A brick wall in the kitchen is a trend that never wants to leave the covers of fashion design magazines. Many are accustomed to associating it with a brutal loft, but such an element can also decorate romantic or gothic styles.
A brick kitchen will appeal to people who are creative, creative and simply open to unusual ideas.
Many people are attracted to this design because it can be created with their own hands quickly and inexpensively, without any experience.
Detailed instructions on how to correctly make the most budget-friendly imitation option:
Decorative wall
If you have a place in the kitchen where various decorative items are collected, decorate it with brick. This solution looks good in country style. Everything looks appropriate and harmonious. Make the tabletop in this place from wood so that natural materials are nearby.
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What style is appropriate for brick finishing?
Loft
It is difficult to imagine a more suitable material for decoration in this style. Rough finishes combined with cozy accessories create a lively atmosphere.
Scandinavian
In Norman design, white, gray or light ombre colors are often found.
Unlike the loft, here the brick in the kitchen looks less rough, less industrial. On the one hand – naturalness, on the other – simplicity and accuracy. A Scandinavian-style wall will not be as accentuating and active.
Provence or country
Brick can also be used in such romantic styles as Provence or country (rustic). One important condition is that the finish must be natural or artificially aged.
Light colors are welcome - white, milky, sand, pale olive, because... It is she who meets the main features - fullness of light.
Gothic
You can feel like the owners of a medieval castle in the 21st century. Brick in the interior of a kitchen of this design should look as natural as possible, without additional finishing or decorative treatment.
Often they use different installation options to make it seem as if the wall has been rebuilt for centuries.
Pop Art
Bold, creative, unusual – these are the words that can be used to describe this design. There may be a combination of different shades.
Works of art, graffiti, posters, bright accessories and textiles against the brick background seem to pose a challenge.
Mediterranean
The interior is imbued with the atmosphere of a port or resort city. It feels like if you look out the window you can see the sea. In decoration and furniture, white in combination with blue or light blue is more common.
The brick can be painted in “sea” tones or the color of sand.
Brick look tiles
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In modern interiors, people often abandon natural materials in favor of artificial ones due to their low cost. Brick was no exception either. There are many options for decorative tiles made to look like brick; they are easier to install and maintain. A similar solution is often used to decorate a kitchen apron.
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Tip 5. Take care of additional processing
If you want to place a brick directly next to the oven or use it to decorate an apron, we recommend that you additionally cover it with a thin layer of scraping varnish. This will greatly simplify cleaning - dirt and grease will not penetrate the pores of the material, which means the coating will last you longer.
If you want to use brick near the work surface, it is better to further process it
If you are afraid that such processing will spoil the texture of the brick, do not worry. Modern materials can be applied in one layer, so that they form a thin protective film, not too noticeable at first glance.
Modern means make processing invisible
In addition, no one forces you to choose a flashy glossy finish - you can easily use matte varnish.
Brick wall and brick tiles
The combination of natural brick and brick-like tiles looks beautiful. The materials can be of different colors, this will even create a pleasant contrast to the eye. Leave one wall in the kitchen brick, without plastering or painting. But the apron can be made, for example, from white tiles that imitate brickwork.
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Advantages
Brick is a durable and reliable material for both external and internal cladding. The advantages of this design include:
- long service life;
- resistance to temperature changes, which is especially important in the kitchen;
- heat resistance;
- water resistance;
- good insulating qualities;
- strength and impact resistance;
- resistance to household chemicals;
- environmental friendliness;
- hypoallergenic.
Brick walls are good not only from a practicality point of view. This decor creates a warm and cozy atmosphere.
Brick finishing makes any kitchen original and cozy
To avoid overloading the space, combine brick with other materials
See also Kitchen apron made of tiles, design and photo.
Brown brick
It is difficult to achieve a natural brown color from brick. Therefore, you can use decorative brick tiles of this shade. It will look beautiful on the walls of a white kitchen. And if it is also glossy, then the glare will give the room a special charm.
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In harmony with nature: how to take into account the cardinal directions when choosing colors
When choosing colors, shades and patterns for wallpaper, be sure to take into account the orientation of the room relative to the cardinal directions.
For rooms facing north, choose warm and bright colors (red, yellow, orange), which will help reduce the feeling of coldness, drowsiness and fatigue, especially in the winter-autumn period.
Orange wallpaper in the kitchen space or an orange kitchen always looks lively, original, dynamic and fresh.
Rooms with windows facing south are decorated in cool colors: blue, purple, gray, blue. Neutral tones will be appropriate for the western and eastern sides.
For the kitchen, wallpapers most often chosen are cream shades, brown-beige, and bluish-green. Rooms with poor lighting are painted in light yellow and light pink tones, which increase the reflection of light, thereby increasing the degree of illumination in the room.
Brick walls and floor
If you made the walls in the kitchen with a brick finish, but at the same time used tiles and still want brick to be present in the interior, you can make a brick floor, which makes the interior complete.
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Tip 3. Decide on the texture
The brick does not have to be porous, like the one we are used to seeing in exterior decoration. Now the blocks are treated with a special glaze, which allows you to give the most varied appearance to the material.
Bricks can be very different
For example, you can use classic matte bricks - they are great for creating traditional interiors.
The usual matte brick
However, glossy glazed bricks also look very interesting. In addition, due to their reflective properties, they visually make a small kitchen larger. A significant bonus, especially when you consider that the brick itself conceals the space, making it smaller and cramped.
Interesting and attractive solution
A fashionable solution for interiors in the industrial loft style is chipped brick. The blocks appear a little broken, their edges are torn, and their texture is uneven. Due to this, the coating seems very voluminous and original. True, you need to work with such material very carefully, otherwise the kitchen will take on a sloppy, abandoned appearance.
Rough finishes should be compensated with elegant furniture
Antique brick
For modern styles there is a very interesting way to use brick. In a high-tech kitchen, make the wall above the cabinet look like a very old brick, so that cracks, traces of putty and concrete are visible. This will create an interesting contrast.
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Kitchen zoning
If the dining room is combined with a kitchen area, you can separate them by using decorative masonry in the partition area that is different in color.
An extraordinary technique is to combine bricks of different shades; this will not only delimit, but also decorate the decor.
Apron
In the apron area, bricks promise loft aesthetics. Thanks to the glaze, they acquire smoothness or roughness.
Ideally, this is ceramics or boar. Modena is a Tuscan type, this is not a cheap cladding that looks unusually believable.
