Plaster decor: sculptures in everyday life (56 photos)

Beautiful stucco molding made of plaster perfectly complements the luxurious interior of the room, decorated in different styles. Such a relief decor hides various irregularities on the surface of walls or ceilings, allows you to adjust the space and make it more comfortable, and also emphasizes the advantages of the room. Also, the gypsum decor has a number of positive properties:

• It is environmentally friendly;
• refractory;
• easy to stain;
• amenable to various processing (gilding, patination);
• has a long service life;
• easy to restore;
• withstands temperature extremes.

At the same time, the volumetric stucco molding created by one's own hands ennobles the room and makes it original in appearance. Such decor is used for interior decoration inside various rooms and even facades.

Elements of gypsum products

Volumetric decorations on the walls and ceilings have a variety of sizes and types. They can be very neat and miniature, or vice versa very voluminous and large, most often in interiors decorated in a traditional style, such elements are used from plaster:

• sockets (ceiling, rarely wall);
• baseboards of different sizes and volumes;
• moldings;
• pedestals;
• half columns;
• cornices;
• brackets;
• columns and others

Premises, the interior of which is decorated in a more modern style, may include plaster products in the form of a volumetric tree, flower, imitation of a fireplace, etc. Moreover, such decorative plaster decorations can be made by yourself or use standard elements made of polyurethane, which exactly resemble stucco molding from plaster. The latter have one significant drawback: they will not have the original look.

Plaster stucco molding in the interior

To make an original home decor, it is not necessary to have great talent and spend a lot of money. First of all, you need to have a great desire and elementary skills to work with plasticine, hand tools (brush, sandpaper).

Before you begin, it is worth choosing which elements will need to be made and where they will be located. At the same time, it is worthwhile to carefully determine the style in which the interior of the room is finished, the dimensions and shapes of the room or separate zone, as well as the functionality.

So stucco molding made of gypsum, made by yourself, can perform aesthetic or utilitarian functions. Moreover, the size of the room itself plays an important role, since the stucco molding should be used purely for decoration in a spacious room in order to fill it with cosiness and luxury, in small rooms the stucco molding can cover or hide structural elements or some planning features.

Making bulk gypsum jewelry with your own hands

After the dimensions, type and style in which the product will be manufactured are determined, it is worth carefully preparing all the necessary tools, materials and even surfaces for work.

Since gypsum hardens very quickly, and there will be no time to search for one or another tool, everything should be at hand. For the manufacture of gypsum decoration elements, it is necessary to prepare:

• work surface: it must be flat and protected from dust with a thick film;
• a set of tools (spatulas, stacks, stationery knives, brush, ruler, measuring cup, spatula);
• clay plasticine (does not stick to hands) or clay;
• gypsum building;
• colorless varnish;
• PVA glue;
• acrylic silicone;
• Silicone Grease;
• cement;
• mixing container;
• the finished element (molding, cornice, socket) if the work will be carried out according to the template.

Careful preparation will help to avoid fuss and make the work more productive, which will positively affect the quality of decorative elements.

Installation of elements from plaster

Depending on the size and type of stucco molding, made by hand, its installation is carried out in different ways. So small elements are attached to the wall or to the ceiling with a mortar of cement or putty.

Heavier decorative elements, the forms of which differ in impressive volumes, are fastened with dowels and screws. To do this, it is worth pre-treating all metal surfaces with anti-corrosion agents.

Decor elements in the form of cornices are also cleaned from the back and have notches, so that the putty is better set. The plaster on the walls where the element will be mounted must have notches.

After the decor elements are attached to the wall or ceiling to the mortar, it is worth moving them (very carefully) - an excess of mortar will appear along the contour, which will need to be removed with a spatula or spatula. To complete the decoration, the elements are coated with water-based paint, a patina or other means are applied.

The self-made stucco molding will allow not only to decorate the interior, make it richer and more original. Such an activity will help to show your creative talents and make the interior very unusual and even individual, which will advantageously distinguish it from others.