The decoration of the hallway with decorative stone and wallpaper is considered quite original. Photos of completed front doors with various design options amaze with their originality and perfection. Fake diamond gives any room a stylish look. It can be used as a base coat or as a small accent to an existing design.
Decorative rock in the hallway - a stylish and practical solution
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Types of stone
You need to choose the right material before proceeding to decorate the hallway with decorative stone and wallpaper. Photos of possible design options will allow you to choose the best solution for your front door. The base for the artificial stone is usually cement or gypsum, to which various dyes are added. Each of them has positive qualities and negative sides, so before finishing it is worth examining their quality characteristics.
Varieties of decorative stone for wall cladding
Cement stone
Walls decorated with such a stone can be easily cleaned of any dirt. A scratched or damaged surface of such a product can be easily repaired by painting. In addition, concrete stone has the following advantages:
- fairly high strength;
- long service life;
- resistance to humid microclimate;
- variety of colors and textures.
Decorating a modern hallway with stone
Finishing with cement decorative stone in the interior is considered quite interesting. hallway... Photos of interesting design ideas are given below. Such a finishing material is not subject to combustion, cracks do not appear on it, it cannot be accidentally scratched with a household item or moving furniture. However, there are also disadvantages of artificial cement stone. These include a rather impressive mass of each element, the complexity of processing and a rather high price. When cutting into fragments, remarkable efforts and a grinder with a diamond stone are required.
One of the walls of the hallway is faced with stone, the rest are pasted over with plain wallpaper
Gypsum stone
The decorative stone looks great in the interior of the hallway. Photos of finishing options from plaster imitations are presented below. Fake diamond from gypsum is used to decorate plasterboard walls, which should not be subjected to severe stress. Such products can be sold unpainted, which allows you to independently choose the desired shade for the interior.
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The advantages are:
- ease of processing;
- light weight;
- lower price;
- lineup rich in shades and textures.
Vinyl wallpaper and decorative stone in the decoration of the hallway
The disadvantages include instability to shock and high hygroscopicity. Plaster products should not be washed by pouring plenty of water. It is also not worth zealous when rubbing with a rag, this way you can damage the surface. To protect the finished coating from external influences, it can be treated with a special impregnation or varnished. Manufacturers have recently introduced a new development to the market - polymer coated stone. Its price is slightly higher, but it is not affected by moisture.
The decorative stone stands out effectively against the background of pastel-colored wallpaper
Decorating the hallway with decorative stone and wallpaper. Photos of finished interiors
If there are no funds to purchase this original material, you can do it yourself. To do this, use special forms made of plastic or silicone. You will also need a plaster mix and dyes. Thus, registration will be much cheaper. Where to start finishing hallway decorative stone and wallpaper? Photos of the front rooms with the already made imitation of stone surprise even connoisseurs of design art.
The staircase area is decorated with stone
Material calculation
It is quite important to correctly calculate the amount of material required. If it is planned to cover solid walls with stone imitation hallway, then from the total area you need to subtract the square meters occupied by the openings and add another 10%. If only individual elements of the interior are planned to be decorated, then their total area is found using measurements and 10-12% is added to it. Additional material is required to compensate for waste after trimming.
Light decorative stone and bright wallpaper in the hallway
Tools
- a grinder or other tool used to cut stone;
- simple and notched trowel;
- file;
- level;
- primer;
- brushes, ruler, pencil.
You can fix a gypsum stone using liquid nails, glue on various bases. Cement-based, gypsum-based compositions are suitable. For cutting stone, it is worth additionally purchasing a miter box with high sides.
Hallway walls are faced with large stone
Preparatory work
- dismantling of the old coating and leveling the work surface. If you plan to completely cover the walls with imitation stone, then the old finish is removed completely. Remove old wallpaper, paint, plaster residues. If you only need to decorate some areas, then remove the coating from these places very carefully. On the already pasted wallpaper, they outline the boundaries of the future finish with a simple pencil and carefully cut it with a knife. It is necessary to leave a small margin of about 2 cm, which will lie under the stones;
Stylish solution for a modern hallway - wallpaper in combination with decorative stone
Helpful advice! If a wallpaper not removable, they should be soaked in hot water and allowed to stand. They can then be removed using a spatula.
- alignment... The walls must be carefully leveled before laying the imitation stone. This approach will significantly increase the strength of the entire coating and greatly facilitate the work of fixing each element. To do this, wipe all the irregularities with a putty, and if there are depressions more than 4-5 mm, apply a new layer of plaster;
- primer... Before priming, the walls should be lightly sanded and then primed. Usually 1-2 layers are enough. If there is wallpaper on this site, then you need to primer with a call to them, at least 1 cm.
Decorative stone in the design of the hallway
Laying imitation stone
To obtain a high quality coating, it is worth knowing some of the subtleties of fastening the material when decorating the hallway with decorative stone and wallpaper. Photos showing this process will help you deal with all the nuances. Laying usually starts from the corner of the wall, if they make out a section near the door, then from the jamb. To do this, an adhesive composition is applied to the stone with a spatula, with a thickness of about 5 mm, then tiles pressed to the surface, leveled and left to dry. The excess glue that appears after pressing must be removed.
The arch in the hallway is tiled with stone
Helpful advice! When laying large elements, you can leave small gaps of 5-8 mm between the tiles, and small parts look better stacked close.
Special attention should be paid to the inner and outer corners when decorating the hallway with decorative stone and wallpaper. Photos of finished hallways indicate the simplicity of such work. Modern manufacturers offer special corner elements for imitation of stone, with the help of which the process of corner decoration is greatly simplified.
The texture of decorative stone is perfectly combined with plain painted wallpaper
Decorative stone in the interior of the hallway. Photos of interesting finishes
The use of stone in the interior of the hallways helps to create a pleasant, warm atmosphere of comfort and security when entering the room. When decorating the front ones in this way, the main thing is not to overdo it. Massive walls, completely made of stone, will not look in a tiny room, but will stand out favorably in large lobbies. Fragmented finishing is usually used in apartments. Window and door openings, visible corners or the central part of the wall, decorated with imitation of stone, look great. An interesting decorative element is a mirror framed with stone tiles.
Stylish hallway wall options
Helpful advice! A wall covered with stone should not have front lighting. Such lighting will hide all the beauty of the finish.
Making out hallway, it is worth knowing that the stone is easily combined with many materials. It can be combined with wood, glass, bamboo, wallpaper, or even ceramic tiles.
