To make the interior unusual and at the same time safe is the dream of any modern family, especially when there are small children. Also, everyone wants to have good soundproofing of the room so as not to hear the neighbors, and to feel freer themselves. All this can be achieved by applying decorative soft panels on the walls that will satisfy all these wishes. Now this finish is very fashionable because of the ease of installation, great appearance, as well as for security reasons.
Benefits of Soft Panels
This decision is especially relevant for young parents, because children often fool around and run around the apartment, learning the world. Such activity often leads to the fact that they can hit, crashing, for example, into a wall. And if it is soft as a sofa, this will significantly protect children's games.
Upholstery Options
Due to the fact that the decorative soft panels on the walls can be made of leather, faux leather or dense fabric, they will easily complete any interior, and it does not matter if it is classicism or cutting-edge hi-tech. The main thing is to choose the right design and material.
Fabric finishes
The most popular soft panel upholstery is fabric. This is because there are many colors and shades, as well as options with patterns of various modifications. Another such option is popular because of the price, which is quite small.
Leather and leatherette
The best decorative panels for walls made of leather, they will make any room rich and respectable. The leather panels are elegant as well as extremely practical. Finishing can also have many options in terms of a palette of colors, shades and textures. They are also decorated with rhinestones or embossed, which gives the room elegance and luxury.
What is the beauty of soft panels
3D panels (they are also called so) can be integrated into the interior of any room, from the bedroom to the living room. All because of the wide selection of materials and colors.
They will hide any communications, wiring, and everything that should not be displayed.
Panels significantly insulate the room, this is another advantage, they will help reduce heating costs. In addition, the material will provide excellent sound insulation.
Decorative soft panels on the walls are made from environmentally friendly materials. Therefore, they can be safely used in the nursery, realizing the dream of any child about a soft room in which you can jump somersault, they are not afraid to disturb neighbors or hit hard.
Installation of such panels is simple, so you can make repairs in a few hours without dust and dirt.
The combination of soft panels with wallpaper and other coatings
It is not necessary to fully equip the walls with soft panels, they will look great with any coating. The main thing is to combine several materials correctly. The panels on the walls near the soft corners look very impressive. It turns out that the surface of the sofa or chairs expanded and took up more space. This makes the atmosphere in the room softer and warmer.
The use of decorative panels for walls and ceilings, as well as the decoration of doors and furniture is very simple, so they are so widely used. Also, thanks to them, you can focus on the desired subject in the interior. You can create a frame on the wall behind the sofa, highlight a TV, bar or fireplace. You can change the appearance of the room by installing lighting on soft panels, thus highlighting all the bends on their shape.
For people who like the interior to be in pastel colors, decorative soft panels will be most welcome. After all, these shades in themselves are as if velvety gentle and soft. The same definition can be given to walls decorated with these soft blocks. That is why they ideally pour into a similar color of the room, completing it with their shape and grace.
Decorative panels for walls (wall panels), or, as they are also called, 3D panels, perfectly emphasize the bedroom. You can choose their color in the color of the interior, they will also give an unusual look to the room, if you make them like bedding. Having created a slightly surreal view of the bed, whose surface seems to extend along the wall.
Upholstery can be textile or leather. It is always soft and pleasant to the touch, and pastel colors are delicate and refined. The panel drawing itself basically has a classic shape, due to which it can successfully emphasize absolutely any style:
- classical;
- baroque;
- Art Deco;
- glamorous;
- high tech.
Panel Features
Due to the fact that the panels are made only from natural materials, they cannot cause allergies, it is very important for many people, they are also antistatic. It is worth choosing from the products of only world companies that have been in the market for a long time. Their decorative panels for walls in Ukraine and Russia are sold in a wide range.
The sizes of such elements may vary, it all depends on the manufacturers. However, their area is mainly in the range of 40 * 40 cm. There are more than forty stamping variations. Their shapes can be either convex or concave.
All soft panels form a sandwich of three layers. The first is the visible part, which can be made of leatherette textile or genuine leather. The second layer is the soft part, which has soundproofing and warming properties. It gives the panels volume, forming the appearance of the product. And the main material that holds the entire structure is made of PVC. It is durable, so wall decorative panels can easily withstand impacts, and will also hold securely on any surface. According to the manufacturers, they have a guarantee for up to 25 years.
Do-it-yourself installation
To install the panels with your own hands, it is not necessary to be a professional in repair work, and you do not need special skills. The most important thing is to mark everything out horizontally and vertically.
To get started, you should prepare the surface for the sticker panels. The wall or ceiling is sanded, then primed. This treatment contributes to better adhesion of the panels to the surface.
When everything is leveled and primed, a wall is marked. Horizontal lines measure with a level, and vertical lines with a thread with a suspended load.
When everything is clearly lined, you can apply glue in a zigzag fashion. You can mount wall decorative panels as you like, it is easy to start horizontally, or vertically. It does not matter, the main thing is to strictly along the lines. If the panels reach the ceiling, then it is recommended to glue it on top. Because it’s better to trim them at the bottom, from the aesthetic side it will be more beautiful. The same goes for corners. Another thing is if you need to glue the wall completely horizontally. It is worth measuring everything so that the extreme on both sides of the panel are cut off and are the same size. So, visually it will turn out harmoniously.
When fitting and cutting off the excess part, it is PVC that is sawed off, the inner surface is also shortened, and the material on the front side is simply bent and fixed, after which the panel is fixed to the surface with glue. This is how to install soft wall panels with your own hands.
Wall covering according to the Kapiton principle
So, we have figured out how to glue the finished panels to the walls or ceiling, in principle, this technology allows you to mount them anywhere. And now we will describe how to achieve the same effect by wrapping the surface yourself with a cloth and achieving visual similarity.
The style of Capitone has been used for centuries, and now it is back in fashion. A sheet of plywood or fiberboard is taken, the size is selected for the future soft part, holes are made in those places where the tightening buttons will be located. Now you need to fix the fabric on one side so that it does not have wrinkles. After that, foam or synthetic winterizer is laid out on a plywood sheet. It is covered with upholstery fabric, already fixed on one side, and nailed from all the others. It is necessary that a uniformly stretched surface is obtained. Then, buttons are installed in the planned places. A nylon thread with a needle is threaded through them. After this, the fabric, filler is punched and removed through the prepared hole in the plywood. It is necessary to fix the thread on the side of the sheet, which will be against the wall. This is how soft walls are created in the interior with your own hands by the Kapitone method.
In many cases, this method is even better than panels, because you can evenly distribute buttons in advance, avoiding asymmetries. But the panels will need to be trimmed. For this reason, in some cases, the first method is used.
If you plan to make only part of the wall soft, then panels will do, and when you need to sew up the entire surface, it is best to use the Kapitone method.
You can sew up walls without using buttons. To do this, with the help of rails, make a frame on the required wall area, to which the fabric is attached on one side. After that, the filler is evenly laid inside and glued to the wall. Next, fix the fabric on all other sides to the frame. This method provides all the same amenities as the two methods described above.
Here were described how to glue decorative soft panels on the walls, as well as the method of tightening with Capiton. The theory is understandable, now it remains to translate everything into practice. The main thing is to take environmentally friendly and fireproof materials.