Leather products have firmly entered our lives, taking a place of honor in it. Clothing, accessories, leather interior items are peculiar indicators of style and prestige and, despite all the protests of the defenders of wildlife, do not lose their relevance. The popularity of the skin is easy to explain – this is a natural, practical and beautiful material that even the most modern synthetic analogues cannot be compared in quality.
Leather walls: a little story
Since ancient times, people sought not only to strengthen and insulate, but also to decorate the walls of their home. The skins of wild animals were suitable for this perfectly, so we can assume that the new interior design trend – the design of walls with genuine skin, goes deep into antiquity with its roots. After this idea found its embodiment in the interiors of the Baroque era.
Nowadays, the skin as a material for wall decoration began to gain popularity in the mid-80s of the last century, with the reign of the style of technology, successfully diluting and giving chic to strict interiors made of glass, concrete and metal. Leather wallpapers successfully diluted transparent and “cold” structures, giving houses and offices real comfort and adding a sense of security and reliability to the atmosphere. Such an interesting pattern can be explained by archetypal images that pop up in the human subconscious at the sight of the skin on the walls and in the subconscious of every inhabitant of the ultramodern interior, as it were, the ancient ancestor wakes up, fed and calm in the usual surroundings of fellow tribesmen in the walls of the cave, hung with the skins of murdered mammoths.
Now, for the production of leather wallpaper, mainly skins of North American oxen are used, or rather, their most dense areas carved from the occipital part. The skin is treated with special tannins, and then a plant -based paint is applied on top. As a rule, the material for walls has the form of tiles covered with skin.
Advantages of leather wallpaper
Of course, you can save and glue the walls with special vinyl wallpaper with skin imitation. They, in principle, also look quite decent, resemble the skin to the touch and have good technical characteristics. But they are far from real skin, since wall decoration with this natural material has the following undeniable advantages:
- leather wallpapers, due to the naturalness of the material and means by which it is processed, environmentally friendly, do not emit toxic vapors and, as a result, are absolutely safe for the health of the inhabitants of the premises;
- The skin is perfectly absorbed by the noise, so it performs the heat -insulation function;
- the code does not ignite, which is an additional argument in favor of its safety;
- Leather wallpapers equally well tolerate both dryness and humidity, and are also extremely resistant to mechanical damage;
- Durability is perhaps the main and undeniable dignity of the skin. Over time, it loses its appearance and properties, and it only becomes better, emphasizing the beauty and comfort of the room.
Of course, the skin for wall decoration is not universal at all and is not suitable for all interiors. An important role is played by a high price. These factors allow you to consider leather walls an indicator of special chic and exclusive, accessible only to the chosen ones.
Of course, a time -consuming and painstaking procedure for pasting walls with leather wallpaper is best entrusted to professionals, since any mistake will cost too much in the literal sense of the word. And the design itself will be best selected by specialists who, if necessary, can “dilute” the leather finish with original combinations with fabric and wood.
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