Recently, designers often use the interior decoration "under the brick." Such a decoration can be created not only with the help of real brick, which has a decent weight and a considerable price, but also applying an artificial stone to a brick.
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Properties of artificial bricks
Artificial decorative brick is a kind of facing material of rectangular shape, similar to tiles. Decorative brick usually has smooth or slightly rounded edges. It has the following features:
- environmental safety and fire resistance;
- high strength and durability;
- good heat and sound insulation;
- resistance to temperature, solar and chemical effects;
- ability not to absorb moisture;
- relatively affordable price.
Application of artificial bricks
Due to its properties, artificial bricks can be used for interior decoration of almost any room: hallways, corridors, living rooms, bathrooms, kitchens, bedrooms, loggias. Decorative brick is faced with whole walls, as well as with individual elements in the interior: for example, a fireplace or a doorway.
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Experts advise to lined with artificial bricks no more than one or two walls in a small room, and in narrow rooms - to abandon this material. Also, you need to think over bright lighting for a room where there will be a brick wall.
Artificial brick in the interior
Regarding the stylistic decision, the most striking example of the use of brick decoration is the modern style of "loft". Artificial brick is also found in the interior: Provence, eclecticism, minimalism, "art deco", country, Scandinavian and classical style.
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Particular interest is the artificial stone "under the old brick." The aged decorative brick is good in that its surface does not need to be processed, saving the total time of installation of the brickwork. And apply such a brick in classical or modern interiors.