Replacing or complementing the wallpaper with fabric, decorating the walls with it is an extremely fashionable trend, although this idea cannot be called new: you just have to recall old tapestries and beautiful interiors in which the walls are trimmed with stamps or jacquard. Textile in general is one of the most important elements of the entire design of the room, it adds to the decoration character, color, helps to easily set accents. And the fabrics on the walls, with their competent use, can adjust the visual perception of the room: its size and proportion.
When choosing wall fabrics, pay attention not only to their utilitarian functionality or the attractiveness of the texture and colors of each fabric, but also on how they are combined with each other and the other elements of the future interior, because beauty in an achievement for absolute harmony. Fabrics without a pattern, one -color or plain to combine it is easier than clogging, in addition, the texture and production of such fabrics attracts more attention. But it is impossible, focusing on the same room, to forget about the rest – after all, the whole apartment is a single space, so you certainly need to take into account the style and design of other rooms, paying particular attention to the fabrics used there. To visually increase a small apartment, use different shades of fabric with the same pattern and texture – in this case, the premises will unite, smoothly and harmoniously “flowing” from one to another.
You should choose the right wall fabric: of course, you can take any you like, but some fabrics are more suitable, while others are much smaller. Thin fabrics, such as chiffon or silk that have the property of “crawling” just, it will be extremely difficult to pull quite tightly. For the decoration of the walls, quite dense and durable and at the same time elastic fabrics are well suited. For example, one hundred percent cotton of good dressing, a mixture of cotton with various materials: linen (part of such a fabric has a very beautiful texture), wool, viscose (such fabric will look more “noble” than pure cotton, smoothness and brilliant silk), polyester thread. A great solution would be furniture fabric: firstly, it is designed for a fairly strong tension, and, secondly, it is subjected to special processing, such fabric is not afraid of moisture and is less susceptible to pollution than the usual.
It should be remembered that, in addition to the main fabric, it will require a fabric-lining, which will be located on the main. For this, any fairly strong synthetic or cotton fabric is suitable for this. Do not forget to take into account the color of the fabric when choosing – the black lining under the white cloth can ruin everything.
The fabric is chosen, and the next stage is the fastening of the canvas to the wall. There are three ways to attach the fabric: it can be pulled onto the frames, which are then attached to the wall; or first attach the base for the fabric to the wall, and then pull the fabric on it; or fasten the fabric directly to the wall. Consider in order each of the methods.
1. Frames with a fabric stretched on them are attached to the wall. This is the easiest way. First you need to make wooden frames. Typically, frames are made high from the floor to the ceiling of the room and a width equal to the width of the woven canvas (with a allowance on the bend). On the one hand, it is important to make as few joints as possible, on the other – the larger the frame, the more difficult it is to pull on it the fabric is tight enough so that it does not sag. The larger the frame, the better and stronger the fabric should be.
Frames from thin, wide planks should, like a puzzle, fill all the walls of the room, including the space above the door and window openings. The walls also need to be prepared in advance: if they are wooden, then nothing needs to be done, although now this is a rarity, wooden rails should be filled on the walls of other materials, respectively, the future arrangement of frames.
First, the tissue is attached. It can be attached directly to the wall, as on the frame, right under the main fabric. Moreover, the last method is preferable, because the fabric is not in contact with the wall, but is separated from it with an air gap. After the lining fabric is fixed, proceed to fastening the main, finishing fabric. When cutting up the fabric and assembly of the frames, it should be remembered that, for high -quality fabric fixing, a sufficient allowance is necessary.
First, the fabric needs to be fixed about two corners, and only then pull. The upper and lower edge of the fabric are temporarily fixed with a stapler or paper clips, stretch and fix it in the last turn.
On one corner, the fabric is fixed with a fixator and with a slight effort is pulled to the second corner and fixed with brackets or second fixer.
Next, the fabric is pulled on one of the long edges of the frame, nailing on the back of small furniture cloves. After, trying to ensure that the effort is uniform, it is pulled onto the second bar, fixing in the same way.
After that, they begin to stretch the fabric on the short sides, similarly.
It is necessary to leave the fabric not baked at a distance of 5 or more centimeters from each corner, since the design of the angles should be very careful and is carried out in the last turn, when the canvas is already, in fact, stretched. The fabric on the corner has to be touched, and this must be done in the least noticeable way, turning the scar, for example, to the floor and ceiling, and not to the junction – in this case between the frames, during high -quality fastening, there will be no gap at all at all. Remember that the thicker and more textured the fabric, the more carefully you need to observe this rule.
Now that the frames are ready, you can fix them to the walls or the racks stuffed on them. Fasteners are made using wire stiles. In addition, there are special plastic or metal fasteners that allow, if necessary, to remove the fabric, which greatly facilitates the cleaning.
You can fix the fabric in a slightly different way: to separate wooden bars with a rounded edge. The fabric canvas is attached in the back of the bars using small furniture nails or a bilateral watering ribbon. Brows, with a fabric fixed on them, are attached with nails to a wooden base or rails on the wall. This method, unfortunately, has a lot of minuses. Firstly, the joints of the panels stand out much more, and secondly, in those places where the fabric adjoins the openings or angles (including the corners with the floor and the ceiling), additional decorative layouts are required.
2. The fabric is attached to the base specially made on the wall. The base for attaching fabric is wooden strips that are attached to the wall with brackets or nails. Remember that the bar should be in all places of the wall where the fabric will have a edge – this means that do not forget about sockets and switches. It is also important to fix them in the corners, at the ceiling and skirting. Be extremely accurate – the gap should not exceed 1 mm.
Please note that with this method of decorating the walls with fabric, not individual fabric canvases are pulled – everything is cut in advance and sewn in terms of wall size. When opening the canvases, you need to remember that above and below there should be a three -centimeter allowance for beautiful and neat fabric fixing, exactly the same allowances are needed to decorate the doorway.
Start, as in the previous method, should be with lining fabric, isolation of decorative fabric from the wall. The lining is stretched over the entire length of the wall, leaving the indentation on each side of 10 cm (excess fabric along the planks after fixing is cut with a special knife). The fabric is attached with brackets around the entire perimeter, to all the strips: start from the middle, then attach up at the top in the center, then below and, finally, at the corners. Lining fabric should not be pulled too much.
When the insulating surface is ready, you need to prepare a “bridgehead” to fix the main, decorative fabric. First, it is precisely and is indicated by a pencil or tailor chalk the middle of each wall. After that, the middle of each of the paintings is determined – this is required so that the fabric is fixed accurately. It is easy to determine the middle of the panel – you just need to fold it in the center, connecting all the seams. The middle of the canvas is good to celebrate by the tailor’s chalk – after the end of the work, it will be easy to remove from the fabric with a clean, barely damp cloth. The mark on the fabric must be combined with the mark on the Nanet already lining, fixing temporarily with the help of. Then the fabric should be deployed and, carefully fixing with paper clips, make the first, preliminary fixing: thus, reaching the corner, you will know exactly where to start the fabric so that it lay down as smooth as possible.
Next, remove all temporary fixtures, except for those to which the fabric is attached to the corner bar and carefully attach the fabric to the inside to the next wall. This is necessary so that the fabric does not shift when you pull it. Now we replace temporary mounts to the corner bar with constant – furniture cloves or brackets: here the fabric is attached every 5-6 centimeters on the strips. Do not forget that sagging can be excluded only if the fabric is slightly pulled when fixed. After that, you can remove the fabric from the neighboring wall and continue to fix it: first at the top, every 20 cm every 20 cm. Thus, the corner bar remains under the cloth, and the entire canvas is well fixed on top. Next, you need to fix the fabric on all the strips located on the wall and, finally, from below. It is important to observe the correct tension of the fabric all the time – so it will not sag and will not go in waves and wrinkles. The edge of three centimeters remaining from above and below is needed for better and accurate consolidation. Take the thin bar and, wrapping it with excess of the fabric, press it to the upper edge and fix it with small nails. Fix the bar every 10-15 centimeters and watch that the picture does not shift. In the same way, process the lower edge and doorways. The doorway can be originally cut into the fabric (if you are confident in your tailor art) or cut out after fixing the fabric. Consider the second case. Retreat 3-4 centimeters from the edge of the door frame so that the excess of the fabric remains and cut the fabric, strictly monitoring the vertical of the cut (the nut on the thread helps to cope with this). Then either use the bar or just turn the fabric by laying with cardboard, and fix it with brackets or small cloves.
Although the design of sockets and switches occurs in principle similarly, we will still dwell at this point. First, before starting work, de-energize the field of activity! The fabric at the location of the socket is simply cut with scissors, the strips that were pre -nailed along the contour of the outlet, and cover the inside of the cut fabric with glue for the fabric. Let the glue dry for a few minutes (roll up your glue instructions), and then tightly, but carefully press the fabric to the strips. With a thin spatula, push the edges of the fabric into the gap between the bar and the outlet. Excess fabric, if any, cut with a knife when the glue dries. In the same way, the fabric is fixed around the hoods, switches and other medium -sized objects in the Strechs, which should be left unclosed.
3. Fabric fastening directly to the wall. When fastening the fabric directly onto the walls, the cloth of the fabric should be cut off, with pre -cut window and doorways, equal to the size of the wall. Depending on the fabric, it may be necessary to process the edges. When stitching fabric with an ornament or pattern, monitor their combination.
The fabric should be fixed on top, starting from the ceiling, tightening it and driving nails at least every 25 cm. Then proceed to fixing the canvas from below. It is important to ensure that the material is stretched without wrinkles, paying special attention to cut places – window and doorways.
When decorating the walls with velvet or chintz, the canvases can not be stitched, but simply nails on the edge, fixing them with separate pieces: vask or laying one on the other (with two or one row of nails, respectively).