Herringbone parquet in the interior

Parquet flooring is a traditional flooring. Piece parquet, made of natural wood, emphasizes the welfare of the owners and gives the interior the features of luxury. The game of textures of wood fibers creates a unique artistic ornament and becomes the main decoration of the space. Modern finishing materials of different price categories make this way of finishing the premises affordable for many consumers. There are many ways of laying parquet dies: in a run, diamond, "wicker", in the "Christmas tree". Consider the most popular way of layout of the flooring plate - in the “Christmas tree”.

Parquet "Christmas tree" began to apply the old masters in England a few centuries ago to finish the floors in castles and mansions.Such a finish required the hard work of cabinetmakers, each die carefully adjusted to one another to create a smooth finish. The gaps were unacceptable to protect the wood from moisture, because the heating in those times was episodic. The cost of such a floor was very high, but the service life was calculated for decades and even centuries. Parquet is a good insulation against noise and cold. A certain system of locks between the dies creates strength and resistance to external influences. Wood texture drawing is used for interior design in various color and stylistic decisions.

The oldest type of styling and received the name "English Christmas tree." Its essence is that each plate fits perpendicularly to the other, the narrow end of one floorboard adjoins the beginning of the long side of the adjacent one. Formed pattern, similar to the trunk of a tree with outgoing branches. The dies are connected by interlacing each strip at an angle of 90 degrees.

Such weaving provides high wear resistance, uniform load distribution,which allows to avoid the formation of cracks between the dies. This makes the coating more durable, does not require frequent repairs and becomes a beautiful floor pattern.

English "Christmas tree" you can make the entire surface of the floor. The main focus in this case is on the game of wood texture. Dies can be selected from one tone and one type of wood to create a single canvas. For an accent floor combine different wood species or different wood colors. This is how unique patterns with alternating textures are obtained.

Often use the technique of simultaneously stacking two or three dies in a row on one side, then the same number of parts on the other side of the "tree". The drawing gets variety and flavor. Sometimes strips of different lengths are combined; a picture of a multi-row floor space is obtained. The English "Christmas tree" can be used as a decor element for a wide variety of interior design styles - from the classic Empire style to cutting-edge trends. Finally, the English "Christmas tree" - is the most economical version of the installation, during which there is almost no waste.

On the basis of the Christmas pattern of the floor, a kind of laying in"French Christmas Tree". This drawing is more decorative, but also more complicated in execution, compared to the traditional English Christmas tree. Consumption of material also goes more, since the edge of each slat is cut at an angle of 30 to 60 degrees. Dies are obtained in the form of a trapezoid, which are glued end to end. There is no interlacing in this pattern.

However, this layout does not have such high performance as in the first version. Due to the rejection of a bunch of dies, the load is unevenly distributed when walking, crevices may form or crest the edges of the slats, which will require more frequent repairs. The remaining qualities, such as sound insulation, heat capacity, remain unchanged. The high decorative value of such parquet invariably attracts designers to create a unique floor pattern.

On the basis of these two options for laying the master began to combine different types and colors of wood, and gradually formed an independent type of laying - the Hungarian "Christmas tree". The layout of wooden dies is used perpendicular or angular, but each side of the joint is laid out in a contrasting color of wood. A clear geometric pattern of the floor appears.This option is indispensable for large areas to give a certain color to the space of the floor. The brushing technique is popular for the Hungarian “Christmas tree” - it favorably emphasizes the texture of the wood and makes it diverse.

This is the most expressive type of flooring. The unique cut of the tree is arranged in an exclusive range, forming the original interior. With the help of a certain direction of the stripes, it is possible to influence the visual perception of space, to make it narrower or wider depending on the needs of the layout.

Christmas pattern has a clear linear orientation. Its location on the floor is a visual reference. The longitudinal arrangement of the bands pulls the space, makes it longer. A parquet pattern laid across the room will visually expand it. These properties of parquet "Christmas tree" should be considered at the planning stage. You can mitigate the flaws of the layout or add certain properties, for example, in the large hall of the Hungarian "Christmas tree", lined with longitudinal lines from the threshold, create a feeling of infinity.

The diagonal arrangement of the parquet pattern "Christmas tree" is very decorated interior, gives uniqueness and charm. It can be used as an independent floor covering, as well as a border for an artistic parquet or become its part.

Stacked parquet of piece dies is a truly valuable finishing material. For its manufacture are used solid wood species: beech, oak, walnut. Dies have dimensions in length from 25 to 45 centimeters, in width from 4 to 7 centimeters and a thickness of 1-2 centimeters. For decoration of monochrome parquet use black dies from ebony, chocolate details from African wenge wood and bright accents of white ash wood. Ebony and wenge are rare and expensive types of wood, maple does not have sufficient strength, so they are good as contrasting details of the floor pattern.

In a more affordable price segment there is a massive parquet board made of natural wood, its dimensions vary considerably: width - from 0.8 meters, length - up to several meters, thickness - 1.5 centimeters.Such parquet creates a more rough brutal floor pattern, which designers greatly liked by their practical properties, high resistance to mechanical impact and beauty of large cuts of wood. Perfect for interiors in ethnic styles, African, Mediterranean, Scandinavian. In a special treatment the aged massive parquet acquires rustic features.

And finally, manufacturers offer a huge selection of laminated flooring, which has a rich palette of colors and textures. The aesthetic possibilities of laminated parquet are even wider than natural, it can be given the texture of any, even very rare wood. And the technical characteristics of the laminate exceed the natural parquet in terms of wear resistance and the degree of resistance to moisture.

Modern technologies for the manufacture of natural and laminated parquet make it possible to present the fibrous structure of wood in the most favorable way, to give it the desired shade. The color of the parquet should be in harmony with the decoration of the walls and furniture. In the parquet flooring, it is worthwhile to use pink wood cut tones if the walls are finished with pink marble or the wall decoration has a warm color palette.

Oak floor has a rich palette of colors - from light greenish texture to dark noble shades. The oak very well gives in to toning by various colors of morilok. You can give the floor covering the desired color for a more harmonious interior decoration.

Aged parquet looks very interesting. Trendy today, shebi-chic or Provence will be a worthy background for such a floor finish. Popular is the technique of toning wood in white or black colors, the combination of which creates an elegant floor pattern.

White parquet is one of the luxurious decoration tools for ceremonial halls and living rooms in vintage style. Wood parquet can be given different colors. Some combinations, such as black, gray and pink dice, look very stylish and elegant.

Parquet flooring may have a silky texture surface. Such processing of dies reveals the tenderness of wood fibers, the beauty of natural material.This texture is achieved by treating the wood with oil or wax. The matte surface, however, is quite brittle before mechanical impact, is sensitive to moisture and requires some care.

Polishing and gloss lacquer add shine to the room, ceremonial, add light and space. Parquet pattern gets more decorative and stylized. Polishing improves the performance of the flooring. Traces of mechanical damage can be easily removed by filling them with varnish. Such a parquet is indispensable in halls with large people, large halls, ballrooms, rooms for receiving guests.

The parquet layout in the “Christmas tree” with a perpendicular connection between the dies is quite simple, but the technique of the French “Christmas tree” is more complicated. Modern manufacturers offer complete ready-made kits of any configuration of the parquet pattern. Having such a kit, even a not very experienced master can perform the installation on her own, knowing the basic technological methods.

The design can be seamless or have clear seams, giving a geometric pattern.Details of wooden dies, processed on the technological equipment, have a very accurate cut of the edge, which allows you to make a continuous connection of the dies to each other. The absence of gaps affects the increase in the life of the flooring.

In the middle of the room in the right direction, pull the cord. Collect the first pair of dice with groove-ridge lock. Pre-grooves are coated with special glue. Lay on the center of the cord on plywood, smeared with glue. Each level is fastened with special screws in the grooves of the dies. In this way, collect the first Christmas tree along the lace. The rest of the pattern is arranged to the right and left of the center strip.

After laying, natural parquet is polished, plastered and coated with varnish or wax, the laminated parquet does not require these operations. After laying, it remains to follow simple rules for the care of a decorative floor covering so that it decorates the house for many years.

You can learn more about the technique of laying herringbone parquet in the next video.