Currently, the modern construction market offers a huge selection of different finishing materials for indoor and outdoor use. Having different cost, quality and appearance, they are able to satisfy absolutely any needs of customers. Modern wall decoration materials should be not only beautiful, but also safe and durable.
Facade
The facade of the building is visible to everyone around, and the beauty of the house is judged, as a rule, by it. This is, so to speak, the face of the house. Modern facade finishing technologies have stepped far forward, thanks to which a large selection of options has appeared.
Exterior Wall Finishing Materials
Currently very popular:
- Decorative plaster. It is practically the most versatile and inexpensive finishing material forwalls for ennoblement and insulation of facades. Plastering is easy to do. You can create a textured surface, which can later be painted if desired. The main purpose of this material is to level the walls and protect them from destruction. Gypsum and cement plaster is used for the exterior of the house.
- Facing and decorative bricks. This material is quite popular and time-tested. He is able not only to decorate the house, make it more attractive, but also to warm it. Brick can be with a smooth or corrugated surface, different colors and with any pattern.
- Siding. This inexpensive finishing material for the walls of the house is quite easy to install and resistant to various climatic changes. Due to the wide variety of colors and textures, he is able to realize even very unusual and bold ideas. There are several types for sale. The most widely used is vinyl (PVC) siding. Metal (steel, aluminum, copper) is also popular.
- Artificial stone. It is also quite popular today modern finishing material for walls. It differs from natural stone in that it is lighter, and therefore can also be used for finishing houses with weak foundations. On sale there is an artificial stone of different colors and textures, with a smooth and corrugated surface.
- Ceramic tiles and porcelain tiles. These are reliable and time-tested finishing materials forwalls of the house.
Block house. This natural wood material, which is a type of lining, is unique in its own way and is quite often used. With it, you can finish not only outside, but also inside the room. In appearance, the block house resembles an ordinary board, the front side of which is very similar to a rounded log
Modern Interior Wall Decoration
Repair is an important part of our lives. To date, the choice of materials for interior wall decoration is so huge that it is sometimes even difficult to decide what to buy in order to decorate the room. First of all, it is necessary to take into account the functions that this room will perform. So, renovation in the bedroom or children's room is significantly different from renovation in the kitchen, as their functions are different. It is in accordance with them that it is necessary to choose materials for the interior design of the walls in these rooms. For example, the best finishing material for the walls of the bathroom and kitchen is tile, and in the bedrooms it is customary to use wallpaper.
The most common ways of finishing walls are plastering with further painting, decorative plaster, wall panels, lining and plastic, wallpapering, laying ceramic tiles. More unusual and rare types include wall decoration with stone, fabric, cork sheets and other materials that have a fairly high cost.
Flatboards
With helpdecorative panels for walls can change the interior of the room with minimal labor. Depending on the form and method of fastening, the panels are divided into type-setting and sheet.
Installed or slatted panels are made from wide and long slats. They are accompanied by all the necessary additional elements (skirting boards, layouts, fillets, corners), which have the same diverse range of colors as the typesetting panels. In addition, they are equipped with fasteners such as clips, clamps, self-tapping screws, etc.
Large-sized sheet panels, as a rule, resemble hardboard, which is pasted over with a film.
Depending on the material of the panel may be:
- based on drywall;
- metal;
- cork;
- plastic based on PVC and polystyrene;
- fiberglass;
- from different types of wood;
- simulating natural stone.
Wallpaper
For many years, wallpaper has been at the forefront of wall decoration materials. Today, the building materials market offers an even wider range of them. Due to the huge variety of types of wallpaper produced by manufacturers, you can decorate absolutely any interior in any style. In addition to different designs, colors, reliefs and patterns, there are many different types of wallpaper. They differ in material and method of manufacture. There are paper, photo wallpapers, non-woven vinyl, natural, textile, fiberglass, mineral-based structural, etc.e. Also, manufacturers have developed many collections that are designed for rooms that have a specific purpose: wallpaper for the kitchen, bedroom, nursery, living room, etc.
Decorative plaster
There are a myriad of options for decorative plaster. It can be matte, smooth, shiny, embossed, with a sheen, etc. The work is done neatly or, conversely, rough, with the effect of aging. A variety of textures, effects, application methods and techniques, as well as a huge number of manufacturers make the process of choosing a coating quite difficult.
Decorative stone
This wall cladding material is made from sand, white cement, and special additives and colored pigments for reinforcement. The use of modern technologies makes it possible to accurately simulate the complex structures of bas alt, granite, sandstone. In addition, it is possible to create colored stones that do not exist in nature.
Porcelain tile
This durable wall cladding has a natural stone texture. Porcelain stoneware can be used for facing the basement and lower floors, where there is a constant inevitable mechanical impact on this finishing material.
Cork covers
Extruded cork chips are used as the basis for cork cloths and slabs for wall decoration. This coating is very resistant to various bacteria and microorganisms, perfectly protects the room from electromagnetic radiation, has sufficiently high heat and sound insulationproperties.
