Do -it -yourself decorative panel of ceramic tiles

Patterned ceramic tiles excellent decoration of the kitchen, bathroom or hallway. But one of the most spectacular design techniques in modern interiors is the finished wall panel made of ceramic tiles. It is laid out of mosaics using additions from colored glass and crafts. But for this you will have to master the appropriate technique. It is much easier to buy a finished panel that fits a fragment behind a fragment, like puzzles, and a spectacular picture on the wall is obtained.

Table of contents:

1. Varieties of decorative panels
2. The benefits of ready -made panels
3. The main recommendations for choosing ready -made decorative panels on the tile
4. Decorative elements for designing panels
5. How to lay out a decorative panel?

Varieties of decorative panels

The panel of the word of French origin, denoting a large drawing on the entire wall (ceiling, floor) or a significant part of the surface. It can be framed by a frame, ornament or stucco. A decorative panel made of ceramic tiles, as a spectacular addition of interiors, have been used for a long time.

The first pictures on the tile were drawn in Italy, basically, these were images of angels or sea landscapes. Today, the plots of decorative compositions applied to ceramic tiles have become much more diverse. They are widely used not only in exclusive interiors, but also in apartments of ordinary citizens, depending on the cost of the panel.

Today, such paintings on the tile can often be seen:

• in city pools and private households;
• in spacious rooms at the entrance in the cottage or under the stairs in the hallway;
• in the gym;
• in a combined bathroom above the bathroom or tank;
• on the wall of the shower cabin behind glass doors.

The finished decorative panel of ceramic tiles is used to create its unique interior in various styles. A picture of colored pieces with bat tiles can be laid out independently. But it is better to purchase a picturesque image in a finished form:

• a socket or a pattern of 4 tiles;
• high -size wall picture;
• a small ornament for decorating a apron in the kitchen or walls above the bathroom.

Such a print, applied to each ceramic tile separately and baked on it by hot firing, is a decorative panel. Today they are offered by catalogs or in construction supermarkets in a large assortment. If it does not suit the choice in the store, then you can order a whole panorama for catalogs. Demanding customers often select even a small outlet of 4 tiles on foreign catalogs for a long time.

A decorative panel of ceramic tiles is used to fill the whole wall, and in the form of separate inserts. Sometimes they are laid in the form of a picture, supplementing with a frame from a ceramic border. Wealthy buyers often turn to tile manufacturers or to firms that apply images to ceramics. They can make a panel to order, for example:

• with a photo of one of the family members;
• large flowers with a 3D effect;
• with a panorama of a favorite vacation spot;
• with a photographic print of a well -known optical illusion;
• with a voluminous pattern;
• with the image of the beloved character of the film, actor or musician;
• the drawn and enlarged portrait of the customer himself, etc.

In fact, these are the same exclusive murals on the tile, but in a more practical indelible form made in photographic equipment. It should be borne in mind that the cost of such wall images is higher than that of ordinary ceramic tiles. But this is more impressive than ordinary cladding, for example, a panel of ceramic tiles photo:

Ready -made panels from the catalog are also quite expensive. This is due to the fact that additional time and resources are required for the selection or development of a suitable illustration, image application, and the production of such tiles. In addition, if at least one tile breaks during the transportation of ready -made panels, the whole set will go to the culling.

You can use only a beautiful fragment of a small format that decorates an empty wall in the bathroom or in the kitchen. This is also much more spectacular than the usual cladding of high -quality tiles. The panel on ceramic tiles should fit profitably into the interior of the room:

• it is better to design the interior under the finished panel;
• you can choose a decorative panel in accordance with the design of the room.

In the collections of Russian, Spanish, Italian and other manufacturers, you can find stories on any topic, but the most interesting panel of the MIX series. This is a number of images on a common theme, for example, portraits of mythological Greek gods and goddesses, photos of spices or sunflowers in different forms. There is a spectacular ceramic tile, a panel for a kitchen or a bathroom not only for walls, but also for the floor. For example, dolphins visible in the water column, or floating at the surface of the fish.

The benefits of ready -made panels

Today, the cladding of surfaces with washing materials has many adherents, and ceramic tiles for the bathroom, the panel is also an amazing solution for the decor of the walls and floor. A tile panel with a photographic image using conventional facing material can achieve the greatest decorative effect. Each drawing is designed individually for the collection in a certain style and is produced in small series so that consumers can count on the individuality of the interior.

The main advantages of decorative panels made of ceramic tiles:

• the durability of an indelible pattern;
• resistance to chemical reagents and cleaning agents;
• guarantee of color resistance to burnout;
• simplicity of care and strength of the finish;
• surface environmental friendliness;
• a large selection of drawings for exclusive design.

If we compare any method of applying the image to the wall, taking into account how long it lasts, then ceramic tiles with the finished pattern will always lead in strength and resistance to abrasion. Everyone knows that the pattern on the tile or ceramic tile will be unchanged until the end of the operation. And for each kitchen or bathroom, you can choose an inexpensive, but beautiful image on 4 or more tiles, which will become a worthy decoration of the room, the walls of which need frequent cleaning.

In some collections, inserts and panels are offered complete with ordinary ceramic tiles, which harmonizes with it as much as possible. In this case, you do not need to search for tile-companion, just get acquainted with the proposals of the manufacturer for its catalogs.

The main recommendations for choosing ready -made decorative panels on the tile

Most buyers when choosing tiles and a suitable decorative panel already imagine the required plot or image. However, if you discard your stereotypes and turn on the imagination regarding the combinators of several varieties of tiles, you can achieve an amazing effect. To facilitate the choice, it is enough to see catalogs and ready-made photo examples to use the most successful ideas for yourself.

But it is important to consider the recommendations of specialists:

• panels, inserts and other decorative elements for wall decoration should be slightly brighter than the main background and correspond to the gamut (the warm or cold part of the spectrum);
• enlarged objects or photos should occupy a whole wall;
• large -scale paintings or panoramas require a large surface and free wall (without furniture);
• if mirrors and other inserts are supposed, then they should be justified in terms of general design;

• a bright image should be balanced by a calm background;
• contrast drawings should be in harmony with the rest of the interior;
• for vague paintings, it is unacceptable to use bright frames so as not to distract attention from the main panel;
• a picture or landscape should not be interrupted or closed by plumbing objects or accessories (only a small fragment with emergency);
• the panel does not put furniture, but the picture is very impressive on top of the tank or on a separate wall;
• it is not recommended to combine the floor and wall panels in one room, unless it is a single picture (seabed, the panorama of the sea coast).

Tip: the use of a decorative panel is not limited to moisture -resistant rooms. For example, ceramic tiles panel flowers very organically fit into the bedroom above the toilet table. The battal scene or classic picture will decorate the study, and a still life, the image of fruits or spices will decorate the dining area.

Decorative elements for designing panels

To supplement the panel from ceramic tiles will help:

• different types of tiles;
• a border with an ornament;
• porcelain stoneware with imitation of an authentic stone;
• marble or granite;
• imported tiles;
• voluminous images;
• decorative inserts.

I usually use background tiles, panels and certain decorative elements.

1. A single insert is the simplest element consisting of 1, 2, 4 or more tiles with a spectacular print or ornament in the form of a socket. It is designed to dilute the monotony of the surface with some image in the kitchen apron. This is the surface behind the stove and sink to hinged cabinets, that is, above the tabletop of the cabinet. Small inserts with a fantasy ornament or image of fruits and vegetables are suitable for the kitchen. It is better to take a finished insert with a pattern that corresponds to a common design in the bathroom. Functional inserts are also available, that is, tiles with a soap dish, a hook for a towel or a small hanger for robes and linen.

2. A picturesque panel usually occupies the entire surface of the wall, ceiling or floor. It is very exciting to consider whole paintings on the ceiling or wall, taking a bath. This can be a real picture of a famous artist, transferred to tiles or made in the form of a voluminous bas -relief. The panel can be solid, prefabricated from separate tiles or mosaic, that is, laid out with colored fragments on any smooth surface.

3. Panel-Frisaise a variety of decorative panels without limiting in size. The name is translated by the free size, since the center fragment can continue to be laid out and supplemented with another tile to any height. Often it is just a drawing without clearly marked boundaries, for example, in the form of additions to a bouquet or abstraction. Sometimes a drawing is only in one corner of tiles, and part of the tile is plain, which makes it possible to arbitrarily vary the pattern.

4. The panel of tiles to the floor is applied only to the most durable and wear -resistant materials, such as porcelain tiles. The pattern for the floor differs from wall panels, and such plots suggest the view from above, that is, from the level of the eyes of an adult. Such tiles can be laid on a perfectly even surface of the floor. These tile panels compete with decorative bulk floors.

5. The curb is oblong tiles with an ornament for building linear images with a repeating pattern that have been known since the time of antiquity. It is smooth and embossed, wide and narrow, two -color and colorful. Using borders, you can frame decorative panels or build an independent pattern on a plain background from different types of tiles. Popular laying of the curb horizontal strip that separates a darker top and light bottom. Often the border frames the decorative image or unites the joining surfaces. A vertical border is used for zoning or distinguishing between decorative elements, as well as for framing a mirror in the bathroom.

Relief panels made of beauty tiles are competing with ordinary smooth panels. They come with a 3D effect and at the same time almost flat, but so realistic that you involuntarily want to feel the surface behind the image, this illusion is chewed. But there are rather convex reliefs similar to stucco molding, which form entire plots.

Tip: Do not strive to purchase all these varieties of tiles, it is enough to choose 1-2 varieties to dilute the homogeneous surface of the cladding with a decorative addition.

How to lay out a decorative panel?

Any home master seeks part of the repair and decoration work independently. And not only to save, but in order to show your creative makings and find application to your skills. It is no less pleasant to share the joy of your small achievements to relatives and friends, showing a panel from ceramic tiles with your own hands.

Before laying a panel from ceramic tiles, it is important to read the instructions. It should indicate how the panel should be attached to the wall. There is a seamless method of laying ceramic tiles and common. In both cases, the use of grout or sealant is supposed, but this is done in different ways. For seamless laying, the gap between the tiles is minimal, and the tile itself should have an absolutely even cut and exactly the correspondence of the size of each fragment.

For any type of laying panel, the preparation of the surface (walls, ceilings, floor) is required. It is important to remove all the remnants of the previous layer of paint, wallpaper, irradiated plaster. A primer is applied to the even surface, for better adhesion, which should completely dry until the panel is laying.

While the surface dries, be sure to put the finished panel on any smooth surface in the order of fragments in which they will be applied, for example, to the wall. If the curb and other additions are supposed to be, it is also better to put them around or the way they should look ready -made. Laying tiles always begins from the lower row, while it is important to check the horizontal and vertical so that there are no distortions.

Sometimes you have to use a tile cutter if there are excess tiles in height and width. Small fragments of a decorative tile panel can be mounted on liquid nails, and large fragments with special construction glue, which should be indicated in the instructions for laying tiles. Only after 1-2 of the lower row dries, the subsequent ranks of the panel are laid higher, until complete.

Another option to independently lay out mosaic panels from ceramic tiles. There are no restrictions in choosing an image, and you can assume for your own taste or even imagination. You can see a master class about how to lay out mosaic panels.