Bamboo canvases. Bamboo canvas in the interior

Bamboo canvases have recently been actively used by designers to create an original interior in the room. They have good wear resistance, and most importantly - it's all the same natural finishing material. In addition, with their help you can realize the most daring design solutions.

Cloth of bamboo: a brief description

Decorative and finishing material is characterized as bamboo wallpaper. They are produced in rolls and are used mainly to create an original interior.

The basis of the canvas is gauze technical. It is applied bamboo lamellas (planochki), which are of different colors and widths.

Depending on whether from the inner or outer part of the trunk are made slats, the wallpaper is divided into two main types. The rolls are produced in various lengths (minimum 5 and 15 m) and widths (from 0.9 m to a maximum of 2.5 m). The width of the lamellae (planochek) varies from 3.5 to 20 millimeters. Although if the wallpaper is made by pressing, the width of these strips can reach even 100 millimeters.

Bamboo canvas in the interior

The above-mentioned finishing material has an unlimited scope of application. It is actively used for decorating walls, furniture, ceiling.

Bamboo canvases are used in different directions of interior decoration:

• African and Asian (Japanese and Chinese) styles;
• Ecological direction, when wallpaper of bamboo is combined in the interior with other natural materials (stone, ceramic tile, clay);
• Californian and Mediterranean styles;
• Functional interior and minimalism.

This canvas is cut with a clerical knife along the lamellas. If you want to cut it across, then you already use a hacksaw with a small tooth. On the surface, the material is applied by gluing. It should be noted that special glue has been developed for bamboo wallpaper. It easily glues the canvas even to ordinary brick, is environmentally friendly, is made on the basis of rubber and diluted with a conventional solvent.

Adhesive must be applied to the canvas with a notched trowel and for another 5 minutes, you can freely adjust the position of the wallpaper, since the time of its action is only after this time.

Types of bamboo cloth

Wallpaper from the inside of the trunk is made of bamboo lamellas, which are almost perfectly polished from all sides. They are well fixed on the basis.

These bamboo canvases are divided into three main types:

• Tinted or dark;
• Wallpaper wenge color;
• Natural, that is, light.

Dark canvases are obtained by heating bamboo to a temperature that is slightly above 60 degrees Celsius. In such conditions, the above material changes color.

Painting wenge bamboo canvases are obtained only in the case of dyeing bright wallpaper.

This manufacturer can cover the building material with a special varnish or do not apply it. If the bamboo cloth does not varnish, then in the future you can get good shades when it is tinted.

These wallpapers from the outside of the trunk are characterized by a fairly good and pronounced structure of the bamboo trunk. These canvases are divided into the following types:

• Green or lime colors ;
• Pistachio;
• Vanilla, that is, with a light yellow tinge;
• Chocolate.

In addition to the difference in colors, bamboo canvas from the outer part of the trunk can have some tinted spots. This kind of wallpaper is called tortoiseshell.

It is known that the production of canvases from bamboo does not stand still. More recently, manufacturers have released a new type of wallpaper from the above material. These are the so-called pressed bamboo canvases. The latter, unlike their predecessors, are distinguished by higher quality, increased strength, sound absorption and wear resistance.

Advantages of bamboo wallpaper

This finishing material is characterized by some main features:

• It is environmentally friendly, that is non-toxic;
• Has excellent noise and thermal insulation;
• Practically not affected by the negative influence of time;
• Has good resistance to burnout;
• Has dust-repellent properties;
• Additionally treated with special substances that reliably protect the wallpaper from moths.

How to care for bamboo wallpaper?

Bamboo cloths are cleaned very easily. They repel dust well.

Specialists recommend wiping bamboo cloths with a slightly moistened sponge or with a soft cloth. Also they can be additionally treated with a vacuum cleaner when using a special soft brush.

If necessary, it is allowed to process wallpaper from bamboo by means that are designed to care for wooden furniture.

Reviews about wallpaper from bamboo

You can meet quite a lot of people's responses, which used to decorate walls and ceilings with a bamboo canvas. Their testimonials testify that this is a very convenient and practical finishing material. Just take care of him.

In addition, as consumers note, this finishing material is universal. In any interior, you can easily fit a bamboo cloth. The price of wallpaper depends on their width and type. For example, a bamboo canvas with a width of 1800 mm costs 1150 rubles. The same wallpaper, but the width of 900 mm, you can buy a lot cheaper - for 720 rubles.

But, as consumers note, the cost of this finishing material in comparison with other wallpapers is high. Producers are justified in this case by the fact that natural material costs cheap, of course, can not.

Finishing with bamboo leaf of walls and ceilings, as consumers note, is not difficult. Usually the material is accompanied by instructions for use. People claim to have glued these wallpapers on both the uneven surface, and the cement base, and the wood. In any case, there were no problems. Bamboo cloths are glued well, only you need to use special glue.

Wallpaper from bamboo are simple in operation and are distinguished by a special exquisite appearance. Therefore, they attract the views of both professional designers and ordinary consumers who are trying to create in their premises an exquisite and unique interior.