Art parquet in the interior

Parquet began to be used in the decoration of buildings at least 600 years ago. Since then, it has owned a palm among floor coverings. In museums around the world, it is treated like a piece of art. The special beauty and nobility of the parquet flooring made of wood is achieved as a result of a combination of special techniques for processing parts from different wood species, the filigree skill of flooring specialists and design ideas. We will get acquainted with the principles of creating artistic floor covering, taking into account the application of the experience of modern manufacturers.

Art parquet is a pattern on the floor of dies of different wood species, having a unique composition and color range.This type of flooring belongs to the luxury class and has the value of a work of art. At cost, artistic parquet is included in the highest price category, but with it the interior of the room takes on an exclusive and refined look.

Art parquet is made of rocks resistant to mechanical stress. A floor from a natural tree possesses good heat-insulating properties, soundproof and eco-friendly.

Parquet flooring looks like a single canvas. On a high-quality parquet, the joints of various wood species are hardly noticeable; modern laser cutting technologies make it possible to achieve perfect adherence of parts.

The pattern of the floor, as a rule, corresponds to the general style and colors of the interior. The choice of pattern also determines the technique of making parquet carpet.

There are several modern techniques of making parquet.

When creating a floor in the technique of marquetry, individual parts of the pattern of the same thickness are cut and glued together in the form of a mosaic on the floor, while in the main canvas of the parquet that has the same height, respectively, an opening is cut out for laying part or all of the design.

• Marquetry technique allows you to create highly artistic parquet with a unique pattern to the taste of the customer. This may be one large image located in the semantic center of the space with divergent ornamentation throughout the area. For example, flower arrangement, landscape sketch or animal image.

• Intarsia - technique, where the details of the pattern are made of a thin layer of wood and are collected in a whole picture on the basis of the grid, then inserted in the form of a finished pattern in the coating canvas. Assembly of parts is done exclusively by hand and is a particularly valuable type of decorative coating.

• To give the interior shine and luxury, use inlay. Inlay is the addition of metal or stone inserts to a pattern. This operation requires high precision manufacturing of parts, knowledge of the technology of combining materials of different quality characteristics - stone and wood, wood and metal.

• In the premises of a large area repeating pattern creates a feeling of spaciousness and infinity. In this case, it is convenient to use the same type of modular elements made by one of the above technologies. Modules mounted on a wooden base, ready to be installed directly on the screed, are called shields. Shield parquet is easy to lay out and independently.

Depending on the technique of the parquet, it is divided into type-setting and mosaic.

Stacked parquet is laying of the same size of dies in a geometric pattern. Dies are fastened together with grooves, have an average thickness of about 18 mm, width - from 4 to 8 cm, length - up to 50 cm. This type of styling is used in creating compositions with geometric patterns. Of great importance here is the beauty of the fibers on the saw blade, the color and the combination of various types of wood with neighboring elements.Such a pattern for making is simpler and cheaper than a composition with an ornament and a central image.

Inserts in the form of complex compositions can be attributed to the parquet to the subject of art. The parquet halls of the palaces were finished with such parquet. Separate elements from different wood species are folded into a drawing and fixed with grooves. This face layer has a thickness of 15 mm, and the base consists of two layers of softwood with multidirectional fibers of 25 mm each. Such wooden mosaics are formed into squares 550 x 550 by the type of ceramic tile. Modern industry has made it possible to significantly simplify and unify the process of making palace parquet.

Of great importance in these works is the layout of various types of wood. Traditionally, materials for parquet are selected by color and hardness.

Light color is obtained with the help of oak, maple, ash. Oak is resistant to weathering and mechanical stress. This is the most popular material for the manufacture of parquet, taking into account various techniques of staining gives a lot of colors and shades. Ash fibers are almost not deformed, have a milky color. Maple is good for white details of the pattern.

You can get a yellow tint with a tick. It is durable, not susceptible to damp wood.

Pink tone will give pear, cherry, beech, alder. Red - mahogany, he also has a beautiful structure of the location of the fibers.

From a nut receive inserts from light brown till dark brown color. Walnut has high durability. The durability of a covering from different types of a tree is reached by means of special technologies of laying.

The painstaking process of sawing, facing, grinding every detail of the pattern takes a long time. Wood processing on modern equipment allows to significantly simplify and unify the manufacturing process of the palace parquet. Drawing by means of computer-aided design is transferred to a pattern, a sample of parts is made by type of wood, then the necessary parts of the image are cut out of each breed with the most accurate sizes with the help of a laser, which allows avoiding gaps.

The floor surface is prepared in a special way under the parquet flooring: waterproofing is done, a screed is poured in, plywood is placed on top, the last layer is parquet. After the parquet assembly is completed, the surface is polished, if necessary, some elements or the entire floor are tinted or tinted. To give semi expressiveness they use the technique of blanching - processing with a metal brush against the direction of the fibers. This gives the coating a noble patina of antiquity.

After this, the parquet is covered with a special varnish or wax and left to dry completely. Only after completing the entire technological chain can one see and appreciate the pattern of artistic parquet in all its glory.

The drawing of the parquet can be made in a strict classical style, or have curved lines of the Art Nouveau style, or a floral ornament of Mediterranean design. Picturesque drawing of wood can follow the canons of carpet design. As a rule, it uses the central pattern and border edging.

The central element may be in the form of an outlet. It is an ornament of a round, oval, rectangular or diamond shape, having a clear center of composition.

Outlets can be several if several zones are allocated. For example, in the lobby they are located near the fireplace, in the sofa section and in the dance room. The rosette is the main artistic image on the rest of the monotonous part of the parquet, it can be a symmetrical set of details of different wood species in the form of a specific pattern, and can represent the coat of arms of the owners of the house, a scene from an epic, a flower or a totem animal. The size of this element varies from very small to the ornament, which occupies the entire surface.

Inlays are sometimes used inlay to give weight and value to the interior design. Inlay is made of the same materials that are involved in the decoration of walls or furniture. For example, columns from pink marble assume inserts from the same marble in a parquet.

The curb is designed to support the stylistic solution of the central composition pattern.It is a set of identical modules located at some distance from the walls or directly along the walls. The border is made of the same wood species as the socket, while maintaining the rhythm of the pattern. The border delineates the visual boundary of the front area, serves as decoration for the floor covering and participates in the zoning of space.

Border can be laid out using modules. Modules are ready-made square elements with a finished part of a parquet pattern, having special grooves for fastening to each other and to the rest of the floor covering. Modules can lay out all the canvas floor. Using the seamless texture creates an effect of infinity, it looks very presentable.

Single-piece stacking parquet involves a huge variety of types of location. It is traditional to place the dies at an angle of 90 degrees to each other, a “Christmas tree” pattern is obtained. Styling "French tree" looks elegant - the ends of the dies are cut according to the angle of inclination (from 30 to 60 degrees).

The high demand for artistic decoration of the floor from natural materials influenced the formation of a wide range of products and manufacturers. You can choose parquet according to your needs for quality and cost. You need to be prepared to spend a considerable amount to become the owner of this royal parquet.

• Of the manufacturers of luxury parquet, the Swedish company is known for its quality traditions. Kahrswhich has been producing various types of flooring for over a hundred years. However, Kahrs wood requires special operating conditions in terms of compliance with the moisture regime.
• This deficiency could be eliminated by manufacturers of another Swedish company - Tarkett. The high price of this product is due to the excellent processing, a clear correspondence of the dimensions of the parts, and a large palette.
• Chinese company Parketoff uses durable varieties of wood, beautiful colors, unusual patterns of the pattern, but the consumer is faced with inaccurate sizes and uneven coloring.
• Company Upofloor the quality of the floorboard is in odnumu number with European manufacturers, but its price is more democratic. Upofloor uses for the production of parquet, in addition to domestic wood species, rare species - wenge, iroko and others.
• It is worth paying attention to Russian manufacturers Scheucher and Alpenholz. They offer good quality parquet from various types of wood.

When choosing a parquet, you should focus on proven manufacturers. It is necessary to check the quality certificates, get advice from experts. It will not be out of place to make sure that the declared dimensions correspond, that the groove joints are neat, to learn about the technical characteristics of the selected wood so that the parquet will serve for many years.

Choosing a picture, you need to follow the overall style and colors of the interior.

Care of an art parquet is specific. If the finish is made with wax or oil, then washing this floor is unacceptable. The floor is regularly cleaned of dust and rubbed with special mastics. Lacquer coatings are more convenient in home care, you can make wet cleaning.

It is necessary to maintain optimum humidity. Excess moisture can cause the fibers to swell and to sweep parts out of the cover fabric. It is desirable to observe the temperature, as too dry hot air leads to drying out of the floorboard and the formation of gaps between the dies.

Observing these rules, the flooring will decorate your house for decades and preserve its artistic value.

The lined pattern fits perfectly into a round-shaped room. Refinement and grandeur - the main features of artistic parquet.

Parquet made using marquetry technique can create an atmosphere of palace luxury.

Art parquet - the best addition to the room, made in modern style.

In more detail about some of the intricacies of the production and installation of artistic parquet is described in the following video.