Marble mosaic: luxurious interior decoration

Marble mosaic is a popular finish that can replace traditional ceramic tiles. This material is used quite widely: you can find the use of mosaics in the interior of an apartment and a house, decorate the facade of a cottage with it, use it for facing arches or decorating a hamam. For the finishing to be successful, it is important to choose the right mosaic, as well as carefully think over the design project.

Now you can buy different versions of marble mosaics. They will differ in price, characteristics and installation method. If you decide to decorate the interior of an apartment, a bathhouse, a house facade, a gazebo or an arch, you need to immediately decide which type of mosaic best suits your needs. Let's consider several varieties.

Traditionally, in classical interiors, mosaics were laid out from broken splintered marble. These were fragments of natural stone that were grinded to the desired shape. This option is more expensive, but it is natural stone that will look best and will be the most durable. You can use a mosaic made of broken shard marble almost anywhere. Most often, it consists of small parts that need to be laid out on the floor or walls by hand.

You can find faux molded marble mosaics. This is an artificial acrylic stone, which is poured into certain shapes, due to which the figured parts of the mosaic are obtained. Such material lends itself to processing better than natural stone, so such products are cheaper. Artificial marble is used mainly in the interior of the home. For facade decoration, it will be less practical than natural stone.

For interior decoration, marble mosaics on a grid are often used. These can be natural marble parts, however, casting options are more often used. The advantage of this mosaic is that the options are much easier to lay out.

You do not have to waste time on laying each individual element, and also measure the distance between the fragments of the mosaic so that they are located exactly. All the mosaic elements are already glued to the mesh, you just have to lay it out on the surface. For home decor, traditional hand-laid options will be more durable.

Mosaic tiles are an imitation of a laid out mosaic. They are made of artificial stone: ordinary tiles are divided into small pieces, painted in different colors, with the help of deep grooves. This option is convenient (especially for interior decoration). The most popular are such products for floor and wall cladding in bathrooms and saunas. Outwardly, such tiles are easy to distinguish from natural mosaics, they do not look exactly the same as the options laid out by hand.

If you are going to decorate your interior with marble mosaics, you need to decide on the desired color scheme. The palette of marble shades is extremely diverse, so you can find the one that suits you. Let's take a look at the base tones.

White marble is a stone without impurities. Sometimes it can have veins painted in different tones: on a mosaic, such inserts can look very interesting.Most often, white marble is used for classic design solutions; it is characteristic of the Baroque and Neoclassicism. Solid white marble mosaics can be used to decorate the floor, bathroom walls, paths on the land or veranda. Most often, white marble mosaics appear in combination with other colors to form beautiful patterns.

Black marble can look interesting in almost any type of interior. Such mosaics are often used in modern settings (for example, in high-tech style): the shiny dark surface of the stone perfectly matches modern furniture, appliances and laconic design solutions. Often they combine black and white mosaics. For finishing the exteriors of houses and any objects on the site, black marble is almost never used, except in a minimal amount in addition to the colored patterns laid out.

Moon marble is a gray-blue material that is rare and expensive. Such a mosaic looks stylish, is versatile, suitable for any finish. Sophisticated gray looks stylish and sophisticated. In complex ornaments, it perfectly sets off brighter shades.

Gray marble has a lighter shade, often with white veins. This option will look neutral, suitable for modern minimalist design solutions and traditional styles (for example, it looks great in modern or neoclassical style). Cold shades can be successfully combined with light gray marble, although the limited range makes the mosaic ornament less interesting.

Multicolored bright shades of marble are often used in addition to pale colors to create various patterns using mosaics. If you are decorating a small area of ​​the surface, bright colors can act as a background.

Among the common shades of marble are brown, red-brown, blue, pink, dark blue, red, beige and green. The variety of colors of marble is due to natural impurities, artificial cast marble is specially colored during production. Colored tiles can be useful for Art Nouveau design, eclecticism, neoclassicism, and will be appropriate for Provencal and Colonial styles.

Marble mosaics are used for facing facades, arches, gazebos, stoves, interior decor of the hallway, living room, bathroom, bath. There are a number of nuances that should be considered for the successful use of marble mosaics in design. For the hallway, as well as the decor of the paths on the site, the mosaic is not always appropriate. If you're not ready for regular wet cleaning, it's best to opt for a less extravagant finish. Dirt and sand inevitably accumulate between the tile particles, this spoils the appearance and perception of the ornament.

Mosaics can be used to decorate any room. In this case, it is worth considering the size of the room so that the design turns out to be beautiful and competent. For large rooms, you can choose ornaments with an abundance of small details and various colors: such a solution will make the interior interesting. If you have a small room, the patterns should be simple and medium in size. Do not use more than two or three shades in a mosaic pattern.

Sometimes whole pictures are laid out with the help of marble fragments. For simple options, you can purchase ready-made kits at a regular store. If you want something exclusive, you should contact the designer to create an individual sketch. For the picture to look good, it is important that the wall with it is not cluttered with furniture. Therefore, marble drawings are often laid out in the bathroom or bath. The room for such a design solution should be moderately spacious: paintings with small details look better from a distance.

Marble is a material that attracts attention. If you have chosen a catchy mosaic for decoration, make sure that your interior is not overloaded with different textures. In the decoration, you should not combine marble, brick, glass and wood of outstanding colors together. Better to choose wallpaper, painted walls or plain light parquet. This will enhance the marble finish. If you want more noticeable accents in the atmosphere of a house or apartment, furniture and small accessories will help with this.

It is important to choose the right marble mosaic so that it looks good and lasts a really long time.

Pay attention to a few nuances when choosing.

• Consider products from India and China with caution. Often unscrupulous manufacturers use substandard materials. This is especially true of artificial cast stone. Pay attention to the products of European brands, as well as manufacturers from Russia and Belarus.
• Please check it carefully before purchasing. If you are buying a tile set, check the package contents. If you buy a mosaic on a grid, you should pay attention to the fact that there are no scratches and chips. When buying an artificial stone, make sure it is evenly colored.

• Shopping in online stores is popular now. They often offer a wide variety of products at competitive prices. In this case, you should only trust trusted sellers. It is better if it is the site of a specific manufacturer. Give preference to those sellers who offer payment on receipt, so you can only pay for the product you can be sure of.
• If you are planning a decoration in the form of a complex mosaic ornament and do not seek help from professional designers, it is better to buy a ready-made kit for laying out the pattern.
• If you want to create something exclusive, draw a sketch of the ornament, calculate its dimensions and the number of different marble fragments you need. Only after that is it worth purchasing a stone and starting laying out the mosaic.

Nowadays, marble mosaics are used to decorate bathrooms or baths.

If you have a small room, but you want to avoid boring monochromatic solutions, you can choose marble tiles of two or three similar colors and alternate them in a checkerboard pattern. A beige color scheme is often used as marble has many shades of yellow and brown.

In spacious rooms with an interior close to the classic, the floor is often laid out with the help of mosaics. If your style gravitates towards the modern, geometric ornaments are characteristic of modern and neoclassical.

In the traditional version of the classic interior, round and oval ornaments with an abundance of small details are popular. Usually, such a mosaic is located in the center of a hall, bedroom or kitchen (it is important that the central elements of the ornament are not covered by furniture).

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