Today, a beautifully executed 3D drawing on urban asphalt immediately turns a street or square into a real attraction. So why not decorate your home with such a masterpiece, especially since, with certain skills and great patience, this can be done without resorting to the help of specialists?
What are 3D floors
3 dfloors- this is a variant of self-leveling polymer floors with such excellent operational properties, as high resistance to abrasion, environmental friendliness, ease of maintenance, antistatic, optimal thermal conductivity and solidity, due to the absence of weak points (joints and seams). And yet, they are incredibly beautiful and original.
"Three-dimensional" floors usually consist of three layers:
- an image created manually using paint or other materials;
- the final layer.
What materials and tools are needed to create a 3d floor
In order for the house to have a room with an unusual and fashion design floor, you will need to purchase the following expendable materials:
- cement;
- PVA dispersion solution in the proportion of 1 liter of PVA to 10-15 liters of water;
- epoxy resin and hardener, and even better compound, which is a ready-made combination of these two components.
In addition, you should decide on the design and purchase the appropriate materials for decoration. For example, in this capacity, a vinyl film can be used, on which an image is applied, acrylic paints, if it is supposed to paint the floor manually, or a variety of small objects: pebbles, shells, coins, beads, dried flowers, chips, spikelets, ceramic figurines, etc.
As for tools, you should have on hand:
- a machine for the production of grinding work on concrete pavements;
- a powerful construction mixer or drill;
– home or industrial vacuum cleaner (depending on floor area);
- spatulas;
- fur and needle rollers;
- flat brush
Work order
Work on creation 3dfloors in the apartment consists of several stages:
1. Stage one
They remove the old coating from the floor, dismantle the skirting boards and doors. If we are talking about a room with high humidity (bathroom, sauna, etc.), it is necessary to install waterproofing.
2. Stage two
Concrete subfloor being sanded and filled cement mortar cracks and chips. Carefully remove dust from the surface of the polished floor and remove oil stains. With the help of a fur roller, a primer is carried out (in two layers) and left to dry for about a day. Make sure that the floor has minimal moisture, and it is better to be completely dry. Moreover, ignoring this circumstance is tantamount to the fact that all the work will go down the drain.
It is impossible to allow the bulk layer to adhere to the walls of the room, since, for example, when a building shrinks on a 3d floor, cracks may appear. To avoid this, a damper tape with a thickness equal to the height of the floor filling is laid along the perimeter of the room along the line connecting the walls and the floor.
3. Stage three
A base layer is applied - a screed or a polymer. Moreover, if it is assumed that the floor will be decorated with the help of small objects, then a polymer of the color that the background of the “pattern” should be is used. Check the evenness of the base with a level.
4. Stage four
This stage is the most interesting and requires a creative approach. If you intend to use the finished image, then it is printed on the fabric used to create banners. At the same time, it is advised to make a drawing “with a margin”, that is, its size should slightly exceed the size of the floor. By the way, a good choice- a drawing in the form of some kind of convex texture or imitating a green lawn on which blades of grass are distinguishable.
You can also invite a professional artist who, using polymer or acrylic paints, will apply to the base layer 3 dpicture. After the image "dries", it should be covered protective layer varnish.
An unusual solution is to lay out a drawing on the floor using small objects, sand, coffee beans, pebbles, etc. Before you start decorating, the floor must be filled with polymer and until it has “grabbed” to form the desired three-dimensional image. At the end of the work, it is very important to close the windows in the room and lock it, preserving it for at least two days, so that dust does not get on the surface of the image. Then the floor is poured with a layer of transparent polymer 2 mm thick, processed with a spiked roller, and the room where the repair is being made is preserved for another 48 hours.
5. Stage five
Apply a thin finishing layer (0.5 mm thick). To do this, they either use a ready-made compound or make a transparent polymer on their own, mixing epoxy resin with a hardener in a ratio of 2:1 until uniform (no lumps can be allowed!) Since usually after 40-45 minutes the mixture begins to thicken, it should not be cooked immediately, but constantly stirred during operation. The polymer is spread over the treated surface with a spatula and rolled with a spiked roller to remove bubbles until the composition begins to stick.
6. Stage six
After the work is completed, the room is preserved for 1 week, after having hung the windows to protect the floor from direct sunlight.
7. Stage seven
Cover the floor with clear varnish. Wait until the varnish is completely dry.
Masters with extensive experience in creating self-leveling floors recommend listening to the following tips:
- In order to avoid injuries and not spoil the work floor, you need to wear rubber gloves, put on a respirator and paint shoes (special spiked shoes) and change into overalls.
- During the work, the floor should not be too cold (surface temperature not lower than 10 degrees).
- When sticking a vinyl film on which a pattern is applied, you need to be very careful not to tear it. Sticking should start from the center, stroking with a soft cloth towards the walls of the room
- Image printed on paper base, glued on a surface smeared with glue or on a thin layer of primer.
— To check if the picture will lose its appearance after applying the polymer composition, you need to apply it to the edge of the canvas or paper pattern and wait until it dries. If the image changes (blurs, changes color, etc.), then the entire floor with the applied (pasted) pattern is covered with a thin layer of PVA glue to prevent the absorption of the polymer composition.
- For the top coat, a varnish with anti-slip properties is best suited.
- You can not try to knead epoxy resin and hardener by hand.
— 3 dfloor in any interior it becomes the dominant design element, so the design of the walls and ceiling should be matched to it, both in terms of style and color. The rest of the interior items (lamps, furniture, etc.) should also not be dissonant with the pattern of the floor.
The main disadvantage of such floors is the complexity, and sometimes the impossibility of dismantling them, so if the result is unsuccessful due to non-compliance with the technology or low-quality materials, then the floor will have to be removed almost with the top layer of the base.
Video on how to make 3d floors with your own hands
Today, the choice of decorating your home is limited only by the imagination and the depth of the wallet. However, even in an age of abundance and diversity, we remain ourselves and continue to look for something new and experiment with what has already been found. Naturally, such experiments do not bypass the field of flooring.
In this connection, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the list of original floor coverings with which you can decorate your own home without much effort and expense.
Wood disc floors.
The reasons why lumber is harvested by sawing a tree trunk along, and not across, are simple and understandable even to a child. However, our first example suggests going against banal logic for the sake of originality.
The technology is simple: cut blanks of the same height, lay them on a flat floor and glue them. Next, it remains to grind the surface of the discs, fill the space between them with grout or smaller discs and cover everything with polyurethane.
Now imagine what beauty can be achieved using discs of different types of wood!
A floor of coins.
You have been putting the change accumulated in your pockets into a piggy bank for a whole year and are now ready to smash the overflowing pig and roam with all your heart? Do not rush to spend your savings on all sorts of nonsense. For them there is more original way applications. However, what kind of coins they will be - new or already out of circulation - is up to you. You can develop the idea and replace the “trifle”, for example, with buttons or bottle caps.
Unlike the floor made of wooden disks, the work here is not at all dusty, but VERY painstaking. Particular attention should be paid to leveling the surface. Cracks and irregularities should be repaired with cement and putty.
You can lay out a currency (in the literal sense of the word) mosaic immediately on the floor, but it is much easier to first divide the floor area into squares, work on the table and assemble the pattern in parts on self-adhesive paper. And then transfer this unpretentious puzzle to the floor. At the end, fill it all with epoxy sealant with a UV blocker and leave to dry. When ready, you can play an episode from the cartoon “Golden Antelope”, rolling on the floor and asking “Enough!”
paper stone floor.
Everything ingenious is simple. Unlike previous methods, carelessness in work is not only not forbidden, but rather welcomed. We take ordinary wrapping paper, crumple it and leave it under pressure overnight.
Then we straighten the paper blanks and coat them with glue mixed in half with water. Be sure to lay out the joints of the sheets with an overlap so that when they dry they do not spread. When laying wet paper on the floor, press it as tightly as possible. We let it dry, cover with a stain and the next day we process the floor with the same glue solution. We wait for the surface to dry completely and cover everything with parquet varnish. Ready.
Fabric floor.
In general, the technology for manufacturing such a floor has been for many, many years. That's just the last decade, she ceased to be in demand and fell out of sight. Well? Everything new is well forgotten old. As you might guess, a feature of this floor is a textile fabric with a pattern or pattern.
Strips of cut fabric are attached to the floor with PVA glue (in the case of a solid canvas, it is enough to glue the material around the perimeter). It is important during processing to get rid of wrinkles and expel air, because. any unevenness on the surface will inevitably lead to early wear - it will simply crack. It is also desirable to smooth the glued fabric with an iron. Now for two weeks, every 2-3 days we cover the floor with parquet varnish. 5-7 layers of varnish will give your floor sufficient strength and durability.
As you can see, such floors look very original and unusual.
Of course, in one article it is impossible to tell about all varieties of flooring. By the way, we didn't even try to do that. We just suggested a few interesting solutions in the hope that now your fantasy has been played out to tell you how else you could expand this list. But before you get down to business, take a look at the section“Floor and Floor Coverings”on our forum. There will definitely be experienced specialists who will give you good advice and help you avoid mistakes when translating your ideas into reality.
Do-it-yourself furniture from improvised materials will surely become the highlight of your home: it is original, it gives the interior irresistibility and special, unlike anything else beauty.
Pieces of furniture that our parents would not understand, would call them strange and suitable only for a garage or a shed, are gaining more and more confidence in the space of modern apartments. And they don’t just conquer, but harmonize with the interior one hundred percent, although outside the apartment they can look ridiculous. These items are pouffes from old books and old rugs, armchairs and sofas from cast iron bathtubs, coffee tables from wooden boxes.
Pieces of furniture that our parents would not understand, would call them strange and suitable only for a garage or shed, are increasingly conquering the space of modern apartments.
All this extraordinary beauty is called the author's vision, the author's idea, exclusive products, and designers ask for solid money for it. But why? Why pay more if you can build the same, or even much more interesting, yourself?
The most necessary of the interior items is the table. Those tables that are offered to the consumer by retail outlets often do not differ in either quality or unique design. Expensive stamped tables can be found everywhere.
The most necessary of the interior items - a table
We invite you not to follow the Soviet habit of turning your house into a typical living space, but to dream up a little and create unusual furniture from improvised materials with their own hands.
We invite you not to follow the Soviet habit of turning your house into a typical living space, but to dream up a little and create unusual furniture from improvised materials with your own hands.
For creating unique table(magazine, coffee or dinner) you need a strong stump or round timber of a sawn tree of the appropriate size, a can of paint and a few hours of free time.
To create a unique table (coffee table, coffee table or dining table), you need a strong stump or round timber of a sawn tree of the appropriate size, a can of paint and several hours of free time.
The stump must be washed from dust and dirt or dry cleaned and painted. Choose a color in accordance with the main range of the room. According to our observations, white stump tables are very popular, but the color can be changed at any time.
On a note! Painting can be the final chord of making your amazing table, or you can decorate furniture with decoupage technique or metal elements.
An old large (or small) suitcase is an excellent material for creating a unique table for a laptop, for periodicals, and desk ik from it will look great and stand firmly on its legs.
The main secret of such a product: the more vintage the suitcase, the more original the table
The main secret of such a product: the more vintage the suitcase, the more original the table. If you look at a photo of furniture made from improvised materials with your own hands, namely tables from suitcases, you can see how much richer and more interesting objects look if the main material for them is decorated with forging, corners, or original carnations.
Important! In order to build a desk, you will need a suitcase, legs (you can take from an old table, or you can make it yourself) and a strong rigid board for the table top.
Open the suitcase by locking it in open form using planks or leather straps, attach a pre-treated tabletop, use the suitcase lid as an organizer by attaching pockets, shelves and drawers to it. When making a table, be guided by a pirate style - attach "crab legs" or planks crosswise to ensure the stability of the furniture.
The second option: place the suitcase-chest closed on strong legs. It is unlikely that you will be able to write letters and drink tea at such a table, but you can keep cute trinkets on it and fold periodicals.
An excellent dining table can be built if you have an old unnecessary door at your disposal - it will serve as a countertop. We propose to decorate the center of the tabletop with even rectangles (squares) made of colored durable glass. Take different shades, the brighter the table, the better it looks. You need to fix the glass in wooden frames made of durable slats.
An excellent dining table can be built if you have an old unnecessary door at your disposal - it will serve as a countertop
Before fitting the countertop, the edges and interior trims must be painted and allowed to dry completely. The legs must also be attached before the glazing stage.
Fans will love this kind of furniture natural materials. That is, completely natural: you don’t need to paint or process the bars, except to sand the surface a little to get rid of roughness. It’s great if the bars turn out to be slightly cracked - this will give the product originality.
table from wooden beam will appeal to fans of natural materials
The manufacturing process of the table is as follows: at the bottom of each beam, on both sides, recesses are made for the legs (the legs are also bars, but smaller and treated with paint and varnish), big bars in the amount of 3-4 pieces, they put them on smaller ones, check the stability - and use an unusual table for a long time and with pleasure.
The table turns out to be quite bulky, clumsy, suitable only for spacious rooms, but its plus is that it surprisingly harmoniously combines with leather upholstered furniture and fits perfectly into ultra-modern interiors.
Shelves and cabinets
This is not a typo: not FOR books, but FROM books - everything is correct. A few useless, uninteresting, slightly shabby books in strong bindings can be found in the library, right? Of those that are already ready for waste paper? That's wonderful. Give them a second life - let them keep other, more interesting and popular books.
It is very easy to make such furniture from improvised materials with your own hands - even a housewife can handle it
It is very easy to make such furniture from improvised materials with your own hands - even a housewife can handle it: you need to select several books of approximately the same thickness, size and texture of the binding (you can experiment with colors) and place them on fasteners (belts, bars, corners) with the spine to the viewer - fresh, non-standard, nice.
Make a cylinder from a durable plywood sheet, securely connecting the edges, and attach it to the wall: you can do it in its original form, or you can treat the plywood with paint or varnish.
From a durable plywood sheet, make a cylinder, securely connecting the edges, and attach it to the wall: it can be in its original form, or you can treat the plywood with paint or varnish
In two or three hours, you can equip even the entire surface of the wall with such shelves - they are easy to make, they are original and functional.
One of the easiest methods to build kitchen or bookshelves is to attach a few boxes of old wood to the wall. kitchen table. You can not process them with anything, and even emphasize the “age” even more by rubbing the already existing scuffs with emery.
One of the easiest methods to build kitchen or book shelves is to attach some drawers from an old kitchen table to the wall.
Built-in wardrobe with transparent door
As a transparent door, take an old but solid window frame with glass.
Leave a recess in the wall in which narrow shelves would fit. Rough boards will serve as shelves in this case. Attach some shelves and hang the door.
It is convenient to keep kitchen utensils in the closet, and if you build one in the office, then books.
As a transparent door, take an old but solid window frame with glass
Variety of poufs
The record for the number on the Internet is broken by photos of do-it-yourself furniture made from improvised materials such as a soft pouf. Pouffes can be made from everything in any quantity and any shape.
In this article, we will show you how to create crafts for your home with your own hands. Decor from improvised materials gives housing a unique look, helps old things to find new life.
A craft starts with an idea. It shows individuality. You can make crafts for the house yourself. You don't have to be a designer. In creativity, it is important to be careful. Only in this way crafts turn out to be of high quality and beautiful.
What to use for crafts?
DIY home decor from improvised materials enriches the interior. The kitchen is the place that brings the whole family together. In this room, you can paint walls, hang photos, decorate furniture, a kitchen apron, etc. In the absence of design education, you can use stencils. An empty wall is decorated with a panel or a picture on a kitchen theme.
It is better to decorate the living room with the whole family. Ideas bring together. We offer as an option to cut out the first letter of the family name from thick cardboard and decorate it with paper flowers, pompoms, and beads. The letter is framed like a photo and hung on the wall. Various words are collected from such letters: love, family, home.
Decorating in the form of vases helps to achieve the transformation of the interior. For decor use old bottles. Elements are wrapped with twine and decorated with flowers. To create room decor use sofa cushions, covers for which you can make yourself. These things make you feel comfortable.
The bedroom is a place of relaxation. No need to overload it with decorations. A few items will suffice. The wall of the room is decorated with family photos, and a homemade patchwork bedspread is placed on the bed. The design of bedside rugs should be done in the same style. An original solution is the use of fabric birds, which are hung over the bed by satin ribbons.
The bathroom is a place of cleanliness and personal care. You can decorate it with shells, pebbles. A lot of things and accessories are stored in this room, so you can make homemade panel organizers. As shelves for storage, you can use wicker baskets screwed to the bottom of the wall. Original hooks for towels can be made from various materials: tree knots, wrenches. The main thing is not to get out of the general design of the room.
The design of the nursery is due to its size. Bright things should be used to create the interior of a children's room. It is decorated with homemade toys, photos, bedspreads, wall paintings, unusual lamps.
On the Internet you can find various ideas for the interior with your own hands from improvised materials. For inspiration, you just need to look around. Crafts for the interior with your own hands from improvised materials can be created from:
- paper and cardboard;
- fabric cuts;
- colored threads and beads;
- unnecessary CDs;
- coins;
- satin or nylon ribbons;
- bottle caps;
- any elements made of plastic, wood, glass, etc.
Tip: For crafts, you can use larger items, such as cabinets, wall mirrors, chests of drawers, tables.
practical crafts
If you do not like various trinkets, then you can make practical home furnishings with your own hands from improvised materials.
Rack from an old ladder
Sometimes there is not enough shelving in the house. So why not make it yourself? This will be a really practical craft. The rack is made from an unnecessary ladder. In addition to the stairs, you will need boards, paint, a jigsaw, a brush, sandpaper and glue.
Stages of work:
- prepare the frame of the structure: cut the ladder into equal parts and fasten them in the form of two pyramids;
- cut shelves from boards;
- attach the shelves to the frame with glue;
- polish the structure and its elements;
- paint the shelving.
Books, original baskets, flower pots, A4 size paintings and other beautiful do-it-yourself things for the home and interior from improvised means are placed on such a rack.
We invite you to create another practical craft for the home - a table from unnecessary wooden boxes. Fruits and vegetables are often stored in such boxes. For crafts, you will need 4 of these boxes, nails and a hammer.
Place the drawers on the side surface with the open side out and connect them together in a square. Fasten the elements with nails. It is possible to decorate the open space of the drawers with additional shelves. At the end of the work you need to paint the table.
Pallet spice rack
We invite you to create a unique shelf for spices from an old pallet. To do this, the pallet is cleaned with sandpaper. Jigsaw saw off unnecessary elements. You can make additional shelves. It turns out a panel with a pocket, which is suitable for any interior. Oil containers are placed in this pocket, wine bottles, spices. The shelf is painted in the color of the interior.
Crafts for interior decor
A house is a reflection of its owner. It's nice to come to visit a creative person and consider the embodied ideas and unique style. We offer you some tips for decorating the interior and creating crafts.
mirror frame
A wall mirror decorated with an unusual frame can be an interior decor item made from improvised materials. It is easy to make from a regular newspaper or magazine. Colored sheets are cut into equal squares measuring 10x10 cm and rolled into tubes of equal thickness. These tubes are glued along the perimeter of the frame parallel to each other. The result is beautiful decoration mirrors. The tubes need to be fixed not only with glue, but with varnish.
Plafond made of plastic
To make a plastic ceiling lamp, you will need several sets of plastic spoons, an empty 5-liter plastic container, and glue. Cut off the neck of the container. The handles of the spoons are cut off so that petals are obtained. Using glue, the original petals are fixed on the surface of the container in the form of scales. The plastic cover is ready.
Fabric jewelry
The interior for the house from improvised materials will become more alive if you use the remnants of bright fabric. You can make various crafts from them, for example, fabric flowers. Using a stencil, circles d = 20 cm are cut out. A spiral is drawn on the circles, which is cut along the entire length. The spiral is twisted from the bottom, gluing so that the bud does not fall apart. After drying, the petals are straightened. Unusual decor with your own hands from improvised means for the apartment is ready. Several fabric colors are combined into a composition, panels, paintings are made, shelves, a wall, etc. are decorated with them.
Candlestick from old beads
If you have old beads, do not rush to throw them away. They are disassembled into beads to make a hand-made candlestick. At the base of the candlestick, you need to fix an unnecessary CD. Glue the beads in rows along the edge of its circumference so that a glass is formed. If you put a shaped candle in this cup, it will turn into a beautiful candlestick. This element of decor has a big plus. Thanks to the beads, it shimmers beautifully when a candle is lit.
Festive garland on the window
On the New Year or any other holiday, the windows of the house are decorated with garlands. It is not necessary to hang bright lights, we recommend that you make an unusual curtain from improvised materials. To create a garland, you will need thick colored cardboard, a thick thread, a needle, and scissors. Using a stencil, cut circles d = 10 cm. Circles are strung on threads of the required length. The threads are connected to each other in a curtain and fixed on the window frame.
Hanger for jewelry
There are not many DIY crafts. Female dressing table you can decorate with a homemade hanger for jewelry from improvised materials. Make it easy. To implement the idea, you will need a picture frame, a small piece of plywood, paint, small hooks, a jigsaw. Cut the plywood to the size of the baguette, paint it with paint. Mark the places for attaching the hooks, fix them. With this decorative element, you can store your jewelry in an original way.
Canvas box
We suggest you make a box of plastic canvas. Canvas is a material for embroidery and crafts. It has the size of an A4 sheet. The canvas has a different number of perforations. For work, you will need the workpiece itself, threads, a needle, a piece of fabric and scissors. On the canvas, you can embroider with a cross or stitch. From the canvas, make the details of the future box and decorate them with your favorite embroidery method. Connect the details with threads with a needle. The canvas box is ready, it needs to be stored on a shelf. Without a doubt, it will become the main decoration of the interior of your home.
Wicker rug
Tapestry technique allows you to create a rug at home with your own hands from any improvised means. For example, they cut old clothes into ribbons. This option is called the "grandmother's" rug. For crafts, you should choose durable material, and do the broach of the thread with your hands.
Prepare cardboard 500x500 mm. Sew it with thread. Having fixed the first thread, start weaving the tapestry. When you finish the last round, turn the rug inside out and sew around the perimeter of the rope to cover the ends of the threads.
Planters from packages
From improvised materials, which are sometimes accumulated at home, they make planters for indoor flower. For DIY crafts, you will need paper bags, wooden skewers, scissors, a rope, a glue gun, and containers (for example, you can use a mayonnaise jar).
From paper bags, make blanks in the form of ribbons measuring 70x300 mm. Using skewers, make tubes from blanks. Fix the corners with glue. Wrap the sides of the container in a paper bag. Turn it upside down. Attach 8 tubes to the base. Return the future planter to its normal position. Bend the tubes up, pressing them tightly against the walls of the planter. It remains to braid the main tubes remaining in a checkerboard pattern. At the top, the pot is pierced, a rope is threaded through the holes and the pots are hung on the wall of the room.
Fabric hanger
Hangers are always needed in the household. We suggest you make some of them. For crafts you will need:
- wire hangers;
- satin ribbons in contrasting colors;
- piece of fabric;
- scissors;
- needle and thread;
- glue;
- sintepon.
Outline the hanger on a piece of fabric. Leaving a small gap, cut out 2 blanks. Sew the blanks together to make a cover. Wrap the hook of the hanger with a satin ribbon, fixing it with glue. Put the fabric cover on the hanger. Inner space kill with synthetic winterizer. Sew up the hole. From a contrasting satin ribbon, make a bow and fasten it at the base of the hook. The fabric hanger is ready. You can hang delicate things on it.
mirror frame
There is always a mirror in the house. Most often it is located in the hallway, bathroom or bedroom. Decorating ideas are endless. The mirror can be beautifully decorated with newspaper tubes, broken pieces of porcelain or tiles, colored glass, shells, buttons, beads, hemp, etc. To fix the elements it is necessary to use transparent silicone glue.
Decoupage
Do-it-yourself room design from improvised materials can be made using the decoupage technique. We suggest you decorate a small mirror in a wooden frame:
- Clean the frame with sandpaper.
- Cover the prepared surface of the decor element acrylic paint white.
- After the paint has dried, apply a layer of decoupage glue to the surface.
- Cut out a decoupage card according to the size of the frame and glue it to the surface.
- Apply the next layer of decoupage varnish.
- Clean the edges of the frame with sandpaper and cover with craquelure. The paint will dry and crack.
- Apply a contrasting shade of paint to the cracked surface.
- You can select the borders of the frame and put blots on its surface.
- Cover the frame with a glossy varnish.
Decor from plastic spoons
For crafts, it is better to use a round mirror. Cut off the handles from the plastic spoons, leaving the scoops. Glue them in several rows around the entire perimeter of the mirror. Paint the decor with a spray can. Instead of spoons, you can take buttons, beads, shells, clothespins.
Ring decor
DIY decor from improvised means can be inexpensive. From plastic pipes cut rings of the same width. Finish their edges. Take the capron lid. This will be the base of the structure. Attach the first row of rings to the lid. Attach the second and subsequent rows to the already glued rings. At the end of the work, we recommend that you decorate the decor with sequins. Fix the mirror in the center.
Rope decor
To implement the idea, you need a hemp rope. Cut out the base from cardboard. It should be larger than the mirror itself. Attach a mirror to the center of the base. Apply transparent silicone adhesive to the base. Fix the hemp turn by turn. The result is a mirror that can be used to create a nautical-style room interior.
Decor on glass
Do-it-yourself home decor from improvised materials also includes painting. To work, you will need stained glass paints, a glass outline, glitter, alcohol, cotton swabs, toothpicks and silicone glue. Before starting work, decide on the pattern. Transfer it to the mirror using carbon paper. Select the drawing with an outline on the glass. Remove blemishes with alcohol. After the contour has dried, paint the pattern with stained glass paints, distributing them with a toothpick. Paints should dry for about 3 days. After that, the decor is complemented with glass beads or glitter.
beading
Beads are used to decorate the mirror. Mark the future frame with masking tape. Apply silicone glue to the resulting border. Pour the beads onto paper and spread it over the adhesive strip. Carefully remove the tape and let the work dry well.
We decorate the walls with simple materials
The atmosphere of the interior can be changed by paying special attention to decorating the walls. To do this, you only need rollers, paints and color. It is not necessary to paint the surface of all walls. Sometimes it is enough to select a part of it. They decorate the walls in different ways: with paintings, with the help of panels, photos, natural materials, baguettes, paper butterflies, interesting hooks and other improvised materials.
Screen decor
This method of decorating walls is considered the easiest. Stencils are made by hand from thick paper, whatman paper or plastic. Patterns can be found on the Internet. The stencil is pressed tightly against the wall and sprayed with spray paint.
Tip: apply the paint in a thin layer so as not to smudge the pattern and avoid smudges!
Self-leveling 3d floors are one of the most current trends in design. Moreover, if earlier they were used exclusively in public buildings, now they are also conquering apartment spaces.
The secret of this popularity, first of all, in operational qualities - durability, ease of maintenance, environmental friendliness. But designers fell in love with this technique also because it allows you to create exclusive, implement the most daring decisions, give standard layouts a unique chic. And the owner of the apartment will be sure of the uniqueness of his interior, especially since it is made.
The technology of 3D floors is very complex and is a full-fledged art object. The drawing is applied to the base base, then covered with a special transparent polymer coating, the thickness of which determines the depth of the image. It is possible to use photographs, natural materials, specially designed three-dimensional images, even just wallpaper. This allows you to visually expand small rooms, realize any fantasy of the customer, use it as an advertisement, gallery, etc.
If you decide to repair and as floor covering choose self-leveling 3d floors, you should carefully study the technology of this process and comprehensively soberly assess your capabilities. And it is extremely thoughtful to choose a drawing - because it will remain with you for very many years. For many interiors, such a floor generally becomes a central component.
Modern materials have made it possible to make the production of 3d floors more affordable. But the installation process itself is very laborious and requires certain skills. Therefore, it is still better to entrust the work to professionals. And if, nevertheless, a creative itch pushes you on an adventure, you should punctually follow the advice of experts.
Now you can start actually creating a masterpiece
. It is somewhat reminiscent of a multi-layer cake, and the final ideal result depends on the quality of each layer.
Installation begins with pouring the base . Since most of the floors in the houses are concrete, a screed is made. Before this, the overlap is leveled grinder, close cracks and chips, then thoroughly clean from dust and debris and degrease the surface.
The leveling mortar is evenly distributed over the entire surface and treated with a special spiked roller to release air bubbles.
After drying, the screed is sanded and even the slightest dust is carefully removed. Then they are coated with a special primer that has a very deep penetration. The quality of the primer directly affects the quality of the pattern, its durability.
Base coat . A properly executed screed can already serve as the basis for drawing a picture. But it is better to add a special polymer composition, which is laid according to the level and rule, completely squeezing out air bubbles. To give a certain roughness, quartz sand is added. The layer should completely harden, this is at least a day.
Applying a paint layer
. This is where your imagination and craving for creativity can unfold in full force. There are three types of execution of this stage: work with natural materials, painting with paints and sticker of the finished image.
Artistic painting is very expensive pleasure and increases the cost of the floor at times. Using a ready-made image simplifies and reduces the cost of the process. But just printing a photo in a larger format is not enough, the drawing will turn out flat and inexpressive. Remember that there is a special technique for volumetric large images. The art workshops will help you choose such an image and transfer it to vinyl film.
The size of the image should be larger than the floor area so as not to join the individual parts, which can also move during the pouring process. The drawing is glued with special glue, carefully aligned, pressed, additionally primed.
But if you yourself are a good artist, you can try to paint the floor yourself by hand. This will not only save you a lot of money, but also give scope to your creativity. High-tech lovers especially like this method, because it allows you to realize any ideas. And you can also use multi-colored decorative sand, river and sea pebbles, shells, leaves, buttons ... In a word, create and express yourself!
Finishing layer . All components of the transparent layer are thoroughly mixed and poured onto the drawing, maintaining an equal layer thickness over the entire surface. To give an artistic effect, glitter, coins, grains can be added to the mixture.
The mixture is leveled using the rule. Use a spiked roller (or spiked shoes) to remove air bubbles. The depth of the picture and its perception depends on the thickness of this layer. After initial hardening (15-30 min), the surface is covered with plastic wrap for several days. Time may vary depending on indoor humidity and temperature.
After final drying, the surface of the transparent layer is polished and coated with a protective varnish. This will protect the floor surface from mechanical damage, from direct exposure to sunlight, from high humidity. You can give the floor and anti-slip properties. The surface covered with such a varnish requires the most ordinary care, including the use of detergents.
The whole process of making 3d floors takes from a week to two . Its undeniable technical advantages include durability, resistance to moisture, lack of dust emission, and ease of cleaning. And, of course, originality and individuality that makes your home unique.
However, some disadvantages of self-leveling artistic floors should also be mentioned. This high cost in the first place . And the difficulties that you will encounter during possible dismantling: the polymer composition adheres so strongly to the base that it is extremely difficult to remove it.
