The use of plywood in the interior

Many people dream of transforming their home using the minimum investment. And if you approach the matter wisely, you will be able to make your most cherished dreams come true, while spending small amounts. It is enough to go to the market and choose budget building materials, for example, regular plywood. At the same time, it is important to know its features, characteristics, advantages and disadvantages. Just a few sheets will allow you to diversify your home interior, create an unusual style of the room.

Plywood is a multilayer material used by mankind for more than a dozen years. The woody texture gives the plywood panels a beautiful natural pattern, used as a decorative element in the design industry.

This material has sufficient strength, which is provided by the structural characteristics of the placement of layers. Each subsequent plate is laid out in a different direction of the grain, thereby reducing the risk of sheet splitting, reducing the possibility of shrinkage and guaranteeing a stable size. This feature allows you to create different designs and details, the design of which is unique and unparalleled.

Plywood is an excellent material for construction, decoration and design work. However, harmful compounds are used in its manufacture. We are talking about adhesives. Connecting impurities in the form of phenol and formaldehyde are harmful to human health.

Relatively recently, plywood was not even considered as a facing material. Designers opted for more expensive decorative surfaces. Plywood by all its characteristics seemed unsightly. It was used for covering the back walls of cabinet furniture and inside built-in wardrobes. And its low cost did not inspire confidence. For this reason, it seemed to many that it could not be used as an interior element for home and other premises.

But today everything has changed. This budget material has become a favorite of representatives of design art. The technology of using plywood in interior design came to the CIS from Europe. It was there that they first understood what is the peculiarity of this material, sorted out its advantages and disadvantages.

The distinctive characteristics of plywood lie in several parameters, such as:

• security;
• naturalness;
• flexibility;
• strength;
• ease;
• subtlety;
• high level of noise reduction.

In simple terms, plywood is a thin flexible material that can be used to erect a structure of various shapes at a minimum cost.

First of all, plywood is used to create an unusual interior after a major renovation or to bring freshness to the usual design of a living space. A simple sheet of plywood can transform any room. For example, painted plywood can be used to decorate walls. With its help, it will be possible to emphasize the corner of the room to which you need to pay attention.

Film faced plywood will allow you to zoning a large space. If initially the house has a wooden base and is made in the style of a chalet or loft, its interior space can be supplemented with miniature pieces of plywood. Provencal interior is appropriate to decorate with sheets painted in blue. Plywood inserts in gray, white and black shades are suitable for Scandinavian-style rooms.

Today, there are many ways to use plywood.

• Interior decoration, including walls, ceiling and floor, taking into account the presence of a frame base.
• Manufacturing of furniture sets. Beds for the bedroom, tables and chairs for the living room or kitchen area, and more.
• Manufacturing of lighting elements such as table lamps with unusual designs.
• Installation of structures in the form of shelves and racks.
• Creation of decorations and accessories for the interior.
• Making kitchen utensils such as cutting boards, coasters, shovels.

This material is used to make racks for toys, books, various souvenirs, multifunctional furniture, play sets, special development desks, where there are recesses for a cup for markers, a sorter is built in and there is even a paper clip. In the children's rooms of little girls, doll houses made of plywood are quite common, which can be painted and decorated at your own discretion. The main thing is to remember that any element of the nursery made of plywood must be covered with safe, odorless paints and impregnations.

Today in stores you can find many options for kitchen sets made of plywood. Some people think that this material is not strong and will not be able to withstand heavy loads. In fact, this opinion is erroneous. Plywood kitchen cabinets will last as long as traditional wooden structures. In the creation of kitchen furniture from plywood, a material is used that has undergone treatment with special impregnations, which increase its moisture resistance. Such a set can be purchased at a furniture store or ordered from a workshop. Moisture-resistant plywood is suitable not only for the kitchen, but also for the bathroom and even a bath.

Plywood chests of drawers and curbstones are very effective. The main thing, choose the right size and design so that they do not get the finishing cumbersome. Such objects do not stain, since the paint and varnish material will overlap the pattern of the tree and deprive it of its natural beauty. Chairs and tables made of plywood can have a folding structure or a stationary shape.

The shelves and cabinets made of such a budget material turn out to be quite interesting. The cost turns out to be the same minimum, while the standard fastening to the walls is applied.

People who are unsure of the strength of plywood, but who love its beauty, prefer to order furniture with a base made of a more durable material, but it is supposed to sheathe it inside and out with plywood pieces.

Plywood is a modern solution that allows you to decorate walls in any style with a limited budget. Plywood can be used in different rooms, in industrial premises, in the office, at the reception.

For wall decoration, plywood sheets are used, the thickness of which is no more than 16 mm. They are fixed on a profile frame, which must be installed in advance. To make the material highly aesthetically pleasing, its surface is stained and varnished.

The plywood ceiling looks attractive. With it, you can even arrange the ceiling of the attic.

The advantages of plywood are its light weight and the ability to choose a wide variety of shades, which you can achieve yourself using wood stain.

For the design of the ceiling, sheets of 1 and 2 grades are used. They differ in accuracy, uniformity of the pattern, have small defects in color difference and knots.

Before installing plywood on the ceiling, it is necessary to install a metal frame, which is why the height of the room is reduced by about 10 cm. That is why this material is proposed to be used in rooms with high ceilings.

Quite often, plywood is used as a base for parquet, carpet and laminate. It can also be laid out as a finishing floor. The strength of the plywood and the appearance meet all the stated requirements of the users.

Today, there are several ways to use plywood sheets in the arrangement of flooring.

• For the interior of a loft-style roomwhere there is a plastered or brick surface, it is not recommended to decorate the plywood floor slab. Plywood is laid on top of the sub-floor, then painted with clear varnish, which enhances the effect of durability, strength and beauty. This design option is ideal for wooden houses, but at the same time it costs much less.

• The plywood floor is very impressive., the surface of which is treated with special impregnations. Such mixtures change the color of the plywood and add luxury to the floor.

• Plywood flooring, painted in a different color, looks very interesting and attractive. This is most often done when decorating children's rooms. The space where the baby lives should be filled with pleasant and soothing shades. But the most attractive thing is that the choice of paint is not limited. The palette is so diverse that everyone can choose the desired color scheme.

• Very interesting, but very difficult to lay out the floor from the cut squares of plywood. The only drawback of such a floor covering is its low moisture resistance, since there are connecting seams in the structure.

You can decorate the room with various plywood crafts, for example, candlesticks, frames, sconces. But this is only a small part of what can be created from this material. To decorate a children's room, you can use volumetric plywood figurines of animals or fairy-tale characters.

Today, the walls of many houses are decorated with figured inscriptions of various themes - from small ones to the achievements of family members. Housekeepers with hooks and hangers are hung in the hallway and corridor.

Plywood can be used to make multifunctional screens that hide heating radiators. As well as lambrequins and even flower shelves. In the workshop, you can order unusual designer watches and stylized calendars, where digital elements are burned out images.

For the dining area, you can create plywood coasters. Figurines with movable elements and music boxes where jewelry can be stored look unusual and interesting.

Rooms decorated with panels made of pieces of plywood look very impressive. Anyone can make such beauty. It is enough to put the image on paper and transfer it to the base of the panel by burning or cutting. These paintings can be ordered from a workshop or purchased from an art store.

Plywood is a versatile material that allows you to create a wide variety of designs and products. For example, a cup holder for large breed dogs. The design for placing cups can be stationary or folding, solid or colored.

Besides, plywood can be used to make unusual door handles, interesting bottle holders that can be used to decorate a festive table. The mirrors look quite unusual, the edging of which is decorated with a carved pattern.

It is not difficult to make an unusual interior of a house or apartment with minimal investment. It is enough to buy plywood and come up with a new design. And here are some examples of what can be done from several sheets of this material. Such interior beauty will amaze everyone on the spot.

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