The decorative stone gains more and more affections at interior designers and creators of souvenirs. Thanks to decorative stone as the element which is esthetically uniting space it is possible to create the exclusive interiors differing in cosiness and originality.
What material it is better to choose?
Natural and artificial stone (more precisely, imitation of stone) look in interior almost equally attractively. The natural stone is more expensive therefore many prefer artificial stone to natural.
It is considered that the natural stone is more durable. But indoors it does not matter as neither snow, nor rain, nor fluctuation of temperatures take place here. But it is much more convenient to work with artificial stone: it is easier on weight and it is easy to process, give it to it the necessary sizes and the form. Besides it is easier pasted, made in richer color gamma.
Where it is better to use decorative stone?
Finishing by decorative stone of walls and horizontal surfaces can be anywhere.
Combinations of the brick and plastered walls to the sites which are laid out by decorative stone will be made by boring balcony the cozy vacation spot. Excellently such finishing looks in the bathroom and in kitchen, being harmoniously combined with ceramic tile. Such finishing in halls gives good effect, and in combination with big mirrors it is visually possible to achieve effect of spaciousness at the small sizes. Especially solidly decorative stone ""plays"" in spacious living rooms, in rooms with fireplace, creating special ""Gothic"" or ""rural"" effect. Trim with stone of the bedroom and children's rooms much less often.
What the decorative stone is combined with?
The large decorative stone is better raspolagatt in the lower part of the dwelling, at floor. The small stone remarkably looks, framing home decoration - for example, walls around cabinets, mirrors, soft corners. Advantageous option when finishing - when with stone only sites cover not all wall, and: corners of walls, ""strip"" around windows, doors. It makes sense to cover with stone all wall if in the house there is fireplace. The good combination arises when the decorative stone adjoins to smooth monophonic surface. The color contrast is usually more preferable, and the stone of more dark tones adjoins to light walls - the colored, plastered or pasted over monophonic wall-paper. However, if among things in interior there are objects performing function of bright color ""spots"" very beautifully also the low-contrast combination - white stone with white or pastel walls, dark stone with walls of dark tones looks.
Very naturally and comfortably the combination of tree and natural stone in interiors in country style looks. Surprisingly warm ""rural"" atmosphere can be complemented with original hand-made articles from natural materials - clay and wooden ware, figurines and other designs. The surprising combination of decorative stone, tree and living plants give to interior special ""sounding"", the atmosphere of heat, rest and harmony of the nature.
Not only parts of finishing of walls, floors, windowsills, but also art hand-made articles – pictures appliques with use of stones, decorative vases and dishes with stone finishing, small home devices for moistening of air in the form of "fountainlets", unusual registration of house aquariums in the form of architectural figures, and many other things can be means of expression in such interior.