Laminate wenge - noble breed (25 photos)
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The color of wenge is a color that mimics the shade of the wood of a rare exotic tree native to Africa. Furniture made from this wood is very expensive. A room with such a set looks rich and elegant. But many people can’t afford the natural wenge, therefore, when decorating the interior, they often use substitutes for it - a cheaper finish, which at the same time does not lose its aesthetic properties. For example, a laminate finished under wenge is used as a floor covering.
Laminate is a material made of particleboard or fiberboard (particleboard or fiberboard). In turn, this plate consists of shavings, sawdust or wood fibers mixed with synthetic polymers and special additives. Such plates are covered with paper of any color, with a different pattern, for example, wenge color. Acrylic resin is applied in a dense layer on top. So it turns out the laminate.
Color palette
The color of wenge can be described as the color of the cut of the tree, where black veins break through against a dark or light background. Shades of wenge laminate are characterized by a wide variety:
- black coffee color;
- chocolate color;
- brown, close to black;
- brown with yellow streaks;
- maroon brown;
- dark purple;
- golden brown;
- light brown.
Despite the variety of colors and patterns, dark tones still prevail among the shades of wenge color.
Wenge laminate is represented by models of all possible colors and shades, the texture and pattern can also be chosen to your taste. Plates can be completely smooth or with a slightly rough relief made like natural wood, matte or with a glossy sheen.
On the use of wenge color in the interior
The color of wenge in the interior should be used correctly, with taste, so that its advantages are not lost among other elements of interior decoration.
A suitable environment for wenge would be a light background or bright color accents. If the African wenge oak is present in the room in large quantities, it is necessary to take care of good lighting. Otherwise, a deep brown color will create a crushing impression.
A lot of wenge in a small room is a bad decision, it is better to limit yourself to individual intersperses. It can be various accessories or furniture details: wooden figure, countertop, shelf, headboard. But for a spacious room, such a color is just right.
Do not duplicate the color of the flooring in the color of the furniture. You can choose a furniture set, decorated in darker colors, compared to the floor. It should be remembered that contrasting shades of vertical design elements are well suited to surfaces located horizontally.
In the color of wenge, not only wooden and other solid surfaces of the interior can be decorated, but also upholstery of upholstered furniture. Moreover, both textile and leather can act as decorative upholstery. Even wallpaper on the walls can be made in various shades of wenge.
In which rooms is the wenge laminate suitable?
The use of laminated flooring in the color of African wood is suitable for decoration of almost any room: whether it is an expensive office, apartment or public institution.
Laminate wenge in the interior of the apartment will perfectly decorate the living room, kitchen, and hallway. But for a children's room it is better to choose a light floor, although wenge can also be brought into the room with individual elements (side walls of the cabinet, shelves, crib legs, etc.), balancing this strict color with vibrant shades.
The dark floor of wenge will go well with an abundance of white or light pastel shades in the room. For example, snow-white walls, a high white ceiling with lighting, furniture partially or fully decorated in the color of milk or ivory.
Such light walls without a picture or with a neutral print that is not eye-catching in combination with a wenge laminate are characteristic of strict interior styles (classic style, hi-tech, minimalism).
Do not lay the wenge laminate in small rooms - a dark color visually reduces the space and gives the room a gloomy mood.
The combination of wenge laminate with other colors in the interior
In order for experiments with color not to lead to complete bad taste, you should adhere to some rules for successfully combining different shades with each other.
- If the selected laminate has a bright color (for example, golden brown), it should be combined in the interior with the same saturated contrasting colors. It is not necessary that a bright color is present in large quantities, it is enough to add a few accent strokes.
- The dark deep color of the laminate should be diluted with a set of light furniture. Dark decor elements also work well with the wenge floor, but there shouldn’t be a lot of them.
- Exotic wood laminate flooring can be safely combined with different colors. The ideal ratio will be found, which is often found in nature. For example, a combination of brown with white, green (all its shades are suitable), red, orange, plum, olive, raspberry. They will look good together with wenge gray, turquoise, beige, blue, yellow.
- You do not need to allow combinations of many colors, especially contrasting, in one interior. The optimal number of shades used should be no more than three. For example, a strict combination of white, gray and wenge can be considered absolutely win-win.
Not only a game of color shades in the decor of the room, you can surprise your guests. The decoration method itself may also become original.
Wenge laminate for wall and ceiling decoration
Turning to the laminate for interior decoration, many designers resort to non-standard solutions, using flooring for walls and even ceilings. Laminated boards differ in a wide range of colors and shades; they effectively imitate the texture of a tree, for example, wenge.
The walls covered with wood look very elegant and natural. But usually the entire area of the walls is not laid with laminate, it is used to zoning the space of the room. To highlight individual sections (zones), one wall or part of it is finished. In this way, you can select a zone with a fireplace for a comfortable stay in the living room or a zone with a dining table for the whole family in the kitchen. Actively used such a wenge laminate finish in the styles of Provence and country.
The following design technique looks unusual: a part of the floor in the room is lined with wenge laminate against a different shade, this wide fragment without interruption moves to the wall and ends on the ceiling. It turns out a separate space that you can use at your discretion.
Thus, the wenge laminated coating will not only give an expensive and sophisticated look to the room, but also allow you to make bold experiments with finishes, choose a variety of colors. Using a laminate that qualitatively reproduces the look and texture of a natural exotic wood, you can feel the proximity of nature without leaving the walls of a city apartment.
