Wooden mosaic for wall decoration. How to glue wooden mosaic tiles to walls: choosing adhesive, do-it-yourself installation guide and work tips

From this article you will learn the pros and cons of mosaics, its main types and the materials from which it is made. And - useful recommendations and finishing guide.

Mosaic is an interesting and convenient way of finishing

Why is mosaic becoming more and more popular? Because it has a sufficient number of advantages and looks great in the interior, no matter what room it is used in.

Wooden mosaic for walls

This type of finishing consists of pieces of wood of various sizes and shapes. Advantages of mosaic:

• combines with other types of finishes;
• keeps warm;
• creates a feeling of comfort;
• will last a long time;
• environmentally friendly material;
• masks uneven walls;
• helps with zoning space;
• original drawing.

Flaws:

• some types of wood are not resistant to moisture;
• such finishing is not cheap;
• requires painstaking work.

Where is it used?

It is used not only to decorate houses, but also cafes, restaurants and theaters, because this decoration creates a unique atmosphere in the room. It is suitable for rooms decorated in classic, modern or retro style. Suitable for country, Provence, Baroque. Looks great if the interior contains glass or metal parts. It is best to use it in large rooms. With the help of such decoration you can highlight any part of the room, for example, dining area, fireplace, relaxation area.

What materials is it made from?

Different types of wood are used for manufacturing:

• pine and linden (the wood is quite soft, so these species are rarely used);
• walnut (features a wide variety of shades);
• alder;
• maple;
• ash;
• coconut;
• cedar;
• bamboo;
• aspen.

Sometimes wood shavings or less commonly used species such as Anatolian walnut or holly are used.

Kinds

Depending on the installation technique, as well as the size of the planned installation, you can choose a separate mosaic option.

1. Intarsia

It represents images and patterns created from wooden plates of various species and colors (mostly uses no more than 4 tones). The prepared and polished plates are glued together and then attached to the base with glue, where a recess has been made in advance. To change the color of wood, special oils or boiling are sometimes used.

1. Inlay

At this method plates of other materials are cut into the wood base, for example, Ivory. Moreover, the plates must be at the same level as the base. Expensive materials are usually used as inserts, making the finished mosaic striking in its luxury.

1. Marquetry

Thin wooden plates - veneer - of various colors and types are glued onto the base, which can be made of wood. When creating paintings, the direction of the fibers is also taken into account.

1. Block mosaic

This technique involves gluing bars different color or section, and then cutting them crosswise. Thus, bars with the same pattern are obtained, from which a mosaic is then created. They can be glued to the base or inserted into a prepared recess.

DIY wooden mosaic for walls: manufacturing process

Work on finishing the surface of a room with wooden mosaic slabs or small cubes:

1. The size of the area that will be decorated with mosaics is measured.
2. Then it is divided into small parts that need to be manufactured.
3. After this, the parts are drawn on the wood and cut with a saw.
4. The edges of the cut parts are formed using a milling machine.

The finished parts are treated with an antiseptic, then dried and polished, using first larger and then finer abrasives.

Decorating walls with wooden mosaics: a guide

First you need to clean and level the walls (for faster leveling it is recommended to use plywood or drywall). Then a primer is applied, which makes the walls absorbent.

Mosaics need to be glued with compounds that do not contain water. Therefore, you need to use parquet glue rather than tile adhesive.

When filling joints, do not use grout that is used for ceramic tiles. Due to changes in humidity and temperature, the wood can change size, as a result of which the grout may simply crack. Therefore, special epoxy grouts are used.

To increase the service life, the finished mosaic is coated with wax or special oils.

Mosaic does not require special care. Simply wipe it with a damp cloth and then dry it.

Mosaic can also be used for decoration kitchen apron or walls in the bathroom, but only after treating it with varnish.

To create a more interesting coating, use volumetric parts or combine parts different forms, such as circles and rectangles. This design is suitable for spacious rooms, as it takes up a lot of space.

Considering all the advantages of mosaic, ease self-installation and the way it transforms the interior, you can call it an excellent material. With it you can easily make the room unique and cozy.

Useful video

It's nice to make something with your own hands, and to do wooden Toys even nicer. Today I want to show how you can make a wonderful educational mosaic with your own hands, spending just a couple of hours of free time.

The work required a hacksaw, manual jigsaw, sandpaper and PVA glue. And also a car of patience, since the material was used furniture board 18 millimeters thick.

So, using a compass and a ruler, we mark out the future mosaic. At the same time, we remember drawing lessons. We were taught by a very stern school principal, so drawing was almost the only subject that no one ever skipped. :)

To begin, we cut the workpiece into sectors. Then we divide each sector into four more components.

Now we need to cut out the base for the mosaic. For this you can use thin plywood.

Well, just a couple of thousand reciprocating movements and you're done!

We sand all the parts and glue the limiting edges.

You can sum up preliminary results and see how the mosaic is located inside the sides.

Now we move on to the creative process and paint our mosaic in different colors.

Watercolor was used as paint. This is, of course, not the most the best option coatings for wood, but if you don't lick it, it will do just fine. At least my kids played with this mosaic without any problems. As a last resort, you can coat all parts with a safe water-based varnish.

Who wants a piece of “salmon”?! :)

The result is calm, soft shades with visible wood grain.

When painting, the pile rises, so before applying the next layer, you need to go over all the parts with fine-grained sandpaper.

As a result, after two layers of watercolor, we get this result.

Many who saw such a mosaic for the first time asked me the question: what to do with it, how to play it?! The answer is - very simple! This is an educational children's toy. You can pour out all the parts and reassemble the circle according to colors or in different colors. You can change the geometry of the sectors, thus bending the lines. As a result, you can get, for example, these options.

In general, there are many opportunities for play and flights of fancy! And if we add to this the amazing energy of wood and its tactile properties, then the result is a wonderful toy for development and creativity that will appeal to both children and their parents! :)

Here's the story. I hope you enjoyed it and will take the time to please your little ones with this wonderful toy! Moreover, it is easy to do and brings a lot of joy!

Best regards, Ivan Kruglov

Wood is one of the first materials that man began to use for building and decorating a house. Thousands of years have passed since then, but the love for the warmth of the cut and natural shades of wood has not disappeared anywhere. Moreover, in last years designers are actively looking for new options for using their favorite material. And the design of wooden mosaic tiles is one of such bright and bold experiments.

3 reasons to buy wood mosaic

Wood-like mosaics have long since surprised anyone! But the point is to buy mosaic tiles for a bathroom made of natural wood, any sane person will doubt. And not in vain! Even when using the most modern water-repellent impregnation, wood will never compare with glass and ceramics in its ability to resist dampness and fungi.

This material has completely different advantages:

• environmental friendliness. While the safety of stone and ceramic raw materials depends directly on where they are mined, wood never carries a hidden threat;
• non-slip surface, which is especially important for floor slabs;
• original appearance. Thus, wooden mosaic, the price of which in our online store pleasantly surprises with its affordability, is almost irreplaceable in loft and country style interiors.

With the right approach, wooden mosaic tiles can even be used in the bathroom: this is the option that is often offered to buyers in photos in catalogues. But it’s better to install it in spacious bathrooms with thoughtful ventilation system, and on those walls where water hardly gets in. The wood holds temperature excellently, does not deform, and when minimal care serves for many years.

Where to use wood mosaic

A practical option for using wooden mosaic tiles on the floor is zoning the space, for example, creating a relaxation area in the room: in front of the fireplace or simply in the center of the room. Warm wood will also appeal to those who like to walk barefoot - they can be recommended to lay out the area in front of the sofa or under the natural material. dining table in the living room.

Stylish wooden tiles for the bathroom, natural mosaic tiles for kitchens and living rooms can be selected from a photo from the catalog, focusing on the advice of designers and your own taste. The optimal price-quality ratio is offered by the Chinese factories Opera Decor and Natural. Well, for those who are ready to spare no expense when creating the design of a living room, kitchen or bathroom, we can recommend the luxurious mosaic tiles of the Spanish brand L "Antic Colonial.

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Welcome to our new website. We apologize in advance for the rather light style and all sorts of errors. We do not claim to be the ultimate truth. We just want to give you advice on choosing a solid board and not “overwhelm” you with information like “We invite you to cooperate...”, “We have the widest selection...”, “We have the most low prices...", "Our oak is the most oak of all oak trees, there are no oak trees..." Let's just write about TREE, his majesty TREE. When?, How? to choose, How? to care for. Choosing a solid board is not very difficult, but it has subtleties.Read and do not repeat the mistakes of others.

When? is it better to contact us to purchase a solid board? There are already competent people who apply six months before they need it for installation. And they are right! There is only one piece of advice here: the minimum is a month, 2-3 is better, and ideally 3-6 months. Why so long? It’s just that in this case you can get what you like, and not what is available or expected in the near future. You may, of course, think: “Well, guys, you’ve lost your mind. There are so many sellers. If you don’t have a specific manufacturer of the required type of wood, I’ll buy from others.” Most of the time you are wrong. There are many sellers, but there are not so many actual warehouses of representative offices of one manufacturer or another, and if the product is in the representative office or is expected in the near future, everyone has it in Moscow or is expected, and if not, it will be useless to look for it. An additional problem is that the raw materials for making parquet are LIMITED. There are wood species that come to Russia more or less regularly and can be quickly found from more than one manufacturer, but there are species that arrive once every six months or were even imported once, and when the next delivery will be is absolutely unknown.

How? choose a solid board? The most difficult question, since the taste and color, as well as the “thickness” of the wallet of the comrades (gentlemen), are not. But we can give some recommendations. MAIN! If you want a floor covering that is uniform in color, then natural wood- it's NOT YOUR CHOICE. Remember that there are wood species that are more uniform in color, and there are also completely “variegated” ones, but in any case, your floor will be “living” and it is impossible to demand uniformity in color from the wood. Moreover, the color heterogeneity of wood in a solid board is even more noticeable than in block parquet, since its standard size is larger and two boards from the same package can differ radically. You may ask: “What about others?” And for others it’s the same. If you don’t believe me, then go to the Hermitage, look at the wooden floors or look at the floors in the Moscow Kremlin (you won’t be allowed anywhere, but you can see it in official reports). There is no trace of homogeneity there. And the best of the best was supplied there.
How? “fight” this? Sorting by color on site. There are several options here. The first (the most “costly”): buy a massive board with an additional supply, and simply throw away those boards that don’t suit you in color at all. Second: select boards that are more or less similar in color and put them in different rooms. Third: put boards that don’t suit you at all in color where no one will see them. Floors - last work When renovating, people, as a rule, already “imagine” the arrangement of furniture. What difference does it make what color the floor will be under the closet or under the bed? Even tinted solid boards do not have uniform color. It should also be remembered that most exotic tree species darken over time and the initial “variegation” of the floor will disappear over time after installation. We would just like to note that everything written above about the uniformity of wood color does NOT apply to all types of wood, but to the majority.
When choosing a solid board, many people pay attention to the “hardness” of the wood (according to Brinell, Janka, etc.), but, in our opinion, this does not play an important role for you as a consumer. There is only one explanation: if, under the same point load, let’s say the oak is pressed down by 2 mm, and the merbau roughly by 1 mm, then this will not make you cold or hot, since both are noticeable. Therefore, it is better to simply avoid these point loads. No matter how “hard” the wood is, you will scratch the varnish in any case. Read below for recommendations for using wooden floors.
The general trend, at least for us, is to buy solid boards already coated with oil or varnish at the factory. The thing is quite understandable. At the factory, the varnish is applied with mandatory UV curing; this cannot be repeated at home; moreover, “dirty” work and smell are eliminated, and installation time is significantly reduced. The same applies to oil coating. But here it is necessary to remember that varnished or oiled solid boards most often come with a chamfer and if you don’t like these “bricks”, then it is better to buy a solid board without coating, sand it, “remove” the chamfer and apply varnish or oil at home . It should be remembered that there are rare species of trees that are always supplied without coating. So why refuse them now if you like them? Of course not! Nowadays there are a lot of high-quality oils and varnishes, and applying them at home is not a big problem.
Lacquered solid boards can be divided into tinted and untinted. What's better? Decide for yourself: the “plus” of a tinted solid board is greater uniformity in color, which is precisely what is achieved by tinting, but remember that if you choose a tinted solid board, you must realize that this coating will last for 10-15 years. Why? After 10-20 years, the varnish will wear off, which means that the solid board will need to be sanded and a new application of varnish will be necessary. So, if you sand a tinted solid board, then the color that you had will no longer be there, since it is not tinted to the full depth of the wood.
A solid board without tinting, with periodic sanding and application of varnish or oil, will serve you for 50 years, or maybe even 100 in the same color scheme. Here it is really necessary to remember that many types of wood darken over time and after sanding the floor will be lighter, but then it will gradually “gain” the color that is familiar to you.
What else should I add? Absolutely avoid solid beech boards and be very careful with the kempas. Don’t ask sellers questions like “I want a solid board a little darker (redder, burgundy, etc.) than you offered me.” They won't help you. All people are different, thank God, and everyone has their own color vision (color vision or color perception - we think you understand). Trust our experience - this is really true.
Yes, do not forget that when laying solid boards, two-component glue is used, and it is quite expensive and you need to realize this in advance. We won't talk about installation technology. This does not apply to selection and operation. A good “parquet floorer” already knows this. But you need to choose a good “parquet floorer” who has experience and in no case save on the cost of installation. You will laugh, but it is not uncommon for installers to “forget” to add a second component to a two-component varnish or glue, cover everything with one component, and apparently consider the second as a bonus “sample”, like in perfume. And who will pay for the damaged floor?

What makes you happy? Finally, the “people with coins” are gone. Sellers who started back in the 90s remember them well. This is a cohort of people who walked around retail outlets and scratched varnished parquet floors, parquet board and even laminate! metal coin. Honestly, this is still a mystery to us, but what did they ultimately want to find out for themselves? There is a deep suspicion that this was some kind of sect that either dissolved itself or went deep underground. If anyone else comes across them, write, we will definitely put them in the Red Book.

What is NOT happy? There are also GORE-designers and GORE-architects. This does not apply to the majority of people in these wonderful professions, but there are such... Such a designer-architect will run through retail outlets, look at samples and tell his customers that we will accept merbau under varnish, take only such and such a manufacturer’s company, because only This is the manufacturer's merbau color that he has already “drawn” in his head and it suits you best. And he “didn’t think about” the fact that at another outlet and in the box there would be a different color.

Who should you be wary of? Sellers who DO NOT tell you about wood color variations. They either don’t know this (sometimes, maybe they just started working), or they don’t say it consciously, which is much worse. You should be warned in advance about the possible color variation of a particular type of wood and be prepared for this. And don’t ooh and ahh when the floor has already been laid for you, and, to put it mildly, it’s not the same at all. You should also be wary of sellers who DO NOT warn you that the solid board you have chosen is tinted. There have been cases when the floor was seriously damaged (careless removal of furniture and a thousand and one other reasons). People decide to re-sand the floor, re-varnish, re-sand... But the floor turns out to be a completely different color. You might think that arguing and suing the seller or simply “running into” is the way out of this situation, but this is not so. You will waste time, and most importantly, nerves. And do you need this headache?

Want to? so that the massive board lasts longer and you don’t have headaches with it for the next 20 years? It's just very simple. Avoid abrasives (sand, etc., it even wears away granite in the subway), walk on parquet in slippers or barefoot (natural wood gives off amazing energy, it’s not dead, it’s alive). Avoid heavy point loads: it is recommended to “forget” about women’s heels, on furniture, chairs, etc. make heels (rubber, felt, it doesn’t matter). Remember that natural wood is afraid of excess moisture, you cannot fill it with water, for most species, but most importantly, natural wood is afraid of lack of moisture, so winter period We definitely recommend purchasing a steam humidifier. The recommended air humidity for wood and ideal for humans is 40%-60%. In winter, there is usually no such humidity in the room: the windows are closed, the radiators are running - the air is dry. If you follow all these simple rules, over the next 10-20 years your massive board you won't have to do anything. Terrace board If it comes uncoated, be sure to coat it with protective oil. Rot, it will not rot (made from resistant to natural environment species of wood), but may lose its “sales appearance”.

We seem to have answered the main questions, but you can’t cover everything at once, so write, call - we will try to help you. Treat yourself to a beautiful wooden floor today, don’t put it off until later.

And according to tradition: GOOD LUCK IN CHOOSING YOUR FLOORING!

But remember that the choice flooring this is not the main thing in life, but the main thing is simple human happiness, which includes a lot of positive thingsAnd interesting and good that all this often does not depend on the amount of money...

Wood mosaic – unique finishing material, with which you can make the interior much more comfortable and beautiful. Wooden mosaic is used to decorate the most different surfaces. Despite its apparent simplicity, this material looks very impressive, as our selection of photographs will help you to see.

A wall covered with wooden mosaics adds volume to the design and serves as the main accent detail.

Often this material is used when decorating individual wall fragments, which allows you to place the right accents.

In the bedroom the covering is made of natural material will be very appropriate. The headboard of the bed, highlighted with mosaics, becomes an interior decoration.

Despite the hygroscopic nature of wood, mosaics made from it can be used to decorate a kitchen apron, of course, only with a high-quality varnish coating.

Another good example using wooden mosaic in the bedroom, but already decorated in light colors.

Using a wooden mosaic, you can highlight the fireplace in the living room. In this case, the wood must be impregnated with fire-resistant compounds.

Mosaic on the floor always looks very impressive. tree and high humidity They don't match well in the bathroom, but the problem can easily be fixed with varnish.

Upon registration wooden stairs mosaic from the same natural material will be a harmonious addition.

When decorating a ceiling, wood mosaics are rarely used, but the result of a professional’s work looks interesting.

With the help of wooden mosaics you can create incredibly impressive decorations. stair steps, turning them into a work of art.

In this spacious bathroom, a harmonious picture is created with the help of mosaics that are repeated on the floor and walls.

Even small mosaic inserts will make the design much more interesting and original.

Floors covered with wooden mosaics look great in interiors of many styles, including modern ones.

When arranging a bedroom, wooden mosaic tiles can be used not only to highlight the head of the bed.

Looks very stylish kitchen counter, lined with wooden mosaic.

A bathroom countertop covered with mosaics will add a special warmth to the light-colored interior.