can be safely used to decorate the selection of the working area.








Beautifully illuminated led strip These decorative materials for walls help to create a great mood and imbued with the very home atmosphere that absolutely all owners in the world strive to create.


The only thing is that for these purposes it is better to use a calmer texture - it is easier to care for it, and every housewife knows very well what an apron is and how long it sometimes takes to wash it after intensive cooking.




But as a wall decoration for dining area gypsum shows itself perfectly without losing its performance. Take a look at a few photos and see this. We emphasize that wallpaper in the kitchen should also be chosen carefully, giving preference to practical washable options.

Today, it is a very common way to create an exclusive, and at the same time comfortable, entourage not only in office but also in your home. Depending on the budget, such finishing can be carried out in completely different ways.

Pros of using decorative stone in the interior of a residential or office space:

Decorating the walls of a one-room apartment or studio with decorative stone has a number of advantages:

1. Immunity to the effects of fungi and bacteria;
2. Such a finish is not subject to decay;
3. The material is environmentally safe, does not contain any components harmful to humans;
4. Doesn't require any special care. You can clean it with any detergent free of abrasive particles.

A wide selection of tint types, which you can see in the photo on the Internet, allows you to choose suitable options for any interior.

Basic rules for interior decoration using stone

When planning to decorate a one-room apartment with a decorative stone with your own hands, you should adhere to certain rules.

It is important to remember about the coexistence of stone and light. In an apartment or studio where such a design is planned, there should be excellent lighting, as you can see in the photo. Thanks to him, it will be possible to emphasize the features of the structure of this material.

On a note! An insufficient amount of light will lead to the fact that the space will be visually squeezed, and this will only give the room a gloomy and gloomy look..

An excellent solution would be the addition of stone finishes with live plants. Indeed, on any natural landscape, a decorative stone will look amazing. That is why premises with such a finish must be adorned with various plants.

Metal and glass are perfectly combined with stone decoration, this is clearly seen in the photo. Therefore, the design of premises with a similar interior may imply metal surfaces, furniture, decor and interior items from glass and metal.

It is important to remember that the stone needs space. If stone decoration is used in a small room, then it will look even narrower. In general, it is not recommended to use this material in, as well as for finishing ceilings.

Advice! Better to use it in living rooms, bedrooms, or other large spaces. It is possible if it decorates individual parts of walls, rooms or ceilings.

• Compliance with these simple rules will allow you to achieve the integrity and beauty of the interior using decorative stone.

What can be decorated with a decorative stone?

Most often and most successfully, they decorate the hallway with a stone, revet doorways, and are also successfully used for fireplace finishes or as original panels for walls... And they are almost never used to decorate ceilings.

The finishing area can be completely different - both a small piece and the whole wall. For example, if you finish the doorways or arches indoors, taking into account the fact that the area to be trimmed will not be large, you can change the appearance of the interior beyond recognition, this can be observed from numerous photos on the Internet.

For fireplaces, decorative stone cladding is used very often. Moreover, you can achieve the expected result even without brick cladding.

Important! One of the essential advantages of decorative stone is its ability to insulate a room. In addition, through such a solution, you can decorate your apartment in any stylistic options - Gothic, , empire and etc.

Where to begin?

Inside each of these points, there are quite a few little things that cannot be discounted if you make out the design of the room with your own hands. It is thanks to the small details that an integral picture of the interior is created.

How to choose a stone for decoration?

The first step is choosing a stone. The most budgetary options suggest using an artificial stone. They often prefer one of the two most popular types:

1. decorative stone based on plaster;
2. colored concrete.

These types of stones differ in physical properties.

• Artificial stones created from colored concrete are inherent stronger structure ... In addition, they have good moisture resistance , which cannot be said about gypsum stones.
• But then plaster options weigh half as much than analogues. This parameter is important, as it affects the method of fastening and determines the durability of finishing the apartment. Cost of gypsum stones much lower .

On a note! Gypsum stones can be trimmed or decorated with any materials at hand, which cannot be said about analogs made of colored concrete, the processing of which is possible only with the use of a grinder.

These types of decorative stones are in a very wide selection, which is clearly seen in the photo. This opens up the possibility of matching them to any design. To obtain not only a beautiful, but also a durable result, you need to take care of the coating for such a stone.

Advice! So that the hallway room or not lose in space, but rather, on the contrary, won a little, various drawings, hieroglyphs can be applied to the walls, it is even possible.

More expensive options:

• Granite or quartzite finishing. When decorating a design with such options for stones, it should be borne in mind that both of them have low water absorption and high resistance to dirt, moreover, they require a minimum of maintenance.

• Marble often used for cladding apartments or studios... Wall decoration with such a stone in hallway or living room will emphasize the refined taste of the owner. The overall interior will look expensive, elegant and noble.

• Travertine outperforms marble and granite in terms of thermal conductivity. In addition, this material has all the characteristics that are beneficial for wall decoration.

Decorative stone for interior decoration is considered one of the most demanded materials at the present time.

Varieties of artificial stone

The stone for decorating walls in an apartment, which is used today, is divided into several types:

• based on concrete;
• acrylic option;
• porcelain stoneware;
• quartz;
• gypsum material.

There are significant differences between the technical characteristics, but they are all used for interior wall decoration.

The photo shows a finishing option that is ideal for decoration indoor spaces v country house either in a city apartment.

Advice! In order for the facing material to give the decorated surface an aesthetic look, it is necessary to carry out certain preparatory work. V otherwise you can make a mistake with the amount of material, as well as with the color characteristics.

The choice of materials for interior decoration

Currently, the construction market offers a huge variety of finishing and decorative materials... If you wish, you can purchase inexpensive plastic panels to transform the appearance of your apartment or house.

Decided to pick up for the walls natural material? Please note that its cost will be quite impressive, and therefore such a luxury is not available to everyone.

Plastic products attract with their affordable price and ease of installation, they are even able to imitate natural stone.

Porcelain stoneware is suitable for decorating the exterior walls of the house. It not only gives the house a resemblance to a medieval castle, but also has excellent operational characteristics.

Tiles are often bought for such areas of an apartment as a bathroom and kitchen. This material has long since confirmed its technical characteristics, excellent aesthetic parameters. Among the disadvantages of using in design ceramic tiles let's highlight the complexity of the installation of this finishing material.

Attention! If you do not have the skills to work with ceramic tiles, entrust these works to a professional finisher.

Manufacturers of ceramic tiles offer customers options that allow them to imitate natural stone, parquet.

Even the most fastidious buyers will be able to find, in the variety that exists today, the option that will be optimal for the interior being created.

Those times when for outdoor and internal works used only wood or concrete, long gone. V modern design you can choose a combination of several decorative materials to obtain an aesthetic and practical facade from the outside, a solid, beautiful structure inside a house or apartment.

Natural stone is an expensive pleasure, so not all Russian residents can afford such a finish. facing material, presented in the video:

Choose decorative or natural stone for decoration

Those who have never come across such a material as stone, need to decide what requirements they have for the material for decoration. Let's analyze the main advantages and disadvantages of decorative and natural stone used for interior design living quarters.

If you have chosen natural stone, then its main advantage is its beautiful appearance. The disadvantage is that a marbled floor or ceiling will cost a pretty penny. In addition, not everyone is able to lay natural stone. Tiles can have significant differences in color, you will have to work hard to achieve the perfect visual effect.

Advice! When laying natural marble, use the services of a professional craftsman.

In order to make high-quality interior decoration natural stone, you will have to spend a lot of time, effort, money. As a worthy alternative to natural stone, you can consider decorative stone, created specifically for the implementation of interior decoration.

In appearance, it does not differ from natural material, but it has a much lower cost. In addition, you can easily match its color to the overall style of the apartment. The stone has a huge number of shapes, the material is easy to install. Even an apartment owner who does not have special construction skills can use this material without any problems.

Advice! If your plans include a quick and economical option for wall cladding, get artificial stone.

Currently, many manufacturers of finishing materials offer customers different colors, sizes, shapes of artificial stone tiles at quite affordable prices.

Demanded materials

In this variety, there are three categories of artificial stone, recognized by professionals as the most demanded samples: agglomerates, ceramic granite, concrete tiles... A concrete-based material developed for the implementation of interior decoration of residential premises. It has increased strength, since metal oxides act as dyes. In addition, these materials include river sand, cement, clay. This composition gives this type of artificial stone attractive ecological characteristics.

Agglomerates are chosen by people who are attracted to luxurious interior... Application in the production of agglomerates innovative technologies allows you to achieve perfect similarity of the material with natural stone. The material contains resin, marble chips, which gives manufacturers the opportunity to create a variety of structures and patterns. The resulting marble is warm to the touch, so it is quite comfortable to sit on such a floor. Among the advantages of this material, we single out its increased abrasion resistance, a long operating period.

Bulk marble is considered by professional finishers to be an excellent material that is suitable for decorating the interior walls of a home.

Want your wall to look like a raw brickwork? In this case, you can choose brick-like tiles that can imitate an unfinished brick wall.

Bulk marble allows you to create a luxurious atmosphere in the apartment, emphasize the excellent taste of the owner of the apartment. Choosing a decorative brick, you have a chance to stay in trend.

Stone finishing rules

Having made the decision to use decorative stone in the interior, you must follow certain rules. Consider the option of additional lighting for the surface that you plan to decorate with artificial stone. For example, you can mount small lamps on the wall, carefully matching them to common interior premises.

The perception of the structure of the stone, overflows, play of light depends on the quality of lighting.

Advice! Invite a designer so that with the help of additional illumination of the decorated wall (floor), you can get a unique effect.

If the light falls on the surface of the stone, then visually it will be possible to better see the structure of the artificial material.

There is one more rule that needs to be known to those homeowners who decide to use artificial material to decorate the walls in their homes. Do not forget that this finishing material goes well with green plants. Place beautiful indoor flowers near the stone-lined wall. Decorating with decorative stone, made in a flower greenhouse, has an amazing look.

When facing the walls of the hallway, think over the lighting so that it is on both sides at once. In this case, you can profitably highlight the wall. When installing a fireplace in the living room, it can also be tiled artificial tiles so that it harmoniously fits into the image created in the room.

Conclusion

In order to carry out high-quality interior decoration of the premises, it is not necessary to spend huge financial resources buying natural material. It is quite possible to pick up a budget option- an artificial facing stone, which, in terms of aesthetic characteristics, will not be inferior to its natural counterpart.

Do not forget that any repair involves serious time and material costs. If you opt for plastic panels, then after a short time interval they will lose their original aesthetic appearance, and therefore the interior will need to be updated, additional material resources will be required.

By giving preference to artificial or natural stone, you get a coating that will not change its original aesthetic characteristics over a long period of time.

Do not forget that stone castles built in the Middle Ages still attract admiring glances. Adopting the advice of professionals, you can create a real fairy-tale castle from your house or city apartment, which will be a reliable protection for its inhabitants from any life problems and misfortunes.

Natural or artificial material, correctly selected in color, shape, size, harmoniously complementing the interior style that is chosen for the whole room, will help to make the decorated room a source of pride for its owner. Special attention it is necessary to pay attention to the environmental safety of this material, because natural materials are used in the manufacture of artificial stone.

Designers continue to rely on the naturalness of texture and raw materials. In view of this, decorative stone is their favorite, non-secret "weapon". For the most part, he is completely natural and has an expressive, self-sufficient aesthetics.

In this case, how does a decorative stone differ from a wild, natural one?
By what man produces it, using special mixtures and shapes. At the same time, the design of the product repeats in detail the cut of natural analogues. That is, artificial stone is a worthy replacement for travertine, slate, granite and many other rocks and minerals.

Types of decorative stone and production technology

They learned to make artificial stone for a long time. Medieval masters were added to concrete mortar chips from tuff, dolomite, marble, getting a durable, noble building material.

Today, artificial stone is a fairly light tile that is pressed from the most different compositions... Depending on the main components, decorative stone can be:

• plaster,
• ceramic,
• concrete,
• acrylic,
• polyester.

In addition, the market offers a "liquid" stone in the form of spraying, which is used to cover countertops and bar counters. And also flexible stone veneer: not only walls are decorated with it, but also furniture facades, countertops.

Specific additives impart additional properties to the facing stone. For example, volcanic perlite increases anti-corrosion resistance, and expanded clay or pumice makes the product lighter. When soot and iron oxide are added to the composition of the mass, a fashionable aged stone is obtained.

Despite the abundance of textures, decorative stone tiles are produced in almost the same way: the selected solution is poured into matrices, tinted, sometimes fired, covered with impregnations or glaze. The process is simple, it can be adjusted at home by purchasing a special silicone mold.

For outdoor work, concrete-based slabs are most often used. And inside, they mainly use artificial stone made of gypsum, an environmentally neutral mineral.

Advantages of decorative stone

All types of artificial stone combine these qualities:

1. availability, relatively inexpensive finishing material;
2. ease of installation;
3. unpretentious care;
4. mold and fire resistance;
5. durability (manufacturers give a guarantee of at least 10 years);
6. an impressive range of shades and textures.

If the stone is made of gypsum, clay, sand, then add environmental friendliness and hypoallergenicity to this list.

Features of the use of artificial stone

Due to the variety of patterns and colors, decorative stone is a real "must have" of a modern interior.

If you use a stone, it becomes less bland, - more varied, and - more convincing, but - much more comfortable.

Many are hard to imagine without facing stone. For example, in a Mediterranean home, this is a stylization of pebbles or boulders, polished by the sea. In the alpine - under the mountain debris. In the interior, Provence looks like sandstone, burnt out in the sun. In English, it looks like a strict cherry-colored brick.
Artificial, glossy stone has made its way even into this "patrimony" of metal and glass.

The stone is certainly a unique tool for creating an extraordinary environment, but you shouldn't go all out. If you trim the walls from top to bottom with stone tiles, you get a crypt, a wine cellar, a dungeon ... But not a living space.

Facing with decorative stone solves several problems. Firstly, it is picturesque, elegant and prestigious. Secondly, with the help of a stone, you can make it more voluminous and expressive.

In the hallway, they usually use tiles stylized as limestone, sandstone, brickwork.

Decorative stone looks spectacular when combined with other types of finishes - plaster, wood paneling embossed wallpaper.

In the hallway, stone tiles are used, for the most part, for fragmentary cladding. Decorative clinker, sandstone, quartzite accentuate corners, doorways, sections of the wall around the dial, mirrors, paintings, hangers.
By the way, if a wall covered with chipped stone is supplemented with a large retro clock, a “street” bench and a lamp a la lantern, you will get a sincere urban “alley” leading into the depths of the apartment.

The stone is associated with reliability and safety. If he is present in the living room, the household members feel more confident, "like behind a stone wall."

And the stone is also associated with fire, with the warmth of the hearth. The man carried the memory of the tandem of a fire and a stone from cave times, it is not in vain that fireplaces are still covered with rubble and cuts today.
However, not only fireplace portals are decorated with tiles for granite, brick or shell rock.

Niches with lighting, shelves, glass showcases, a fragment of a wall with a TV panel or behind a sofa are faced with decorative stone.

Due to its structure, decorative stone absorbs a lot of light. Therefore, designers are advised to alternate it with light plaster or wallpaper. Remember also that fake stone finishing will require additional fixtures and a well-thought-out lighting scenario.

Decorative stone is especially good in a studio apartment. Perhaps this is the simplest, budgetary, actual way divide the dwelling into locations.

Decorative stone in the bedroom

Here the stone will become a talisman: it will soothe, lull, evoke memories of something dear, truly natural.

A solid, solid bed ideally matches the walls covered with decorative bricks and also with wooden beams, caissons, sconces in the form of candelabra.

It is better not to use stone tiles with a glossy surface in the bedroom in order to avoid the “cold”, disturbing flicker. And do not forget to emphasize the fragment faced with stone with lamps, which will make the texture softer and warmer.

Usually, a stone is used to decorate the wall behind the head of the bed or a corner with a dressing table and a mirror. Unlike the hallway, where transitions from stone to plaster are carried out using torn edges, overflows, other, less noticeable techniques are used in the bedroom. For example, denote masonry moldings.

Decorative stone in the children's room

Environmental friendliness, safety of artificial stone tiles provided it with a pass here as well.

It is also important that with the help of a stone you can embody the plot of your favorite fairy tale. Let's say, create a "princess's castle", "Ali Baba's cave", "a dungeon of the gnomes", "an underwater grotto".

It is easy to lay out mosaics, panels with artificial pebbles, paint pebbles for snails and ladybirds, decorate a landscape on the wall with a frame of stones, a niche with toys.

If we are talking about a teenager's room, then the artificial brickwork at the desktop will discipline, call him to order. And to have something in common with older toys - car models, a globe, and steampunk gizmos.

Decorative stone in the kitchen / dining room

Methods to successfully integrate the stone into kitchen space enough. For example, imitation of rustic masonry over hob turns this working segment into a colorful Russian stove or an ancient fireplace.
And kitchen niches covered with decorative stone will make the kitchen look like an old cafe, especially if brutal countertops and cast-iron utensils appear with them in the ensemble.

For the kitchen, choose stone tiles impregnated protective compounds... Porous, loose products absorb water and are more difficult to clean.

It is not prohibited to use decorative trim and in the context of ultra-modern interior styles. Embossed stone of a reddish-brown, greenish shade is excellently combined with glass and metal, sets off the shine kitchen appliances, makes the loft and hi-tech more cordial, intimate.

Decorative stone in the bathroom

A natural pool carved into the rocks - this is what a stone-tiled bathroom might look like.