Tile panels: creative solutions for your interior

The choice of material plays a huge role in decorating rooms. For a modern interior, designers choose products not only with rich colors and textures, but also with increased resistance to mechanical stress and moisture.

Among the chic assortment of finishing materials, preference is given to ceramic tiles. It is easy to care for, meets all operational characteristics and allows you to create original compositions in the form of panels in bathrooms, kitchens, hallways and living rooms. This type of decor is considered an ideal decoration for any interior, giving the room a special chic and style.

Such a panel is an original drawing laid out of tiles on a wall, floor or ceiling. It is considered a spectacular addition to the interior and can be framed with stucco, frame or ornament. Today, such a finish can be found in apartments, private houses, public places. Most often, a decorative panel is created from solid or broken pieces of ceramics. It can also be bought in a ready-made design in the form of large paintings, fragmentary drawings and small ornaments, which are used to decorate the walls of a bathroom or a kitchen apron.

More often, a decorative panel is laid out on the entire wall, filling its surface completely. If this option seems inappropriate, the panels are made in the form of separate inserts, creating unusual images. Moreover, the subject matter of the image can be very diverse.

The following compositions look beautiful in design:

• photographs of family members;
• panoramas with landscapes;
• large flowers;
• inhabitants of the deep sea;
• volumetric drawings.

You can use finishing fragments of different sizes and colors, but they must necessarily harmoniously fit into the overall style of the room.

Applying this type of decor, you need to achieve harmony in the decoration: a wall decorated with an image cannot be an independent design object. It should become one of the constituent elements of the interior and beautifully complement the image of the room.

The panels can be laid out from various materials; compositions from ceramic tiles are especially popular. They are installed on the bathroom wall. The wall decoration is chosen taking into account the total area of ​​the room. For spacious bathrooms, large fragments with landscapes of ships, shells and fish are used. To visually expand the space, it is recommended to lay out pictures in the corners of the rooms. Drawings with abstraction and thin lines work well for this.

Wall panels are different:

• With photo print. It is made to order and can look in different designs. The theme of the drawing can be any, it depends on the preferences of the customer.
• Mirrored. It is chosen for small rooms. Ceramics with this design fills the space with light and makes it visually wider. At the same time, beautiful patterns are often applied to the surface of the tile.
• Small. On a plain tile background, separate inserts are used in the form of miniature drawings. They add originality to the room and look stylish.
• With 3-D effect. The material is made from the most modern and durable raw materials, due to which the composition is fully consistent with real images.
• From pieces. It is used for finishing bathrooms. The process of laying it is laborious, but the resulting decorations look gorgeous on glass and ceramic surfaces.

Tile wall panels are often complemented with inserts of other materials. To decorate external walls, products made of textured plaster, plaster and metal are often used. For interior wall decoration, panels made of expensive wood and ceramics imitating stone are used. It is large and well suited for large spaces such as restaurants, hotels and offices.

The modern types of panels include graphic drawings that are created using photo printing. They are presented in the form of famous story pictures.

Mosaic is considered one of the most beautiful types of wall panels. The composition is laid out from small tiles, the width of which does not exceed 3 cm. Each detail of the image is attached to a metal mesh. The mosaic is made of ceramics, which can have different colors and textures. The material that imitates crystal and natural stone looks beautiful.

This type of material is well suited for bathroom furnishings. Small fragments are arranged in random order. The result is an unusual picture with different geometric shapes. For decoration, mosaic in the form of shells is often chosen, performing it in light pastel shades of the color palette.

Tiled panels are widely used in decorating floor coverings, since ceramics are characterized by high quality and increased operating conditions. Such products can be installed over coatings with a "warm floor" system. The original option is considered to be a tile in the shape of a rose (it is chosen for spacious rooms). The panel can have a matte, glossy surface.

In modern design, a ceramic tile panel plays a huge role, it allows you to create unique masterpieces, fills the room with notes of sophistication. In order to further highlight the compositions against the general background of the interior and decorate in an original way, the designers recommend using additional decor elements.

The panel image can be completed by:

• border with patterns;
• ornament with a mirror surface;
• pieces of broken tiles with imitation of porcelain stoneware or marble.

There are several ways to create decor on the wall using a panel.

It is the simplest and most affordable type of finish. In this case, the image is formed from one, two or four plates on which the print is applied. The main task of such a composition is considered to revive the monotony of the surface of the walls. For example, such a panel in the form of a kitchen apron looks beautiful; it harmoniously fills the space behind the sink and stove.

Such a pictorial element usually occupies a large surface area, it can be placed on the wall, floor, ceiling. In this case, the product can be prefabricated, mosaic and solid. For example, images of flowers (for example, irises, tulips) or a waterfall are suitable for the interior of the living room.

A photo showing England or lilacs will look original on the bedroom wall. The choice of composition depends on the style of the room and personal preference.

Many designers use freesize panels in the interior. It has no size restrictions, it can be installed anywhere (in the center of the wall, in the corner).In this case, the composition is often not a separate element, but acts as an addition to the decoration. For example, an arch, separated by such a panel, looks unusual, a monochromatic abstraction that emphasizes the beauty of the paintings. Freesize can often be seen in Provence style rooms.

Such a panel acts as a continuation of the overall composition and repeats the images of the whole picture. The surface of the borders can be embossed and smooth, they themselves are wide, narrow, in one or several colors. Curbs for walls that have been decorated with bamboo are great.

A popular option is considered to be horizontal stripes with a pink base, the top of which is dark and the bottom is light. As for the finishing of the floor, compositions that imitate porcelain stoneware or marble are chosen for it. The floor panel goes well with cash coverings.

The decorative panel can be installed in any room. In order for the drawing to look appropriate and complete in the interior, it is necessary to choose the right tile, taking into account personal preferences and the general design of the room.

When decorating a room yourself, you need to pay attention to several selection criteria:

• Small rooms should be decorated with medium-sized images, giving preference to neutral designs. If you decorate the space with a voluminous thematic composition, it will take up a lot of space, the perception will be difficult.
• It is better to decorate spacious rooms with huge paintings, you can select a whole wall for this. The transition between the panel and the adjacent decor should be smooth.

• For the bathroom, it is recommended to choose a marine theme, the hallway, bedroom and living room are well complemented with classic drawings in the form of butterflies, flowers and landscapes.
• The country-style interior provides for the use of tiles in restrained colors with a predominance of white, brown and gray. If the room is filled with oriental design, a bright-colored panel with an original pattern will do.

You can add originality to the design using a decorative tile panel. This design looks beautiful in any room. An excellent choice is a panel for the hallway, it will help to revive the interior of the room, make it cozy and interesting. In the hallway, you need to place horizontal paintings and decorate the upper part of the wall with them. The size of the image should correspond to the proportions of the room.

As a theme for the bedroom, you can choose natural motives. To make the atmosphere in the room romantic and conducive to relaxation, you can place a panorama with nature, the sea coast, trees, flowers and birds on the walls. Mirror panels will be an unusual choice.

The kitchen is a special room of the dwelling; they try not to choose bright decor for its decoration. The panel in this case will help to highlight the area of ​​the kitchen apron. Compositions on the wall near the dining table look beautiful. Bouquets of flowers, fruits, vegetables, coffee grains can be used as images.

In the children's room, using a panel, you can originally perform zoning, dividing the space into a play corner and a resting place. Drawings will look interesting on walls, ceilings, turning the room into a race track or a fairytale castle. The style of decoration in the nursery must be chosen taking into account the preferences of the child. Some kids love cartoon characters, funny animals, others may like the world map and bright comics.For large rooms, you need to select bright compositions.

For the living room, you can choose compositions with lotuses, Japanese hieroglyphs, fish, images of the streets of European cities. Various abstractions with geometric shapes in a modern style will look great. If there is an area for a workplace in the living room, you can install a tile with an image of a geographic map.

A panel with a marine theme will be a harmonious choice for the bathroom. It is recommended to place the image with palm trees and the sea on the wall, the floor covering should be decorated with small mosaics. In the bathroom, the panel can be installed anywhere. It can be the main decor or a separate piece of the frame.

If the room is decorated in an eco-style, images with imitation of natural materials (wood, grass and cork) will be appropriate here. The combination of tiles and metal looks original, you can lay out a graffiti drawing from it.

How to lay tiles, if a panel is planned in the center, see the video below.