Decorating the room with mosaics, we bring some zest to the interior design. With the help of wooden mosaics, it will turn out to transform any interior. She decorates the floor, walls, furniture. This decor is suitable for both classic style and advanced modern styles in the interior.
What is it?
Wood is an affordable natural material that is widely used in the design of rooms. Wooden mosaic can perfectly decorate your home. Any shade you like is selected, and today there are a lot of them on the market of finishing materials. Each tone has a characteristic texture and a certain pattern. There are even varieties of wooden mosaics that combine 2 or even 3 shades.Such a decorative element is made from small pieces of wood or veneer of compact sizes (1 - 8.6 cm). Wooden elements are attached to the subbase in the form of a grid. To fix pieces of wood, a certain adhesive composition is used. Another mosaic is made from wood chips, which are mixed with water and cement.
pros
Among the advantages of wood mosaics, we highlight the following:
- it is an environmentally friendly material;
- operated for a long time;
- thermal insulation properties;
- excellent combination with other surface finishes.
What's at the core?
Use wood of various grades. Most often, wooden mosaics are made from:
- birch;
- oak;
- ash;
- teak;
- sapels;
- wenge;
- olives;
- acacias;
- maple;
- zebrano;
- American walnut.
A barn board is also used, which is previously subjected to heat treatment and drying. The material is made from solid wood, cut at a certain angle. Manufacturers need unusual textures and unique colors to create an attractive mosaic.
Types of wooden mosaic
Wooden mosaic is presented in a wide range. There are varieties such as: marquetry, intarsia, inlay and block. They are based on a simple or figured veneer. In the case of a simple veneer, the direction of the fibers and color are easily selected, since when laying such a mosaic, attention is paid to the fact that the direction of the wood fibers is the same. When using figured veneer, it is worth maintaining the pattern made on the surface of the mosaic elements. To create an original interior, veneer of different colors is used.
Be sure to maintain a given geometric composition for a spectacular result.The technique of laying marquetry includes a combination of original compositions using, as an option, a unique ornament or pattern, which may well be asymmetrical or not repeat the outlines of geometric shapes. Inlay and intarsia have a lot in common. They differ from each other only in the additional material used, which combines well with wood.
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