Decorative rock In the interior of the apartment helps to create a feeling of sophistication.

Various texture, shape, color allow you to enable this item in the design of any room: corridor, kitchen, living room, bathroom.

Since ancient times, wealthy people decorated their homes with granite, marble and other natural stones.

But due to the high cost, exhaustion and the heavyweight of natural materials, they were successfully replaced by artificial.

Using concrete, sand and various masters dyes create masterpieces - stones, externally different from natural analogues.

Advantages of decorative stones

• is environmentally friendly, not containing harmful impurities with material;
• corrosion resistant, mold and fungi;
• unpretentious in care;
• thanks to all sorts of shades and texture, it gives unlimited space for design solutions;
• simple in laying;
• it has durability, heat resistance and frost resistance;
• it has a low cost.

Designers note that in the interior of the apartment (especially for the corridor and kitchen), the decorative stone is becoming increasingly popular.

If earlier it was fashionable to be facing only a fireplace in the living room, now this element is used in all rooms of the apartment.

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The first impression of your house produces the appearance of the hallway / corridor.

The decorative stone in the interior of the hallway will allow to judge the sophistication of the taste of her owner directly from the threshold.

When designing the corridor, it should be considered relatively small sizes and the absence of natural lighting.

Therefore, in the creation of the background - it is better to give preference to light tones.

If you taste dark shades to taste, then use additional lamps, to avoid a gloomy effect.

The optimal solution will be partial finish.

For example, facing part of the wall of the corridor or door opening will be perfect.

The wall behind the hanger, decorated with decorative stone, will not only look elegant, but also protected from friction clothes.

The mirror decorated with light materials, ennobles the interior of the corridor and visually increases the space space.

If the rooms of your apartment are separated from the corridor to the arch, then apply decorative attributes in emphasizing the arched transition.

When making a corridor - avoid oversaturation, otherwise, instead of sophistication, the room will impress the impression of gigting.

Living room

Magnificent receptions of guests and cozy gatherings with the whole family occur in the living room.

Most often - this part of the apartment is the largest area.

Therefore, the decorative stone in the interior of the living room is used to highlight various zones.

The wall near the dining table with a stone trim - will create a feeling of comfort and solemnity, turning familiar meals in the feast.

The zone of the rack, emphasized by a decorative stone, will rush to himself.

Statuettes and other decor elements located on the rack of the decor - will play with new colors, surrounded by rich stone decoration.

The heat resistance of this material allows the fireplace to be arranged, creating an even more cozy atmosphere around the center in the living room.

You can also separate the small platform before the fireplace.

Popular B. modern houses Bar rack - increasingly placed by decorative stone.

Stand for glasses and a niche with bottles of wine, in such a design, the bar of the bar will give aristocratic.

In the same way, you can allocate in the living area of \u200b\u200bthe rest, reagreeing the area near the TV, chairs and sofas.

A variety of decorative stone color gamut will allow you to use smooth color transitions or contrasting accents for giving unique style Your living room.

Kitchen

The use of decorative stone for the interior kitchen - found its application relatively recently, but immediately loved both designers and owners.

Even a tiny kitchen can be transformed beyond recognition.

In addition, the practicality of the decorative stone is perfect for the kitchen.

It is easily cleaned by fat spots, withstands the temperature differences and has moisture resistance.

In the interior of the kitchen will perfectly look like a working area in a stone finish.

It is worth considering color gamut kitchen headset And his style.

If the decorative stone does not combine with the overall style of the kitchen, then the appearance of the room will lose.

The finishing of the entire surface of the walls of the kitchen will give her the spirit of the Middle Ages.

A good addition to such an image will be the creation of a niche in the wall.

You can decorate the decorative stone only part of the wall of the kitchen.

If you want to create a cozy atmosphere, then apply the material in the creation of mosaic ornaments.

Door opening, often stones, if this decor element is repeated in other areas of the kitchen.

The area of \u200b\u200bthe dining table will undoubtedly won from the decoration.

If the table is in the corner, then you can bind two walls, applying less decorative stone to one of them than to another.

Choosing a kitchen design, keep in mind that large elements look good in a large room, and small stones are suitable for small-sized cuisines.

Bedroom

Bedroom is a special room where the atmosphere of comfort is important.

Choosing a decorative stone for this room, give preference to warm tones.

An excellent solution will be to decorate the bedroom with a decorative white-colored stone, giving a feeling of purity and freshness.

Traditionally, the decorative stone in the bedroom interior is used to underline the head of the bed headboard.

Decorative elements can be applied to the wall to the ceiling itself or allocate only part of the wall.

In order not to lose the interior of the bedroom stone, try using separate inserts or panels from this material.

They will act as accents, but will give your room a special chic.

The decorative stone is best combined with natural wood.

If the furniture in your bedroom is made of a similar material, the room will look noble and shade.

Sometimes the choice of color gamut design elements for the bedroom falls on dark gray or black tones.

In this case, it should be purchased by light furniture in order to avoid the gloominess and the sadness of the room for sleep.

Bathroom

The water repellent properties of decorative stones allow you to decorate and such a demanding decorated part of the apartment, like a bathroom.

An artificial marble or granite substitute will make it turning this room into a real spa.

You can make the entire wall above the bathroom or only part of it.

Speecually looks like a niche above the bathroom, lined with decorative elements.

Also modern designers Practice the finish of the exterior of the bathroom.

The angle of the wall, decorated with a decorative stone, as well as the zone of the washbasin and mirrors over it will look original.

The effect of seamlessness of the elements is advantageous distinguished by such a material from the usual tiles in the bathroom.

If you want to create exotic atmosphere in the air atmosphere, then apply bright shades of decorative stone.

The design of the rest of the interior items should be set aside in the same style.

Nautical themes can be beat using artificial pebbles in the design of the bathroom.

Decor lines in this case it is better to do wavy.

An interesting solution is to use coarse large stone along with wooden elements.

Wooden mirrors, beams under the ceiling and a cobblestone imitation will create a unique spirit in the bathroom.

Using stones in the apartment interior, it should be remembered about the style of style and the design of the design.

Each room should reign its atmosphere, making up a common ensemble of all your housing.

The interior of the living room is always at least a bit must be focused on guests, even the name of this room speaks about it. Therefore, in her design there must always be something special, what such that might impress friends and acquaintances who came to visit you. At the same time, its interior should not be quite stringent and official, on the contrary, the room should have to free communication. Stone in the interior of the living room will be the most suitable option As such an accent, because his presence not only engraves the interior, but also makes it very comfortable, both for the family-living in the house and coming guests.

The stone material is natural, so its presence in the interior of any apartment is always perceived positively. Moreover, the stone creates the impression of reliability and fundamentality.

Let us consider in more detail the features of the use of stone in the interior of the living room. How and that you can decorate them in the interior of this room.

Stone in the interior of the living room

There are various ideas of using this material in the interior, there are no strict rules and places for decorating. But there are generally accepted standards at which one or another reception of the living room interior decoration is most often used, with the help of natural or artificial stone.

Because today is fashionable in the aisles to the kitchen and the living room instead of the door to produce the arches, for the purpose of even greater decoration they are decorated artificial stone. The result of such decoration the arch in the living room can be different, depending on the type of artificial stone and the method of its laying. With the help of it, you can lay out various compositions in the arch, from the imitation of the cave entering, before the entrance to the dilapidated building. Most often, one of the types of artificial stone, imitating the rock breed or brickwork, use.

The living room design with a brick wall is very widely applied. At the same time, the brick can be visually concrete, which is good for styles such as Loft.

In addition to bricks, any other type of artificial stone can be used. It should be noted that if your living room is poorly lit, the windows go to the north or there are other reasons, it is better to use artificial stone in its interior blonde flowers.

In the interior of the living room can be decorated and part of the wall - it is highlighted by some one object. Most often, with the help of stone in the living room allocate the zone under the TV.

Niche under the TV or for any other object, quite successfully can be decorated with a stone. For example, various kinds of antique vases, statuettes, etc. and the included built-in backlight will be very effectively watching with a stone rear wall, the interior of the living room will still be decomvated with such souvenirs.

A composition, stone with wall painting will look very impressive. Greeting topics and country themes are very popular. A similar wall panel in the interior of the living room will definitely not be ignored. After all, the technology of wall painting is one of the types of wall creativity. As a result, authentic works of art are obtained on the walls.

If your living room has an aquarium built into the wall, then closer the lying wall planes can also be "dressed" into a stone. Thus, you will strengthen the feeling of the presence of nature at your home, two natural element - Stone and water will be the best way Contribute to calm and relaxation.

Decorative stone photo

The decorative stone in the interior of the living room can be applied in the decoration of the fireplace. As real fireplace With chimney B. apartment house Install practically not possible, today use for this purpose electrical models. And so that such a fireplace in the living room looks like a real one, the wall around it can be chosen by an artificial stone. Due to what is different variants such a coating, the fireplace can be decorated under any of modern styles. For example, the fireplace in the modern style interior is best decorated with decorative stone, imitating fragments of cliffs, rock, or stones imitating reservoir rocks.

Stone fireplace in the interior photo

For the style of Provence and Country will be appropriate to use a decorative oval stone.

Natural stone photo

For scandinavian style It is best for the imitation painted, in white color brick masonry.

If you owners country houseIn this case, you probably have a fireplace in this case, in this case it can be decorated to decorate it even more effectively, because with the help of this material you can lean the chimney. If the living room is big and if there are still high ceilings. That stone stones It will look like a truly grand and even luxurious.

Stone in the interior of the living room can also perform the role of sculptures if, for example, place a natural stone of a bizarre form, painted by nature. It will also be very attractive for your guests, besides, it will be an excellent topic for conversation.

The stone copes perfectly with the task of aesthetic interior design. He creates a unique and very favorable atmosphere.

Stone in the interior of the living room photo

Tree, stone, brick, clay are traditional materials for the construction of residential buildings. Swimming from the exterior to the interior, they are used for the interior decoration of the premises. Thanks to the development technological processesCreated to decor all sorts of shades, size row and invoices, artificial stone in the interior has become a favorite admission of designers-designers, and a variety of masonry - strong accents making residential premises individually. The use of an artificial analogue of natural stone allows you to withstand the interior of the house in a wide variety of styles from an ampyr, like imitation ancient Greek, to any variations of modern minimalism.

Artificial stone in the interior

Fireplace and chimney are finished with black artificial stone

Features that give advantages

Unlike natural stone, his artificial option has substantial advantages:

• Less weighs, which means the possibility of its attachment to lighter designs;
• Requires low glue consumption;
• There is a wide size range and a scene palette, which makes it easier to choose options for the intended interior.

When finishing surfaces with artificial stone material an important elementcarrying an additional decorative function becomes grouting. By color ratio, it can:

• maintain the main tone;
• be lighter main tone;
• be a darker of the main tone.

The width of the seam filled with the grout is determined by the dimensions of stone fragments, respectively, varies from 3 to 15 mm.

The first option is applied when it is necessary to make a stone laying with a background of the interior. The second is if from fragments of artificial stone is recruited decorative panelwhich is the center of the room.

The third option is the depressed seams that limit their depths protruding fragments. It is used when using the material under the "wild" stone to highlight the masonry, emphasize the complex stone texture.

Stone decor in the interior

Types and color versions of artificial stone find a use inside different rooms at home. Concrete decorative stone in the living room interior is used when finishing walls, large vertical surfaces. The larger space for masonry than the volumetric stone fragments, the winning the final result looks.

Fireplace portals and chimneys of cottage chalets, decorated with imitation of boot, leaving through the second light to ceiling beams, look like a finished work of the master. And rare enclosures of the stone strips on the central wall of the living room are the work of the amateur.

Fashion on the openings decorated with small pieces of bricks, went into the past. Today follow the style means using large arrays of artificial stone.

Decorative stone in the interior, organically absorbed the rustic style, occurs when finishing small vertical surfaces: columns, base rack, kitchen island. Classic masonry looks, the arches decoration with a wide ray masonry, reproduction of the natural-chaotic location of the wild stone.

However, do not forget that even chaos is subordinate to the laws of harmony. Therefore, before performing the work, it is necessary to make a sketch, decompose the stone on the horizontal surface and move it to the decorating object.

If you design the interior of the Loft style, it should be remembered that the Loft is the factory workshops of old factories that are converted under housing. Brick unworthy walls - the legacy of manufacturers who saved in the interior, which has become a "business card" of this style. For the loft, a dark red "aged" brick or its imitation of artificial stone on all walls of a large open space is necessary.

Hallway: "Cave Age" or Modernity

Inside this room, it is worth using a decorative stone in the interior when finishing the walls, laying out one or more surfaces to them, or, decorating a large space of the input zone, place separately standing boulders, cobblestones, which perfectly support style ethno or minimalism.

Also interesting, but labor-intensive admission to the decoration of the hallway is the device at the base of the floor of shallow canals with mounted lamps. These channels are filled with artificial "pebbles", or lay a decorative stone by the type of cobblestone or pavement.

The canals are flush with finishing flooring, the channels are closed with tempered glass, used as well as the device steps of glass stairs, make up a transparent "window" with a metal frame. The light coming from the floor of the hallway makes it unusual, makes a shade of mystery.

White bedroom in stone: peace, comfort and healthy sleep

The perfect stone tone in the interior of the bedroom is white, milk, echoing with light textile design, forged details painted by light paints, patina.

Decorating the bedroom with artificial brick calm tones Provides psychological comfort. Dark saturated color can create an intriguing atmosphere, especially if the stay in this space is briefly, but for a full rest, a bright, neutrally finished room is necessary.

At one of the walls of the bedroom rustic or Scandinavian style, you can arrange a false portal for a fireplace by mounting a suitable niche of a drywall and laying it with masonry from decorative stone.

The inner space of the niche is easy to decorate with dimensional candles, selected in the tone or on the contrast to the overall finish, to establish an electric analogue of the focus or biocamine. Having conceived a similar element of the interior decor of the bedroom area, you will provide yourself with cozy evenings and safe warm lives light.

Stone decor in extreme conditions: kitchen and bathroom

Using an artificial stone for decorating walls of rooms with high humidity or sharp fluctuations temperature mode (bathroom and kitchen) requires a special approach and some precautions.

Although the artificial stone has higher strength and operational characteristics, compared with natural types of granite or marble, it is still susceptible to the destructive effect of water, high temperatures, hot steam.

Kitchen with stone

Therefore, if the desire to have a wall of artificial brick in the kitchen is great, it is better not to have it next to the stove, so as not to spend time on the removal of fat spots, or to treat special protective compositions (varnishes, hydrophobizers).

If you use a stone in the interior of the bathroom, then its application involves the presence of a bulk space, since the room of small sizes, laid out by stone fragments, will seem even less and more closely.

If the bathroom dimensions allow you to use a stone masonry, a large format plate for styles that personify 20 and 21 centuries, or columns with capitals, relief inserts, sculptures that turn the room into the ancient terms is quite justified.

Small shapes using decorative stone

A special highlight of the interior of the space for recreation adds the current water: the light murmur sounds are soothered, set up the creative way, harmonize the inner state of the person, and the smallest water evaporation moisturize with dry air. Therefore, the home fountain device is capable of not only to decorate the room, but also improve the health of the inhabitants.

When placing a wall with a fountain with an artificial stone, it is necessary to supplement the design with a glass vertical surface, which will flow the streams of water.

Visually transparent obstacles are not visible, but it is easier to contain clean, since limestone droplets are formed on a long contact with water on the stone surface. The glass will protect the masonry from moisture, will prevent the destruction of the structure, the general appearance will not suffer - the house will be real, and not an artificial waterfall.

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Designers in 2017 call on the use of natural stone in the interior. Good to talk! We live in typical high-rise buildings. Not trouble: We'll figure it out where, how and what a stone is suitable for your "ordinary" apartment, and how to make repairs without problems. So…

• Material - the key to success! How to choose a stone if you are not a pro
  • 1. Natural stone
    • beauty
    • What to consider
    • Question price
  • 2. Artificial stone
    • beauty
    • What to consider
    • Question price
  • 3. Decorative stucco "under the stone"
    • beauty
    • What to consider
    • Question price

Stone in the interior of the apartment: Fashionable, did not

Of course, the stone loves the scale and space, he chic on the interiors of cottages and villas. But what to do to us, urban residents of small-sized?

Small apartment - not a sentence! Observing the stylistic rules, the stone is easy to use literally in any residential room in high-rise apartments. In a small apartment, the basic principle is to use dosage.

Fireplace, even artificial, with a stone finish turns a model room into a stylish living room. Stone is the perfect highlighting item. If you need to divide the room into separate zones, then using stone segments in the finish, it is easy to cope with this task.

In the bedroom, the stone looks spectacularly in the headboard of a large solid bed. Or, on the contrary, place the wall opposite the bed, so that the look was to rest where to relax (note: on the second photo used two types of surfaces under the stone).

In the kitchen, you can post a stone apron in the working area. However, choose the stone of the smoothed shape and coated, because the working area is a vulnerable place that requires specific care, frequent washing and cleaning. Well, a tabletop from a monolithic artificial stone is an almost classic solution for a kitchen of a modern apartment.

The stone panels in the corridors look good, for example, around the mirror zone. And the stone is perfect for the bathroom - decent replacement Cheerful cafes and ceramic tiles. Just do not forget about moisture-proof and anti-grapple adhesive composition for laying.

Even if the stone is dosed, it is worth understanding that there are materials and styles with which he simply does not "get along." It is difficult to combine stone elements with a romantic style, with air textiles, with "naive" accessories. Remember that the stone in the interior is appropriate on the walls on which there will be no other decor elements or they will be opposed to stone in color and texture.

Natural stone in the interior turns out to be out of competition, he actively occupies all the space, emphasizes attention and becomes the favorite of the interior. Therefore, the stone wall looks organically only in two cases:

1. If the overall interior is calm, laconic, not overloaded with small details and bright accents.
2. If another object is present in the room, just as strong for perception, for example, panoramic window With a large-scale view.

It should also be understood that the stone surface is very "stealing" the volume of the room. Therefore, if the room is small, then it should not be "sewing" in a stone, otherwise the feeling of the well may be formed.

All is well, but if we all understand the paints and wallpaper, then with a stone more difficult. Stripe on the shelves?

Material - the key to success! How to choose a stone if you are not a pro

Immediately the question arises: what stone is better to create an internal decoration of the room. After all, the building materials market suggests:

• a natural stone;
• fake diamond;
• decorative plaster and other materials "under the stone".

We will analyze every kind, as they say, "on pebbles." We will evaluate in three categories: aesthetics, practicality, price.

1. Natural stone

The most common breeds for internal interior Conditionally divided into groups:

• sediment (limestone, sandstones, travertines);
• metamorphic (marble, quartzites, shale,);
• volcanic or magmatic (granites, tuffs).

Favorite breeds for interior decoration - sandstone, travertines, shale and marble, although, of course, the variants are many.

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The most organic natural materialwhich is used for trimming centuries. Natural stone has a complex, individual texture, unique color gamut. Ideal for spacious interiors, applies to facing fireplaces, columns, accent walls. We live in a small apartment - use a stone as a floor finish.

Lifehak: Save on the other finishing materials, but make the floor from a natural stone - the room immediately will look expensive, but did not go.

What to consider

It should be borne in mind that laying a natural stone floor is better to do in the construction process. The wall cladding also puts forward a number of requirements.

• Stone thickness should not exceed 30 mm.
• When cladding the wall with sandstone, it is important that the surface is from related material (concrete, brick, foam, aerated concrete).
• Facing the surfaces with a height of more than 1.5 m requires additional fasteners to the carrier surface with hooks, self-drawing, dowels.
• If the base for stone is heterogeneous, the masonry mesh is attached to the surface.

Question price

Natural processed stone is certainly beautiful, but the pleasure is expensive. For its reduction and simplification of the laying process, a sawn stone is used, an uncompressed stone, "noodles" from natural stone And striped. Pretending, in which such repairs will cost you, remember about the cost of delivery of the material, as well as on its installation - all this is expensive.

2. Artificial stone

No money for natural, we use artificial stone. Basically use 3 types of artificial stone: glued stone crumb or "flour" with additives, concretes "under the stone" and acrylic. In essence, these are materials, only imitating stone. Sometimes it is cheaper, but more often is simply more convenient to use in small rooms.

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Artificial stone is beautiful in that it can completely imitate the surface of the natural, and it may look very different and more interesting in terms of design. Artificial options make it possible to get materials that are not afraid of moisture and fungus, more durable. Monolithic countertops in the kitchen with built-in sinks - a little natural stone will be able to replace the possibilities of "fakes".

Artificial stone in design allows the designer to think wider. They can be facing walls, niches, create elements of wall decor, decorate the most different furniture, Make window sills, bathrooms, and anything.

What to consider

It is believed that laying of artificial stone requires less time and strength. Yes, in the installation in this case it is easier, but requires the skills of the "tile" laying, perfectly smooth walls and a durable adhesive basis. Often, when choosing an artificial stone as a interior material, customers do not take into account important aspects.

• The tile of artificial stone is pretty heavy. One square meter of coating can weigh from 10 to 90 (!) Kg. It is clear: the more relief and strength, the greater the weight.
• Porosity, density and other characteristics of artificial stone are not suitable for ordinary glue for ceramic tile. For lining of the walls, this material requires special adhesive mixtures.
• Naturally, it is impossible to glue artificial stone on wallpaper, paint, film. And for the facing of furnaces and fireplaces, a special heat-resistant base is required.
• Dismantling the tile stone is a costly event. In fact, it is "masonry", which will have to subsequently bring down to the perforator.

Question price

Do you think artificial stone is cheaper than natural? So only manufacturers promise, in fact, it is often not so accessible. High-quality aesthetic variants of acrylic can cost even more than the natural "original", but yes, they differ in use.

When evaluating the costs of artificial stone, do not forget to include in the estimate the material for its laying and cement mixes For leveling surfaces.

3. Decorative stucco "under the stone"

"Plaster is not a stone," - tell me. But after all, the previous version - the artificial stone, too, "nearly not lying." Its similarity with natural emphasis on appearance and similarity in laying.

What about the material that allows you to easily create a stone surface on the wall? Even with your own hands, without masters, and if with a master, then without a round account for work. Without hassle when transporting the material, when, God forbid, will scratch-fall. And not only on the wall: after all decorative coatingswhich can be used for floors or, for example, for furniture surfaces.

Decorative plaster allows you to create a homogeneous beautiful surface of the stone, while:

1. No ugly seams and joints.
2. Due to the comparative ease of plaster, such a "stone" will endure even a wall of plasterboard.
3. Safe for health, consists mainly of natural materials and eco-friendly.

Moreover, the composition of the decorative plaster is similar to an artificial stone: for example, in the photo below the wall covered with Loggia plaster.

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In the conditions of the city apartment "Decorative" - \u200b\u200bthe most practical and convenient option. With this material, you can recreate any surface: smooth or rough, matte or glossy ... To portray the surface of various rock breeds, use the formative tools, as well as the lesing compositions that create a gloss or tinted, shadow the "stone".

As fillers, the plasters use stone crumb or "flour" of marble, granite, tuff, limestone, and for the natural brilliance, they add to the composition. As a result, not only the color and drawing of the stone and his beautiful streams are recreated, but even the texture of the stone after the chick. If you wish, you can make a surface that cannot be distinguished from natural stone panels. And you want to show a fantasy - you can create a completely spacestone, say, marble with lilac pearl overflows - because everything is possible here!

What to consider

The complexity of working with decorative plaster depends on the effect you want to get, sometimes really needed a professional to apply it. But most of the "stone" effects are just applied very simply: you easily create the surface of the travertine or sandstone, reading the instruction and watching the short video.

• For many types of "under the stone" plaster, pre-considerable alignment of the walls is not required.
• The weight of the square meter of the coating in its maximum reaches 5 kg, and this allows the use of coating on relatively weakly infant structures.
• Plaster is not so demanding to the surface of the walls, separate species It is easy to fall almost on any material (for example, Plasma 3D, which is applied directly to the tile or laminate without any surface preparation).

Question price

This is at the beginning of the "two thousandths" decorative plaster It was expensive. See the prices of Italian brands today: the square meter of coverage from the European manufacturer Loggia is now at the level of good wallpaper.

Finishing the walls of a stone: everything is simple!

If you understand the subtleties of working with the "stone" surfaces, recreate the fashionable eco-interior from the cover of design magazines is not so difficult. In the end, it is possible to live stylishly independently of the apartment area!

Mar 12, 2017 Sergey

Since more than antiquity, the stone has become one of the first and basic materials used to build all sorts of structures, whether it is an unsuccessful residential house or a royal palace, striking luxury and immense scale. The reason for the widespread use of the stone is that this material was abundant, and to imagine that through the millennium he will be the privilege of the prosperous segments of the population, it was very difficult. Despite the high characteristics of the natural stone, as a result of which he deserved confidence in the times of the historical past, the modern construction market offers homeowners an excellent alternative to this building material - Artificial decorative stone.

Decorative stone in the interior. What you need to know about the material?

In time immemorial, to give the housing ethnic motifs and make an apartment part of a comprehensive nature, it was customary to use embossed wallpapers that imitate brick or stone masonry. Today they lost their relevance and transferred the reign of decorative stones. A decorative stone that creates an expressive accent in the interior is used not only for cladding and decorating walls, but also to create furniture elements, such as table tops, bar racks and decorative fireplace shelves. The choice of decorative stone, like its stylistic solutions, is extremely diverse, which allows you to create a huge number of original harmonious interiors.

Basics of Decorative Stone Production

The production of decorative stone is based on the process of pressing the working mixture, which is carried out under the influence of increased pressure and temperature. The composition of the working mixture includes composite material, acrylic compounds responsible for the color characteristics of artificial stone and mineral components that make up 70% and are the basis of the working mixture. A similar composition allows you to create a stone that simulates a variety of natural materials.

There are several varieties of decorative stone, among which are particularly popular:

• Porcelain stoneware;
• Agglomerate;
• Concrete based stone.

Among the three listed varieties for decorating interiors, artificial stone, made on a concrete basis, is most often used, which is explained by its rich decorative capabilities and the easiest way to manufacture, which determines its relatively small value, which is not the only advantage of the material.

Advantages of decorative stone

• High ecology that guarantees the safe use of stone in the interior and is due to the absolute environmental safety of materials used in the production of decorative stone;
• Refractory, due to which the stone is completely lit;
• The ease, which causes the absence of the need to enhance the wall, for finishing the decorative stone;
• High resistance to external mechanical effects, which causes a significant wear resistance of the material;
• Thanks to the stability of K. high humidity And fungal lesions, for the stone is characterized by a large than for other materials, wear resistance and a long operational term. Due to the resistance to temperature drops, a wide use of stone is practiced when designing a kitchen and a bathroom;
• Easy to care. Decorative stone does not need special care. To preserve its initial characteristics, it is sufficiently wiped with a wet sponge using standard detergents. To eliminate premature damage to the material in pro
• A wide range of design solutions allow you to create unusual interior In a wide variety of styles, be it high-tech or fusion.

If you competently choose the material and type of laying, the decorative stone in the interiors, the photos of which can be viewed below, can become elegant and at the same time practical addition of any housing, giving it additional functionality and high manufacturability.

Decorative stones in the interior of the apartment

The spectrum of designer capabilities that can be implemented using decorative, does not cease to amaze their variety. The versatility of the stone allows you to use it in the interior of any room with the same success, be it a living room, a bedroom, an entrance hall or a bath. In addition, the decorative stone can be used not only for finishing the floor or walls, but also for the design and manufacture of tabletops, shells and other interior items. It is enough to look at the following photos:

Basically, the decorative stone in the interior of the living room and other premises is used to create an ergonomic room, in the interior of which there are notes of wealth and aristocraticness. In this case, the stone is used mainly for cladding walls, while preference is given to straightforward forms with their unshakable rigor.

In addition to the rigor and unshakability of clear lines, the decorative stone can bring the opposite effect in the interior.

Artificial stone, chaotic laid and complemented by green plants, will add to the interior of the notch of wildness and primitive impairment.

Interior design rules with decorative stone

Rule number 1.

Inexperienced designers who estimate the indisputable advantages of decorative stone, often seek to fully post the walls of the room with a decorative stone, which, from the point of view of professionals, is the root of the erroneous decision. This is due to the visual weight of natural and artificial stone, which, in combination with a small room area, visually reduce its area and free space. Given this circumstance, Rule No. 1 reads: "Do not overdo it with the number of stone in the interior!"

Rule number 2

The room in which the stone decoration prevails is distinguished by a special coldness, reminding a cold abandoned castle or a stone cave. Agree, because it is difficult to talk about any comfort in a room, a small area of \u200b\u200bwhich is even stronger due to walls, fully decorated with decorative stone. Given this, we advise you to list Rule No. 2: "We correctly select a variety of decorative stone and carefully think over the combination of materials!" Make sure that this rule really works, you can view the following photos, where the interior of the bedroom is depicted, in which the walls are separated by a tile limestone, creating a home coat atmosphere.

Rule number 3.

"Create an optimal color balance!" It is especially important if you decorate the bedroom interior with a stone. Psychologists have long been proven that in a well-thought-out bedroom interior, a decorative stone in which is a fundamental designer link, light shades should prevail, which has an important impact on the psychological state of a person. With this in mind, when decorating the bedroom, experts recommend using a white decorative stone in the interior, which has a calming and relaxing effect on the psyche of a person. The use of light brown or dark flowers is allowed as accents, especially if the objects of the furniture will be in the role of these accents.

Rule number 4.

"Experiment!" As mentioned earlier, if you preferred a stone as a decoration of the room, it is not necessary to completely finish the entire wall. But if before, we considered partial wall decoration as a chaotic styling of the material, then it was time to consider another option of laying a decorative stone - laying in the form of smooth strips, which are located at an equal distance. Newly created lines can be oriented both vertically and horizontally, which depends only on your preferences and interior stylists.

Artificial Stone Interiors

Decorative stone can radically change the interior of any room, whether it is a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen or an entrance hall. It is worth noting that it is especially harmonious a stone looks in the interiors for which the art deco style is characterized, harmoniously uniting, at first glance, incomprehensible stylistic directions. So, the color of the East is successfully complemented by modern ergonomics and progress, and trendy elements inherent in the style of Hai-tech, gracefully fit into the traditional luxury classics.

Thinking the interior project using decorative stone, it is important to know that with this universal material You can easily zonate the room, highlighting several functional zones in it, as well as combine the rooms for which a different purpose is characterized.

For example, if the living room is combined with a kitchen, it is possible to divide them using decorative arch From stone, as well as supplement the rooms with details from an artificial stone.

As for the decorative stone in the interior of the kitchen, he will allow the premises to transform, breathing into it new life and indescribable energy. Since the stone, in addition to its decorative qualities, has practicality and functionality, the most appropriate will be used in the kitchen. working area, Apron and countertops.

The creation of stone structures are also welcomed, which will be the basis of tables and bar racks, which are echoing trendy stylistic directions.

And in order to make a kitchen with a bar counter romantic, it is enough to re-establish one of the walls with an artificial stone. In order to make the kitchen, decorated with decorative stone, harmonious from the point of view of design, in addition to the bar counter, countertops and a working surface, you can reorganize the artificial stone and window sills that will be a link in a holistic solution.

The use of decorative stone in the interior of the hallway is also relevant. If you are not familiar with the problem of limited free space, the hallway can be supplemented with decorative stone columns, which can be both single and imitating room angles. This decor element will reflect the identity of the interior, adding its magnitude of massive premises.

Using a decorative stone in the living room interior, you can safely make a bet on a fireplace, designed by a stone that will give the room atmosphere of comfort, especially relevant in the cold winter evenings. The use of stone to decorate the fire shelves, fireplace portals, shelves for racks, as well as a variety of niches and arches will be relevant.