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To create attractive interior sometimes it is enough to change only a few details. The use of mouldings is one of the design tricks that contribute to the transformation of the appearance of the room. These include frames, baseboards, moldings and profiled bar.
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Plastic moldings for walls can be used not only for decoration, but also as a part that contributes to the concealment of some surface defects. Thanks to these elements you can divide the wall into several sections decorated with different Wallpaper.
Sometimes the moldings are used as ceiling moldings to hide the unsightly joints. The higher the ceilings, the greater should be used item. The shape of the moldings can be:
- convex;
- concave;
- direct.
Popular and decorative stucco moldings. If the item is selected for a classic interior, you should choose the one which decorated with stucco. In the case where the moldings are bought in the apartment, dominated by minimalism, you need to buy the most basic models.
Such decorative elements can also be used for the decoration of the inside of the window. This approach is precarious, but with proper selection of materials to create an eye-catching feature in the interior.
Also with moldings you can decorate the niches and arches. This helps to create a completed appearance of such elements of the interior. There are a huge number of textures of the moldings, so the landlord is not limited in choice and can implement your ideas.
Moldings can be made of:
- polyurethane;
- polystyrene;
- tree;
- gypsum;
- marble;
- plastic.
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Usually, the moldings used to decorate walls, ceilings and doorways. But some decorate even the furniture in the apartment. To create an unusual interior, enough to make rosettes and other protruding elements in the rooms gilded decorative frames. Thanks to the owner of the apartment can feel like a noble person who lives in the house of the classical period.
In order to draw the Japanese-style room, you can use panels of a contrasting dark color. Thus, the use of the moldings can be limited only by the imagination of the owner of the apartment.
Use moldings can those who do not seek to create a chic interior, and wishes to remove the defects in the walls. Thanks to decorative elements, you can visually expand the room, or Vice versa, to make it more narrow. Also, with proper choice they help visually raise the ceiling.
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The traditional material is wood, but often the mouldings are made from plaster, polyurethane and polystyrene. To choose a suitable option, you should consider the features of such elements:
- Polyurethane moldings have a smooth surface and therefore can be painted and laminated. After lacquering the surface can be washed without worrying about the destruction of the material. Also feature is the ability to stick them to various joints and exposed surfaces.
- Moldings from polistirola. Their distinctive feature becomes smooth edge when cut. This means that during installation, you can use these items in the apartments of the complex shape of the walls and ceilings. They are also easily painted and does not deteriorate during washing and cleaning.
- Products from foam are the cheapest. One of the poles of such material is the ease, but when exposed to minimum stress, it can be spoiled.
- Wooden mouldings convenient because they can cut grooves for the wiring and to put them to decorative carving. Their drawback is heavy weight, which they need to fix with screws.
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The use of such decorative elements can contribute to the transformation:
- The Windows and doors. If you stick the molding on the perimeter of the window and paint it so it blended with the frames, it will help to visually enlarge the opening. This technique is used for the transformation of doorways.
- The ceiling. If you make a double strip of baguettes with a gap of a few centimeters, this will help to visually increase the ceiling height. This is a very simple way to visually make a small room more comfortable.
- Wall. In an example arrangement, in which the Wallpapers are only on the lower part of the surface. To separate them from the rest of the wall by using the molding the same color.
Can also be done on the walls and decorative rectangles that are different in color from the rest of the surface. Using these decorative elements are made of pictures and other wall compositions. Cover the walls with Wallpaper and moldings is the simplest way to decorate an apartment.
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Moldings have always been integral elements of the classical style and served to give the room grandeur and elegance. But in modern apartments can be used not only as decoration but also as functional items.
In an example, the following options:
- holder for shoes;
- shelf for books;
- stand for photo;
- hinged shelf;
- frame for TV.
Particularly useful moldings for women’s shoes with heel. It is enough to fix several of these elements on the wall in a row. Due to this they will not only attractive element of the interior, but also a functional stand for a large number of shoes. Choose moldings is counting on the combination with other objects in the room.
Also when making walls it is possible to install the moldings as shelves for books. In this use case should take care of the PR reliable fastening of these elements. If you use them as a stand for photos, the wall will not have to do a lot of holes for fasteners. Thus this option helps to increase free space.
For mounted shelves need to purchase wide moldings. They can be installed, for example, in the bathroom and to serve as a shelf for bottles of shampoo and other supplies. A less common variant – mouldings as a frame for the TV. It’s appropriate when you create the room of classic interior, which does not work well to place the modern equipment. In this case, you should choose the frame the color of the walls.
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To change the interior many people prefer to buy new furniture, but to transform a room, enough to buy moldings for furniture. They help to arrange a room according to your preferred style. Even in the absence of knowledge about creating beautiful interior you can see examples through which it is easy to find the right moldings.
Opportunities self adhesive furniture molding:
- update old furniture;
- masking defects of the material;
- protection angles;
- mount upholstery fabric.
Moldings can be large, flat, smooth and textured. Metallized and painted elements used to create the patch patterns, which are located on the seams. To apply stucco is only in the spacious rooms, executed in classical style. In this version of the design should take into account that if the decorative elements are present on the furniture, and the ceiling with the walls also need to have the appropriate moldings.
Set these items on the furniture with glue. Typically used in polyurethane gel, which leaves no residue on the surface, so can not spoil the furniture. Easier option, buy self-adhesive moldings. To attach them to the surface enough to remove the tape on the mounting side and attach it to the right place.
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To decorate a room, it is enough to use a few techniques:
- White moldings on a solid wall. To decorate the surface, enough to evenly distribute it on rectangles of white decorative items. Their corners are usually made shaped, so that even simple interior becomes more attractive. Closer to the corners of the rectangles are already being made, and in the middle created a wide figure, about which it is better to have a sofa or bed.
- Moldings with the framework. This option is ideal for those who have not decided how to hang frames on the wall. Placing shapes from the white strips along the entire length of the walls, they can post pictures. It does not matter whether they are filled or not. But it is worth remembering that by choosing a certain style of arrangement of the moldings, you must stick to it during the installation of all decorative elements. At baguettes you can also insert a mirror that will not spoil the overall impression of the interior.
- Painting or decorative panels. These items will look more attractive if placed in the moldings. One example is the solid wall on which the frame painted.
Another interesting solution is to create a framework from moldings with the location in them of Wallpapers, which are different from the background. To make it simple enough, and the result is able to surpass the expectations of the landlord. If the moldings are used to create empty frames, they can be painted in the same color as the walls.
