Designers are always ready to offer their customers a lot of interesting ideas for creating unique and stylish apartments. The trends of recent years show that homeowners give the greatest preference to interiors with original, but at the same time, simple finishes. Fancy furniture, clutter of decor, and outdated methods of wall and floor cladding are not particularly popular. On the contrary, materials such as wood, stone, brick are taking up more and more space in design projects and in our apartments. A white brick wall is a trend of recent years, which at first was perceived as something rough and cold, but interior pros have already proven that such an accent in a room of any purpose can be harmonious and unobtrusive, regardless of its style.
Stop! White brick
So, what is this material in the finish? Is the white brick wall in the interior a decor or something more? Such a technique can now be found very often, and not only in residential premises, but also in bars, offices, boutiques. Rough brickfocuses attention on itself with an extraordinary appearance, slightly brutal and “unkempt”, in addition, it is an advantageous material. Why? Traditional wallpaper, water-based paint, decorative plaster, no doubt, look beautiful and expensive, but the walls finished with them are not very practical. Delicate texture mercilessly gets dirty, torn, overwritten and after a year or two becomes unusable.
The brick white wall, despite its "color" purity, easily avoids such misunderstandings. It is easy and not troublesome to roll on a brick, this can be done without resorting to the services of professionals, in addition, if the main, white color, of the interior becomes a little boring, the brick can always be modified, giving it any shade.
Things to please everyone
"Bare" brick is a design technique that was originally used to create a loft style. The owners of housing, once intended for industrial enterprises, tried to combine simplicity and naturalness with convenience as organically as possible. The walls were not decorated with plasters or plasterboard panels, their color remained “native” - terracotta or gray, it was soon replaced by a brick white wall, and especially creative people focus on bright colors (red, yellow, blue) or vice versa, slightly gloomy (black, lead, steel). Some styles require only tinting the wall with special varnishes and impregnations, this helps to make its tone more expressive, and the design itselfcompleted.
Styles in which a white brick wall is the background and main decoration of the interior:
- loft:
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eco;
- Provence;
- modern;
- high-tech;
- chebi-chic;
- pop art;
- kitsch.
As you can see, the possibilities of using brick as a finish for an entire wall or just a part of it are endless, but there are a few rules to follow.
More is not better
This is the main rule of designers, if the plans are not to recreate the baroque style, which is famous for its "excess", do not use the same technique or material too zealously. Monochrome rarely looks appropriate, this is especially important if you use textured materials. A white brick wall is one of them, and in a typical apartment or small office it is better to stop at finishing one, more often the main wall, without laying the room around the entire perimeter with ceramic stone. This is not only ugly, but also creates an oppressive atmosphere, visually narrowing even the most spacious room.
Brick can be used as a fragment by laying out an opening, a column, a mantelpiece or a stove. Mostly, this is done to highlight one or two walls, it is most correct to do this in that part of the room that is subjected to mechanical stress. For example, if it is a wall behind a sofa, a headboard, a passable place.
And here, and there, andeverywhere
The white brick wall in the interior of the living room is a classic. Its bright and stylish appearance will appeal to both the owners of the house and their guests, but the use of bricks is not limited to such a location. The main wall in the bedroom, central or vice versa, its side parts, lined with stone and complemented by properly selected basic material, decor, will give the room a modern and cozy design.
Kitchen, hallway and bathroom are areas where the use of ceramic tiles is justified and habitual, but why not replace it with natural or artificial brick?
What are we dealing with
The only downside to brick wall cladding is that it takes up too much space. This decor method initially involves the use of existing masonry, which is brought to mind by eliminating flaws (unaesthetic chips, cracks and growths) and painting it. But if this is not possible, a facing brick (2-3 cm in thickness) comes to the rescue, the front side of which can be smooth or embossed. Brick tiles are also popular, which is the most profitable option for city apartments.
Produced finishing materials, offer customers a variety of white wallpapers, a brick wall - imitating real masonry on them, can look incredibly realistic, especially if it is a photo wallpaper.
