The stage of preparing walls for finishing is quite complex and expensive. Before gluing wallpaper or painting, it is necessary to properly prepare its surface. This will take a lot of time, effort and materials. Fortunately, on the modern market there are decorative wall panels that eliminate all this, and therefore are very popular and popular.
Types of decorative panels for interior decoration
Today there are many options for this finishing material. The most popular are wooden and plastic panels. Let’s look at them in a little more detail and give each of them characteristics:
- Decorative panels for wooden walls. Not all of them are made from solid wood. There are more budget-friendly varieties, such as decorative panels for walls made of MDF, fiberboard, chipboard, HDF, hardboard, and plywood. Each of these varieties has its own characteristics.
- Decorative wall panels made of polyurethane from the very moment of their appearance, they have gained enormous love and popularity due to their versatility and low cost. Most often, these decorative panels are used to decorate the walls of the bathroom, kitchen and balcony. They are not at all afraid of moisture and temperature changes, do not burn, do not emit harmful substances, and are not subject to deformation. The only negative is their low resistance to mechanical stress. Simply put, they can be pierced by a careless blow from a hard object.
- Decorative 3D panels for walls have become a modern finishing material that helps to bring original visual effects into the interior of the room, making it voluminous in perception, which will radically change the style of the space. Based on the material used, 3D panels can be aluminum, polymer, MDF, fiberboard, chipboard and wood.
For example, fiberboard boards are not very dense; they are additionally finished with veneer or impregnated with resins. It is not recommended to use fiberboard for rooms with high humidity.
MDF is already a denser material that can withstand various loads well. It is also additionally laminated, veneered or laminated. Today, these panels are the most popular finishing material.
Modern HDF panels are even more dense; they are not afraid of temperature changes or high humidity. Of course, this is also reflected in their cost – they are the most expensive in the category of similar materials.
Organlit is a subtype of chipboard, made from wood fibers, but of a coarser grind. Its use is limited because manufacturers only finish one side of the sheet.
Plywood is rarely used as decorative wall decoration. More often it is used as a base for other finishing materials.
And the most expensive wooden panels are solid wood panels. Used to create a classic or modern style.
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But they are presented in a huge assortment, both colors and textures. For example, there are panels that imitate brick or stonework. In addition, such panels are practical, because they are extremely easy to care for – they can withstand washing with any household detergents.
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Decorative panels for external walls
Decorating the external walls of a house with decorative panels is also quite common today. The two most popular materials for such panels are metal and PVC. Both can become the basis for creating panels that imitate a wide variety of natural materials – stone, wood, brick. For example, look at what houses with this or that finish might look like:
- decorative panel on a brick wall;
- decorative wall panel for stone look;
- decorative panel for house walls in wood effect.
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