Wall decoration is one of the mostimportant stages of giving the room the desired style and mood. You can decorate the walls using traditional wallpaper, painting, applying decorative plaster or drawings, as well as using various non-traditional decorating methods. In order to create a unique and interesting decorative wall finish, it is not necessary to resort to expensive services of professionals, you can successfully carry out, calling on your imagination, existing skills and preparing improvised materials.
Decorating walls with a stencil will allow you to create your own unique, stylish design and save money.
Wall decoration wallpaper
Wallpaper is one of the most accessible and traditional methods of decorating walls with your own hands. Wallpaper is selected taking into account many conditions:
Vinyl wallpaper is durable, not susceptible to ultraviolet rays, has a long service life, but does not allow air to pass through very well.
To achieve an interesting color andtexture effect in the room, visually dividing it into zones, professional decorators recommend using wallpapers of different colors, textures and patterns. It is the mixture of styles and colors that makes the room richer for perception. To decorate the walls with your own hands using wallpaper, the walls must initially be prepared and carefully leveled so that the wallpaper looks as durable and beautiful as possible in the room. For cladding, in addition to the wallpaper itself, you will need:
Do-it-yourself wallpapering of walls.
- stationery knife for cutting wallpaper;
- Glue specifically for the type of wallpaper used;
- roller and brush for applying glue;
- A rubber spatula for leveling the wallpaper on the wall surface;
- ladder.
Initially, the distance from is carefully measuredfloor to ceiling, and the wallpaper is cut to the resulting size, and if there is a pattern on the wallpaper that requires alignment, this must be taken into account. If there are unevennesses in the height of the walls, it is better to cut the wallpaper with a small allowance at the bottom. The first strip is marked on the wall. If necessary, the walls are coated with glue. The wallpaper is coated with glue with a roller without excess, but also so that there are no dry gaps without glue. The end of the wallpaper is folded to the middle on both sides. Then, using a rubber spatula, the wallpaper is pasted. It takes about two days for the wallpaper to dry, during this time there should be no drafts in the room, you should not use additional heating to speed up the drying process. In order for the wallpaper to lie flat, including in places of central heating, it should be carried out in the warm season. Return to the table of contents</a>
Wall decoration with panels
For rooms with a large number of defects andunevenness on the walls, in order to save time and money and significantly simplify the process, decorative finishing of walls is carried out using decorative or plastic panels or tiles. To decorate the walls with your own hands in this way, you do not need to carry out preliminary preparation of the walls and a minimum set of tools is required:
Types of plastic panels.
- building level and plumb bob;
- jigsaw for sawing the material;
- Nails, screws, screws and a construction stapler;
- Drill with a nozzle for fixing screws and a screwdriver.
If the walls are smooth, decorative finishingpanels is carried out using a special adhesive composition. Otherwise, a wooden frame is created or a metal profile is installed to attach the panels. Decorative panels are fixed to the base using self-tapping screws, while the panels are connected to each other using the grooves and tenons in them. Lastly, decorative corners are fixed with glue, and then the baseboard is installed. This type of wall decoration is extremely simple and allows you to successfully hide even significant defects on the wall. Return to contents</a>
Decorative painting of walls
Installation diagram of plastic panels.Decorative finishing of walls by yourself is most often done by painting, including over decorative plaster. Since manufacturers today offer a huge selection of paints with different properties, it is easy to find the best option even for the most demanding buyer. Covering walls with paint requires careful preliminary preparation of the walls. Depending on the desired effect, the walls are leveled, special wallpaper for painting can be glued to them in advance. To create a certain texture and to create a specific effect, the texture on the walls can be created manually, for this, decorative plaster is used. Finishing the walls with paint begins with a thorough priming, which helps the paint to adhere as tightly as possible to the wall surface and create an even and stable coating.
Sequence diagram for painting a wall.A paint roller and brushes are used to paint the walls. Many paints today allow you to create different colors and shades using special colors. To create a smooth, streak-free coating, you should initially prepare the amount of paint required for the work, otherwise uneven tones will inevitably arise. It is advisable to start covering the most visible areas first, so that in case of a shortage of paint, you can cover the least noticeable areas of the room with a new portion. Walls are painted with a roller using movements from top to bottom in small areas, gradually moving along the wall. The paint should be applied in an even layer without unpainted areas or excesses. If decorative plaster is applied to the walls, a brush or a special soft roller is used in such places.
Tools for applying decorativeplaster. You can approach the painting of walls creatively, combining different colors and creating patterns. To create spectacular color nuances, after the main coating has dried, you can decorate with another color, usually a contrasting one. To carry out such decoration, you can use a special texture roller and improvised means: a sea sponge, a broom or fabric. A special texture roller is used to create repeating prints on the wall; when carrying out the work, you need to act carefully and fairly quickly so that the pattern is even and does not smear, since it is quite difficult to correct flaws. To create a decorative pattern, you can use not only a roller, but also improvised means. For example, you can attach thick fabric to the roller, creating folds. If the walls are painted over decorative plaster, then it is often necessary to emphasize certain elements additionally. For this, as a rule, brushes of various sizes and shapes are used, this is more thorough and painstaking work. Return to the table of contents</a>
Drawings on the walls as an element of decor
Types of decorative plaster:smooth, textured, relief. Not everyone is satisfied with simply covering the walls with paint, even if decorative plaster was used to create relief. In this case, the walls are decorated with drawings, which, if you have some skills, can be created independently. Drawings on the walls can be applied after the base paint has been applied with a roller, which happens in most cases, or applied to the wall without preliminary coating. The most common material today for decorating walls using painting is acrylic, which is safe and easy to work with, and also allows you to create an infinite number of colors and shades by mixing. To decorate the walls with a drawing, you will need a minimum of tools and materials:
- primer;
- roller (it is better to cook several sizes);
- the paints themselves;
- a palette for mixing;
- brushes of various sizes and shapes;
- You can additionally use a sponge, paper or other devices to create the desired effects.
Before covering the wall with paint, it is necessaryis primed, then the outline of the future image is applied and painting begins. As a rule, the background and large elements are first painted with a roller, and then the transition to smaller ones is gradually made. If decorative plaster was applied to the wall, the pattern is created on its basis, since the relief, as a rule, is initially created in order to emphasize certain elements of the pattern. In some cases, the use of decorative plaster is a reference point, then the application of the pattern only emphasizes the existing relief and its beauty. Return to the table of contents</a>
Decorating walls with plaster
Decorative plaster is the mosta material for finishing that is in demand among aesthetes. Some types of decorative plaster require certain skills in work, but not always. is quite feasible. Initially, it is worth considering that in small rooms it is recommended to use decorative plaster in small areas, this will give the room a certain style and create an interesting relief. Only in large rooms in size and volume does decorative plaster look attractive when fully covered. Having chosen the most suitable decorative plaster in a particular case, after preparing the walls, you can begin to apply it. Decorative plaster is applied with your own hands using spatulas, special relief rollers, special brushes or other devices. Before drying, the plaster is quite pliable and allows you to create relief or correct flaws.
