Many remember Soviet washable paper wallpaper for a corridor with a print of a brick wall and green sprouts. Many decades have passed since then, but the decorative brick on the wall not only did not lose its relevance, but also smoothly moved to the interiors of living rooms and kitchens, becoming a style-forming element of many modern styles.
Of course, a real brick can rarely be found in the interior. Only the owners of brick urban new buildings can afford such a luxury, by agreement with the developer, they refused plastering work, and the owners of private brick houses. In all other cases, the implementation of this bold idea will require imitation decorative finishing material.
Flexible
Flexible brick tiles are used for interior decoration quite often. The reason for this is its good decorative qualities and ease of installation. This modern material is made of cement, sand, acrylic polymer and colored pigments. On sale you can find a huge variety of color schemes for brick tiles: all shades of brick, white, sand, gray and even black.
This material gently bends at any angle, you can decorate with its help external and internal corners, window and doorways, columns and other curved surfaces. To do this, the decoration element is simply heated by a building hair dryer to 50 degrees and glued to a curved surface under pressure. A slightly heated tile will hide any unevenness of the base. You can cut it with a simple knife.
Thanks to the combination of different color shades of the tiles from one collection, you can achieve a unique wall design. Deviations in shades further emphasize the naturalness of the masonry. Due to its good performance characteristics (frost resistance, resistance to natural factors), the tile can also be used in exterior decoration - for example, to coat a loggia.
The following advantages of a flexible modern material can be noted:
provides additional heat and sound insulation;
due to its light weight, it is easy to work with;
virtually waste-free material;
warm to the touch;
has a certain resistance to mechanical stress;
You can put it on a cheap cement mixture or cement glue.
Gypsum
Gypsum tile under a brick is absolutely eco-friendly and allows the surface to breathe, which is why it is popular in decoration no less flexible. In appearance and manufacturing technology, it is not much different from cement. Lining material is made of gypsum with the addition of plasticizers.It is light in weight, which determines the simplicity of working with it and a certain breadth of application: for example, it can be mounted on drywall. Gypsum tile painted in bulk does not lose color during prolonged use, has soundproofing characteristics, high decorativeness and inexpensive price.
However, some of its technical characteristics significantly reduce the spectrum of its application:
Gypsum tile absorbs moisture from the environment, swells and as a result is painted. Therefore, it is inappropriate to use it in rooms with high humidity: bathrooms and in the kitchen. Or, a special varnish will have to be applied to the tile, which will significantly increase the amount of investment in repairs.
This is a brittle material that can easily crack from mechanical stress. Fragility also complicates the installation process.
Gypsum tile is an excellent dust collector. The relief surface easily accumulates dust.
Unfortunately, the low heat resistance and fragility of the tiles make it impossible to use them in kitchens near stoves, for facing fireplaces, and also for decorating places near heating elements.
Cement
Cement tile has excellent performance characteristics and can be used for decorative cladding in rooms operating at any temperature. For example, for wall decoration in seasonal homes. A huge advantage of cement tile is its inexpensive price and a variety of colors and textures.
The basis of cement tiles are mineral chips and the best brands of Portland cement, containing astringent silicates, sand and water. Injection molding or pressing technology allows simulating the surface with any accuracy. Slightly inferior to clinker in mechanical strength, polymer cement tile has less weight, chemical resistance, a high variety of color and textured designs.The coloring pigment is introduced into the solution immediately upon kneading, which ensures color fastness and resistance to fading.
Brick
Clinker tiles are made from the same slate clay as traditional brick - the differences are in the manufacturing technology. For the manufacture of clinker clay, high-temperature firing is used until the components of the mixture are completely sintered. The resulting clinker tile has minimal porosity, excellent strength, excellent heat-insulating, frost-resistant, moisture-resistant and decorative characteristics. Therefore, clinker is most often used for facade cladding.
Clinker tiles in the apartment are an excellent solution not only for rooms, but also for the design of the kitchen and bathroom, as its moisture resistance and resistance to temperature changes determine its durability when operating in difficult conditions.
Brickwork Panels
Widely used for interior decoration and wall panels for brick made of PVC, MDF, fiberglass concrete. This material is easy to use, and its protective coating withstands moderate shock and friction. Bars and restaurants widely resort to it to create authentic interiors. It is convenient for home use. The advantages of the panels include:
Duration of operation - up to 15 years without loss of operational characteristics.
The ability to hide surface irregularities or communication systems with minimal time investment.
Light weight and small thickness of the material allow it to be used even for finishing plasterboard partitions.
Ease of processing material (cut with an ordinary knife) and ease of installation.
Resistance to high humidity, fungus, mold.
A diverse design, a large number of color shades, a varied texture, no need for finishing coloring.
There is a slight drawback to wall panels - with a significant mechanical impact, they can crack.
According to the base material, the panels are distinguished into:
PVC panels are safe, lightweight decorative panels that stick to the surface.
MDF panels are made of wood chips. Such panels have high operational parameters: wear resistance, thermal insulation properties and durability.
Panels made of fiberglass concrete - a modern material, which is a mixture of quartz sand, white cement and fiberglass reinforcing. This is a modern flexible, lightweight, environmentally friendly, highly resistant to fire, fireproof, moisture resistant, soundproofing material, resistant to corrosion and chemical influences. Fiberglass concrete is highly resistant to impact, bending, tension and compression.
Advantages and disadvantages
When choosing tiles to create interior decorative masonry, you must carefully familiarize yourself with the technical characteristics of the finishing material. For example, for the installation of a kitchen apron, you need to choose a moisture-resistant material with a surface that is convenient for care. The use of gypsum tiles for these purposes will create certain difficulties. The same applies to the use of tiles in the bathroom.
The installation time factor also plays a large role when choosing a material. It is easier and faster to make brick decor from soft tiles or using wall panels. Work with hard tiles will take much more time. Due to the complexity of installation, in some cases it is better to invite a professional.
The price factor also plays an important role - gypsum or cement tiles will become a more budgetary solution, but clinker is a rather expensive material.
In general, decorative brick tiles allow you to create a durable beautiful interior in modern and classic styles,It will look original and noble and will last as long as possible.
DIY tiles
Some craftsmen prefer to make tiles for decor with their own hands, creating their own unique textures. This process is not particularly complex and does not require the use of high-tech equipment.
From expanded polystyrene
Styrofoam bricks are an easy option to transform the interior of your home. For the manufacture of bricks, a fine-grained foam is taken, which is cut according to the size of a traditional brick - 25 by 12 cm. If the walls are perfectly aligned, you can stick the bricks directly on them. If there is no desire to level the walls, you can make a base panel of gypsum board or plywood.
Bricks are glued to PVA on a primed wall or base with a gap that imitates natural masonry of 10-15 mm. Cracks and potholes to simulate naturalness are applied with a conventional soldering iron or knife (spatula, any sharp object). The base is glued to the wall. After that, you can start painting the bricks with acrylic paints. You need to paint in several layers, starting with darker shades and ending with lighter ones. Painting is best done from spray cans.
Stencil Tile
Imitation of a brick can be done using a stencil made of plastic or rubber. To simplify the work, you can purchase a ready-made stencil from the well-known manufacturer of dry plaster and adhesive mixtures Ceresit. The manufacturer offers a whole line of stencils imitating London brickwork, Boston brickwork, etc. The surface of the stencil repeats the texture of a brick wall.
Work should be carried out on freshly laid, not yet set plaster. The stencil is slightly moistened with water and applied to the wall with pressure. After you remove the stencil, the imprint of a brick wall will be immediately visible. The stencil is moved along the wall in one even line.Align and correct the imitation of masonry with your hands and not with a tool. This creates an imitation of natural texture.
After the solution has dried with a scraper, the boundaries of the bricks are made a little clearer. Then brush away the debris from the masonry and begin staining.
From gypsum and silicone molds
For the manufacture of gypsum brick tiles, you can certainly use purchased silicone or polyurethane molds, but their prices can leave anyone confused. However, if the question is about designing a brick insert of a small area, then you can buy one form, usually for 8 bricks, and consistently produce the required number of bricks. If you plan to design the entire apartment in a loft style, for example, or, at least, design a pair of walls in a brick style, it will be easier to mold several shapes with your own hands and quickly make the right amount of bricks with them.
To make a silicone mold, you will need a large shield made of chipboard with bumpers from an aluminum corner in the size of the future shape and decorative bricks. Bricks need to be glued to the shield with a shift or exactly depending on what kind of masonry you want to get as a result, observing the evenness of interlining seams ranging in size from 3 mm to 5 mm. Bricks need to be glued tightly over the entire surface so that the polyurethane does not flow under them. After that, the entire surface is treated with a release agent.
Polyurethane is kneaded in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. The best hardness polyurethane for these purposes is 40 shore. The first layer of polyurethane is smeared with a brush, and after a couple of minutes polyurethane can be poured onto the surface. The polyurethane should dry for a day, after which it can be removed and put on for another 5 days, so that it rests. After that, you can start working with him.
The simplest gypsum mixture for making bricks:
6 parts of gypsum;
1 part slaked lime;
water at the rate of 1 to 0.7;
color.
Ideal for you to have a vibrating table. With its help, air bubbles will be removed from the filled solution. If there is no vibrating table, gypsum in each form must be pierced with any pin for the same purpose. After 20 minutes, the gypsum is already set and it can be carefully pulled out of the mold. Bricks should dry for another day.
The relief of masonry with plaster and masking tape
This is perhaps the simplest method of creating an imitation of brickwork and does not require special investments. For plastering the walls, you can use ready-made dry mixes, mixing in a 1 to 1 ratio plaster and adhesive cement mix. To increase the plasticity of the solution, add 1 tbsp. Fairy Detergent.
To build masonry on the wall, masking tape 14 mm wide is better. To simplify the work, the wall surface can be pre-drawn with a pencil. The distance between the lines is calculated by the size of the bricks and the size of the interlining seams. Adhesive tape is evenly glued along the drawn lines so that the edges of the horizontal strips extend beyond the borders of the wall to be decorated, and the vertical strips are always glued on top of the horizontal ones. To prevent traces of the pencil from being visible on the masonry, it is better to glue the adhesive tape over the lines and slightly from the side. Scotch tape should be smoothed tightly to the wall and make sure that it is firmly glued to each other.
Now the prepared solution is applied to the wall on top of the adhesive tape with a spatula with a layer 5-6 mm thick. If you apply a thicker layer, you will then have to spend time on additional grouting. If the mixture is pre-tinted, no staining is required. The applied solution can be walked by hand in a wet rubber glove to create a textured surface.
After the solution has set, but has not yet hardened completely, you can remove the mesh from the adhesive tape. At the ends of the tape, moving from top to bottom, it is removed with the plaster applied to it.After the plaster dries a little more, you can smooth out the contours of the bricks with a spatula. Small dents and scratches will only add naturalness and naturalness to the masonry.
If further painting is planned, then the dried wall will still need to be primed. If the tile is already painted in bulk, it will be enough to cover it with varnish for decorative coatings. Style solutions
Decorative masonry, imitating brick, not only does not create a large load on the walls, but also allows you to decorate the interior, both in classical (English style, retro), in rustic (country, Provence), and modern (Scandinavian, loft, industrial) styles. Let's look at some examples.
Loft
The brutal texture of the brick has become literally the hallmark of the modern Loft style. In such an interior, it will look to a place in any room - in the living room, in the bedroom, in the kitchen and hallway. As a rule, in a loft with brickwork one wall is formed - accent. The color of the masonry can correspond to the taste preferences of the owners - light, white, light gray masonry will contribute to the visual expansion of the space, while saturated colors - brick, brown and even black are allowed only in spacious apartments.
The loft blends well with modern furniture and vibrant colors. Its main partners are metal, wood and glass. To create a stylish interior, you can paint the 3 remaining walls in white. As a representative of the minimalist movement, the loft does not accept small cluttering decor. Windows in this style can not be curtained, and the blinds will look good on the ground floors. Wooden floors will add comfort to the room.
In the kitchen, a highlight in the loft style will add a kitchen apron made using the brickwork technique. However, it is also possible to make a working wall a brick up to the ceiling.
Country
In a country style, a brick as one background wall will look perfect in the kitchen.Rooms are often decorated with brick inserts - along arches, doorways. The main feature of the country style is its lightness, ease and simplicity. And it is very important not to break this harmony with a heavy enough brick.
However, if there is a place for a fireplace in the room, then the brick wall near it will add a twist to the interior. Small brick inserts will perfectly combine with a simple small-floral print on wallpaper and textile. The main country style companion is wood. Wooden floors and rude furniture will add a rustic feel to the interior.
Gothic
Gothic is a rather rare, mostly youth style, decorated in dark colors. Naturally, the brickwork for this style will be black. Gothic style is elegant, managing to combine romanticism with deliberate severity. Therefore, a graceful crystal chandelier in the living room and a snow-white bed in the four-poster bedroom can be adjacent to the rough brickwork. Gothic textiles must be heavy, real painting, and wooden furniture. It is permissible to use forging in design elements.
Minimalism
Minimalism is one of the most trendy styles of our time. A minimum of details, decor - more restraint, rigor and conciseness. The main color in minimalism is white, however, color accents are allowed. However, it is the white brick wall that best fits into the style. In a duet with her, white wallpapers with a black unobtrusive print and a wooden floor will look good. However, minimalism is friends with graphite gray, in which you can also decorate brickwork. A rough knitted carpet, laconic geometrically adjusted furniture, blinds on the windows - this is usually enough. Act on the principle of less is better.
Types of masonry
The decorativeness of brickwork is achieved in various ways of laying and dressing bricks, using bricks of various shapes and colors.The simplest and most usual way to create a decorative wall is direct masonry: due to the thickness of the seam and its color, a smooth, colored, textured surface. Due to these elements, you can create a unique look. What are the most famous types of masonry:
single row;
multirow;
single row to a third;
American hedge;
English dressing;
Old Russian masonry;
simple with a sixth row of tychkovy;
Flemish spiral and Flemish cross, diagonal;
herringbone;
network;
diagonal single-row dressing.
Bavarian masonry is called a technique when bricks of different colors are laid. Classic Bavarian masonry is made from 4 shades of brick of one or different texture.
Conclusion
Bricklaying is a fashionable trend in the interior, which is friends with literally all trendy trends. She looks good in industrial and rustic styles, in shocking Gothic and modest minimalism, in aristocratic classics and in the new-fashioned faded shabby-chic. Making brickwork at home is simple and does not require large investments. But the effort spent will pay off handsomely and attention to your zest guests at home.
Many remember Soviet washable paper wallpaper for a corridor with a print of a brick wall and green sprouts. Many decades have passed since then, but the decorative brick on the wall not only did not lose its relevance, but also smoothly moved to the interiors of living rooms and kitchens, becoming a style-forming element of many modern styles.
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Types and features of tiles
Of course, a real brick can rarely be found in the interior. Only the owners of brick urban new buildings can afford such a luxury, by agreement with the developer, they refused plastering work, and the owners of private brick houses. In all other cases, the implementation of this bold idea will require imitation decorative finishing material.
Flexible
Flexible brick tiles are used for interior decoration quite often. The reason for this is its good decorative qualities and ease of installation. This modern material is made of cement, sand, acrylic polymer and colored pigments. On sale you can find a huge variety of color schemes for brick tiles: all shades of brick, white, sand, gray and even black.
This material gently bends at any angle, you can decorate with its help external and internal corners, window and doorways, columns and other curved surfaces. To do this, the decoration element is simply heated by a building hair dryer to 50 degrees and glued to a curved surface under pressure. A slightly heated tile will hide any unevenness of the base. You can cut it with a simple knife.
Thanks to the combination of different color shades of the tiles from one collection, you can achieve a unique wall design. Deviations in shades further emphasize the naturalness of the masonry. Due to its good performance characteristics (frost resistance, resistance to natural factors), the tile can also be used in exterior decoration - for example, to coat a loggia.
The following advantages of a flexible modern material can be noted:
Gypsum
Gypsum tile under a brick is absolutely eco-friendly and allows the surface to breathe, which is why it is popular in decoration no less flexible. In appearance and manufacturing technology, it is not much different from cement. Lining material is made of gypsum with the addition of plasticizers.It is light in weight, which determines the simplicity of working with it and a certain breadth of application: for example, it can be mounted on drywall. Gypsum tile painted in bulk does not lose color during prolonged use, has soundproofing characteristics, high decorativeness and inexpensive price.
However, some of its technical characteristics significantly reduce the spectrum of its application:
Unfortunately, the low heat resistance and fragility of the tiles make it impossible to use them in kitchens near stoves, for facing fireplaces, and also for decorating places near heating elements.
Cement
Cement tile has excellent performance characteristics and can be used for decorative cladding in rooms operating at any temperature. For example, for wall decoration in seasonal homes. A huge advantage of cement tile is its inexpensive price and a variety of colors and textures.
The basis of cement tiles are mineral chips and the best brands of Portland cement, containing astringent silicates, sand and water. Injection molding or pressing technology allows simulating the surface with any accuracy. Slightly inferior to clinker in mechanical strength, polymer cement tile has less weight, chemical resistance, a high variety of color and textured designs.The coloring pigment is introduced into the solution immediately upon kneading, which ensures color fastness and resistance to fading.
Brick
Clinker tiles are made from the same slate clay as traditional brick - the differences are in the manufacturing technology. For the manufacture of clinker clay, high-temperature firing is used until the components of the mixture are completely sintered. The resulting clinker tile has minimal porosity, excellent strength, excellent heat-insulating, frost-resistant, moisture-resistant and decorative characteristics. Therefore, clinker is most often used for facade cladding.
Clinker tiles in the apartment are an excellent solution not only for rooms, but also for the design of the kitchen and bathroom, as its moisture resistance and resistance to temperature changes determine its durability when operating in difficult conditions.
Brickwork Panels
Widely used for interior decoration and wall panels for brick made of PVC, MDF, fiberglass concrete. This material is easy to use, and its protective coating withstands moderate shock and friction. Bars and restaurants widely resort to it to create authentic interiors. It is convenient for home use. The advantages of the panels include:
There is a slight drawback to wall panels - with a significant mechanical impact, they can crack.
According to the base material, the panels are distinguished into:
Advantages and disadvantages
When choosing tiles to create interior decorative masonry, you must carefully familiarize yourself with the technical characteristics of the finishing material. For example, for the installation of a kitchen apron, you need to choose a moisture-resistant material with a surface that is convenient for care. The use of gypsum tiles for these purposes will create certain difficulties. The same applies to the use of tiles in the bathroom.
The installation time factor also plays a large role when choosing a material. It is easier and faster to make brick decor from soft tiles or using wall panels. Work with hard tiles will take much more time. Due to the complexity of installation, in some cases it is better to invite a professional.
In general, decorative brick tiles allow you to create a durable beautiful interior in modern and classic styles,It will look original and noble and will last as long as possible.
DIY tiles
Some craftsmen prefer to make tiles for decor with their own hands, creating their own unique textures. This process is not particularly complex and does not require the use of high-tech equipment.
From expanded polystyrene
Styrofoam bricks are an easy option to transform the interior of your home. For the manufacture of bricks, a fine-grained foam is taken, which is cut according to the size of a traditional brick - 25 by 12 cm. If the walls are perfectly aligned, you can stick the bricks directly on them. If there is no desire to level the walls, you can make a base panel of gypsum board or plywood.
Bricks are glued to PVA on a primed wall or base with a gap that imitates natural masonry of 10-15 mm. Cracks and potholes to simulate naturalness are applied with a conventional soldering iron or knife (spatula, any sharp object). The base is glued to the wall. After that, you can start painting the bricks with acrylic paints. You need to paint in several layers, starting with darker shades and ending with lighter ones. Painting is best done from spray cans.
Stencil Tile
Imitation of a brick can be done using a stencil made of plastic or rubber. To simplify the work, you can purchase a ready-made stencil from the well-known manufacturer of dry plaster and adhesive mixtures Ceresit. The manufacturer offers a whole line of stencils imitating London brickwork, Boston brickwork, etc. The surface of the stencil repeats the texture of a brick wall.
Work should be carried out on freshly laid, not yet set plaster. The stencil is slightly moistened with water and applied to the wall with pressure. After you remove the stencil, the imprint of a brick wall will be immediately visible. The stencil is moved along the wall in one even line.Align and correct the imitation of masonry with your hands and not with a tool. This creates an imitation of natural texture.
After the solution has dried with a scraper, the boundaries of the bricks are made a little clearer. Then brush away the debris from the masonry and begin staining.
From gypsum and silicone molds
For the manufacture of gypsum brick tiles, you can certainly use purchased silicone or polyurethane molds, but their prices can leave anyone confused. However, if the question is about designing a brick insert of a small area, then you can buy one form, usually for 8 bricks, and consistently produce the required number of bricks.
If you plan to design the entire apartment in a loft style, for example, or, at least, design a pair of walls in a brick style, it will be easier to mold several shapes with your own hands and quickly make the right amount of bricks with them.
To make a silicone mold, you will need a large shield made of chipboard with bumpers from an aluminum corner in the size of the future shape and decorative bricks. Bricks need to be glued to the shield with a shift or exactly depending on what kind of masonry you want to get as a result, observing the evenness of interlining seams ranging in size from 3 mm to 5 mm. Bricks need to be glued tightly over the entire surface so that the polyurethane does not flow under them. After that, the entire surface is treated with a release agent.
Polyurethane is kneaded in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. The best hardness polyurethane for these purposes is 40 shore. The first layer of polyurethane is smeared with a brush, and after a couple of minutes polyurethane can be poured onto the surface. The polyurethane should dry for a day, after which it can be removed and put on for another 5 days, so that it rests. After that, you can start working with him.
The simplest gypsum mixture for making bricks:
Ideal for you to have a vibrating table. With its help, air bubbles will be removed from the filled solution. If there is no vibrating table, gypsum in each form must be pierced with any pin for the same purpose. After 20 minutes, the gypsum is already set and it can be carefully pulled out of the mold. Bricks should dry for another day.
The relief of masonry with plaster and masking tape
This is perhaps the simplest method of creating an imitation of brickwork and does not require special investments. For plastering the walls, you can use ready-made dry mixes, mixing in a 1 to 1 ratio plaster and adhesive cement mix. To increase the plasticity of the solution, add 1 tbsp. Fairy Detergent.
To build masonry on the wall, masking tape 14 mm wide is better. To simplify the work, the wall surface can be pre-drawn with a pencil. The distance between the lines is calculated by the size of the bricks and the size of the interlining seams. Adhesive tape is evenly glued along the drawn lines so that the edges of the horizontal strips extend beyond the borders of the wall to be decorated, and the vertical strips are always glued on top of the horizontal ones. To prevent traces of the pencil from being visible on the masonry, it is better to glue the adhesive tape over the lines and slightly from the side. Scotch tape should be smoothed tightly to the wall and make sure that it is firmly glued to each other.
Now the prepared solution is applied to the wall on top of the adhesive tape with a spatula with a layer 5-6 mm thick. If you apply a thicker layer, you will then have to spend time on additional grouting. If the mixture is pre-tinted, no staining is required. The applied solution can be walked by hand in a wet rubber glove to create a textured surface.
After the solution has set, but has not yet hardened completely, you can remove the mesh from the adhesive tape. At the ends of the tape, moving from top to bottom, it is removed with the plaster applied to it.After the plaster dries a little more, you can smooth out the contours of the bricks with a spatula. Small dents and scratches will only add naturalness and naturalness to the masonry.
If further painting is planned, then the dried wall will still need to be primed. If the tile is already painted in bulk, it will be enough to cover it with varnish for decorative coatings.
Style solutions
Decorative masonry, imitating brick, not only does not create a large load on the walls, but also allows you to decorate the interior, both in classical (English style, retro), in rustic (country, Provence), and modern (Scandinavian, loft, industrial) styles. Let's look at some examples.
Loft
The brutal texture of the brick has become literally the hallmark of the modern Loft style. In such an interior, it will look to a place in any room - in the living room, in the bedroom, in the kitchen and hallway. As a rule, in a loft with brickwork one wall is formed - accent. The color of the masonry can correspond to the taste preferences of the owners - light, white, light gray masonry will contribute to the visual expansion of the space, while saturated colors - brick, brown and even black are allowed only in spacious apartments.
The loft blends well with modern furniture and vibrant colors. Its main partners are metal, wood and glass. To create a stylish interior, you can paint the 3 remaining walls in white. As a representative of the minimalist movement, the loft does not accept small cluttering decor. Windows in this style can not be curtained, and the blinds will look good on the ground floors. Wooden floors will add comfort to the room.
In the kitchen, a highlight in the loft style will add a kitchen apron made using the brickwork technique. However, it is also possible to make a working wall a brick up to the ceiling.
Country
In a country style, a brick as one background wall will look perfect in the kitchen.Rooms are often decorated with brick inserts - along arches, doorways. The main feature of the country style is its lightness, ease and simplicity. And it is very important not to break this harmony with a heavy enough brick.
However, if there is a place for a fireplace in the room, then the brick wall near it will add a twist to the interior. Small brick inserts will perfectly combine with a simple small-floral print on wallpaper and textile. The main country style companion is wood. Wooden floors and rude furniture will add a rustic feel to the interior.
Gothic
Gothic is a rather rare, mostly youth style, decorated in dark colors. Naturally, the brickwork for this style will be black. Gothic style is elegant, managing to combine romanticism with deliberate severity. Therefore, a graceful crystal chandelier in the living room and a snow-white bed in the four-poster bedroom can be adjacent to the rough brickwork. Gothic textiles must be heavy, real painting, and wooden furniture. It is permissible to use forging in design elements.
Minimalism
Minimalism is one of the most trendy styles of our time. A minimum of details, decor - more restraint, rigor and conciseness. The main color in minimalism is white, however, color accents are allowed. However, it is the white brick wall that best fits into the style. In a duet with her, white wallpapers with a black unobtrusive print and a wooden floor will look good.
However, minimalism is friends with graphite gray, in which you can also decorate brickwork. A rough knitted carpet, laconic geometrically adjusted furniture, blinds on the windows - this is usually enough. Act on the principle of less is better.
Types of masonry
The decorativeness of brickwork is achieved in various ways of laying and dressing bricks, using bricks of various shapes and colors.The simplest and most usual way to create a decorative wall is direct masonry: due to the thickness of the seam and its color, a smooth, colored, textured surface. Due to these elements, you can create a unique look. What are the most famous types of masonry:
Bavarian masonry is called a technique when bricks of different colors are laid. Classic Bavarian masonry is made from 4 shades of brick of one or different texture.
Conclusion
Bricklaying is a fashionable trend in the interior, which is friends with literally all trendy trends. She looks good in industrial and rustic styles, in shocking Gothic and modest minimalism, in aristocratic classics and in the new-fashioned faded shabby-chic. Making brickwork at home is simple and does not require large investments. But the effort spent will pay off handsomely and attention to your zest guests at home.