Decorative plaster in the interior

Decorative plaster in the interior is a generally accepted way to ennoble rooms. With its help, wall decoration of any level of complexity, color, composition and size is created. The peculiarity of this material is that it can be used to build rooms in any modern style. A similar method of wall decoration was widely used back in the Middle Ages. Plaster of this kind in the interior has replaced the processing of walls with an expensive natural stone. It is much easier to work with such marble natural chips than with a block of natural stone. At the same time, the price of crumbs is significantly lower. Consider the features of this material and how to use it in this article.

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Modern methods

Nowadays, the method of building the walls of rooms under noble marble, natural stone or mahogany is also common, but already with great opportunities for ordinary consumers. Using decorative plaster, specialists decorate the large ceremonial halls of restaurants, the premises of large shops and hotels, and apartments of elite housing.

On the basis of decorative plaster, specialists can make a variety of images on a wall or even on a bare concrete ceiling:

• cut view of mahogany;
• granite or brick wall;
• panel made of organizational material (leather, fabric);
• structural art bas-relief under natural stone;
• skin texture of exotic animals of a hot belt (for example, a crocodile).

These types of walls or ceilings look very effective, inexpensive and, thanks to modern technology, very durable.

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Strength and visibility of decorative plaster

Specialists of our time - from construction workers and craftsmen to designers, prefer to work with decorative plaster in the interior for a number of factors:

• To apply texture plaster to the surface, it is not necessary to smooth it beforehand, carefully eliminating tubercles and pits. It is enough to apply a primer layer for effective adhesion to the surface.
• Viscous material is easier to decorate walls with complex multilayer surfaces (drywall, poles, indentations, semicircular structures).
• When drying with such plaster, the wall does not leave technical traces when drying, but forms the shape of a solid surface (an experienced worker gradually plaster the entire wall, not allowing it to dry and form an irregular shape).
• There are different types of decorative plaster. Its colors change, depending on the composition and the tinted pigments in the composition, which allows you to give the room the intended look.
• Different compositions of decorative plaster make it possible to find the necessary option for any, the most exotic style.
• The top coat or special mixes allow the material on the wall to have an initial appearance for a long period, the paints do not lose their brightness and richness, the layer of plaster does not crumble and does not collapse

Important! The positive side of such a coating will also be the original artistic aesthetics, which are difficult to obtain with the help of other materials.

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Negative manifestations

In the period of acquisition, decoration and use of decorative plaster, despite the large number of positive aspects, certain problems may arise. So:

• The price of certain species is quite high, although on the whole you can find a quite budget option, and the amount of work to distribute it along the wall is laborious.
• Some of the compositions need careful preliminary preparation of the working plane. Some have insufficient resistance to external factors and can only be used for processing ceilings.

Other problems:

• when the house is located on a seismically active territory, then from its walls during an earthquake, the plaster crumbles or at least crack;
• when the room has a high level of humidity, the layer of plaster will last a short time;
• when the apartment is received in the area of ​​the new building, then on the walls, most likely, cracks will occur during compaction of the earth under the house.

Important! The owners of apartments should not be afraid of the negative signs of decorative plaster. An ideal, 100% positive material does not exist.

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Types of decorative plasters

At the beginning of the XXI century. manufacturers create a large number of different patterns of decorative plaster. They stand out not only externally, but also according to their internal characteristics.

Depending on the elements in the mixture, they are usually divided into 5 types:

• Mineral. It is based on dry cement, sold in the form of gray powder. Use this type for decorating stone and brick walls. The mixture is well resistant to humidity and large temperature differences. Usually it is used to improve the walls in the bathroom.
• Silicone It is usually sold as a ready-to-use mixture. The composition is perfectly fixed on the unprepared uneven surface of both new and old walls. After the drying process is completed, the plaster effectively resists water. These qualities make it suitable for the improvement of the bathroom, kitchen and hallway.
• Acrylic. Its specificity is that it is created in the form of a liquid mixture. This makes it possible to apply plaster on almost any surface. Thanks to the good quality of the decoration, the acrylic mixture is used to repair the living room. Acrylic plaster is sold to give the surface a variety of shades.
• Polymeric. This appearance in terms of appearance and characteristics of properties is quite close to acrylic, since it is created on the basis of acrylic resins.
• Silicate. It is sold as a ready-to-use mixture, the base of which is liquid glass. This type is perfectly attached to any surface, serves as a connecting base for different elements of structural plasters.

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Structural plasters

The above 5 types of plasters are used as the basis for the formation of compositions, the so-called structural plasters, which help create specific images with predetermined qualities. These are very diverse decorative plasters - which one to choose? The question is not only logical, but also technical.

Structural plaster according to its technical characteristics can imitate various images, textures, which the worker prints with the help of separate tools (stamps with patterns and patterns, rubber and metal rollers, spatulas). The surface shape and images that the wall receives after the plaster is brought in, fully depend on the skill of the plasterer, the number of layers of the mixture and their thickness.

Among them, the most popular types of plaster in our time:

• Bark beetle. It is sold with a white or gray shade, if necessary, a special pigment is added to it to the desired shade of staining.
• Flokovy (another name - silk) type of plaster has fibers of silk fabric in its mixture.After application, the wall gets a beautiful, stylish look, similar to the beautiful view of an expensive, refined silk canvas.

Important! Such plaster, due to its beautiful decorative appearance, is often used for the final processing of a bedroom or even a living room. When touched with your fingers, it looks like a standard wallpaper, consists of an environmentally friendly and natural material that does not hold air and moisture. Due to the large transmission potential, mold and other small parasitic plants do not form on the flock layer, even with severe moisture. Because of this, it is used in the bathroom, children's room, kitchen and other residential premises.

• The marble look is characterized by crushed stone of natural marble in the mixture. Stucco is characterized by a diverse appearance due to the dimensions of the pebbles, their shades, it forms a fancy coating on the surface. Decorative plaster, created under natural marble, gives the wall an expensive, stylish look, it can be used for a long time, while it does not lose its properties.

Important! Its composition withstands large changes in humidity, low and high temperature. It is used in individual residential apartments and on the walls of public buildings.

• Venetian is one of the most striking and rather expensive types of plaster of this class. It forms a beautiful, expensive appearance of the walls on which it was imposed. It is used for decorating both walls and concrete ceilings. Over the years Venetian plaster retains its decorative qualities, and even enhances its positive characteristics. These properties are inherent only for this type, which distinguishes it from the total number of building materials.

Important! When using Venetian plaster, it is possible to create the desired shade, thanks to this the design of the environment gets a more artistic and elegant look. We can say that this is a noble decorative plaster on the walls. The effect of the classic is created by her especially brightly. True, the owner of the premises will not be able to work with Venetian plaster, this requires professional plasterer skills with extensive experience.

There are other types of decorative plaster, we touched only the most famous and popular.

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We select decorative plaster to the room decor

Before you choose the type of decorative plaster you need (and there are a lot of them, as you have seen these days) to refine your room, you need to remember a number of important factors:

• It is necessary to determine the territory of the walls that need to be decorated (the larger it is, the more it will be necessary to invest funds for repair).
• It is necessary to highlight the specifics of the wall and / or, if necessary, the ceiling, noting the characteristics of the surface on which it is necessary to impose a layer of material. Some types of plaster are perfect for working with concrete or ordinary bricks, while others are more capricious, you can only use it on a perfectly smooth and previously prepared surface.
• It is necessary to take into account the wet and temperature conditions. In the living room or bedroom with a constant climatic situation, you can take any beautiful type of plaster, but for rooms with high humidity, a constant temperature drop, you need to find a closer look. As a rule, for a wet bathroom or home kitchen they take a silicate look, which can be periodically repaired at low cost and preserving the original pattern.

However, regarding the choice of the type of plaster for individual rooms, other important factors must be taken into account, for example, their functional features. As a result, the following options are expected.

For the living room

Decorative plaster in the living room is used as a basic decorative material or together with wallpaper, oak or granite panels (the nature of the material depends on the taste of the owner, it can be Karelian birch, marble).In some cases, not only walls are plastered in the living room, but also the ceiling with stucco decorations.

In order for the visual volume of a small room to appear larger, it is optimal to choose a light-colored stucco for decoration with effective reflective capabilities.

Important! For stylish and fashionable interiors, in most cases they take Venetian plaster, which is characterized by noble golden or light silver shades.

For the bedroom

Decorative plaster for the bedroom gives a certain guarantee that the situation in the room will remain for many years and will be environmentally friendly. For the formation of a comfortable and calm interior, apply flocking plaster of warm, dark colors. To maintain the visual appearance of a large room on the walls, use a mixture with large pebbles.

For home kitchen and bathroom

Premises with special climatic conditions, where resistance and strength of the material are needed, require a lot of attention. In order to externally keep the coating as long as possible, it is necessary to take decorative plaster necessarily on an acrylic base. It has the ability to successfully resist changes in temperature and high humidity, without retaining air, and does not become a place for the development of mold. This is a very relevant aspect, since not every plaster can resist the moisture factor and the risk of fungus development.

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Stock footage

Decorative plaster is an extremely important stage in the construction or repair of a building. Although this business is troublesome and often requires investment, and the owners themselves do not have the skills of construction work, it’s better not to avoid this stage. Decorative plaster used at the end of construction or in decorative repairs will significantly ennoble the interior of your home, which will pay off all the chores and loss of funds.