Draping walls with fabric is one of the most ancient methods of decorating rooms, which was used by architects back in the Middle Ages.
With the help of drapery you can not only decorate the walls, but also hide their unevenness and defects.
The popularity of the method
Recently, designers have been increasingly usingthis decorating technique in modern interiors. This is due to the fact that this method of decorating a room has many advantages over others:
Methods of finishing walls with fabric: a - attaching fabric to the wall, b - checking the verticality of folds using a plumb line on a cord.
All these advantages, as well as the opportunityto cover the walls with your own hands, make this method of finishing increasingly popular. Textiles used for wall upholstery can be very different. These can be natural materials and synthetics, different in color, texture, pattern and density. The most popular is viscose, which perfectly combines the best qualities of natural and synthetic material. By combining textiles of different colors or textures in one room, you can achieve a visual division into functional zones. By decorating the walls with fabric with your own hands, you can give the room an effect of coziness and warmth. Return to contents</a>
Basic rules to be followed
To do this type of decoration yourself, such as upholstering walls with textiles, you need to follow several rules:
Gluing fabric to a smooth wall base.
There are three options for decorating walls with textiles. This one may seem complicated at first glance, but in fact it is much simpler than regular wallpapering. Return to contents</a>
Fastening material with glue
Scheme of a frame for draping walls with fabric.This method requires accuracy and a little experience. For this type of work, the walls need to be prepared very well. They must be absolutely smooth and dry. It is best if the only joints are the connections of pieces of material in the corners. If this is not possible, then you need to cut out pieces of fabric of the required size in advance. As a rule, glue is applied only to the edges. First, a 10 cm wide strip is applied to the left edge of the wall, the material is applied and smoothed with a roller. Then the upper side is glued and only after complete drying are the remaining two sides attached. In the process of decoration, it is necessary to remember some subtleties:
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Closing the walls with a cloth with your own hands
For this method, a frame is first created.It can be made from improvised means, for example, using wooden planks and other various materials, or you can purchase fastening systems for suspended ceilings.
There should be no fabric in a roomhigh humidity, otherwise the fabric may become deformed. The fabric prepared in advance is stretched over the frame. This method is good for those who are worried that dust may accumulate in the fabric, and breathing in such a room will not be very useful over time. The upholstery can be removed, washed and put back on, returning the air in the room to the freshness and aroma of clean textiles. In addition, using this method, you can change the color of the wall paneling depending, for example, on the season. If desired, the material can be nailed to the frame with nails. The attachment point must then be decorated. This is much easier to do, but the fabric in this case can only be used once. Return to contents</a>
The third way is to upholster the walls with fabric with your own hands
This method is the most difficult and requirescertain skills. Its essence lies in the fact that the material is simultaneously pulled onto the rail and the rail is attached to the wall. The complexity of the procedure mainly lies in stretching the fabric evenly, without allowing distortions. Therefore, it is better to entrust this option of upholstering walls with fabric to professionals. Or ask friends to help you evenly stretch the roll. Each of these methods has different options. For example, one of the varieties of attaching the material to the frame is the so-called. This type of finishing is made of durable, dense fabrics or leather and allows you to create various patterns on the surface in the form of diamonds or other figures. Modern craftsmen use Velcro to attach textiles, the hard part of which is glued or fixed in any other way to the frame, and the soft part is sewn to the fabric along the perimeter. This method also allows for wet processing of the fabric and prevents dust accumulation. The industry is developing an increasing number of materials that allow you to create flexible frames of various shapes. The use of such forms allows you to make the interior of the house cozy and unique. Upholstering walls with fabric is a fairly simple and economical method of interior decoration that will help to fully reveal your creative potential.
