To date, the fashion trend is the use of natural stone in the interior design and exterior of a country house with a country area. For this purpose, various types of natural materials from marble and granite are applied to ordinary marine pebbles. Sea pebbles is a rounded stone stones. On average, their diameter varies from 1 to 10 cm. Sea pebbles are of different colors: all shades of gray, brown, beige, orange, reddish, white, yellow and even lilac. Crafts from sea pebbles are durable and surprisingly beautiful. They personify the marine style. Therefore, having the opportunity to get marine pebbles, you can safely begin to implement a wide variety of ideas.
Facing the walls and floor by sea pebbles
This is the original and at the same time a very economical way of finishing. The process of cladding the walls of the marine pebbles is fairly simple and can be made independently with their own hands. This requires creative mood and a little patience. In addition to the marine pebbles, tile glue should be prepared (you can also use a solution from cement and fine river sand), a ruler, pencil, saw and a spatula. If the cladding of the walls is carried out inside the house, then it is possible to cut some pebbles that will not fit on the joints of the walls. In order to make it easier to flicker the walls, it is recommended to measure everything in advance to the ruler, lay out the desired pattern on the smooth surface and cut the pebble when necessary. Next, it will only be necessary to carefully transfer the embedded pattern to the wall area. Carrying out the decor of the wall of the wall outside the house, you can not cut pebbles, which will give the resulting picture a natural look.
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So, after accurate measurements are made and pre-pebbles are posted in the desired order on a flat surface, tile glue should be applied or a cement solution with a layer of 6-8 mm. Next neatly laid out pebbles each other. They should be fixed in the solution firmly, but not completely to be completely in it. It is important to ensure that the solution does not fall on the front of the pebbles. When the cement or glue with pebbles, it is possible to use grout. This should also be neat, not falling on the surface of pebbles. To this end, you can use the cellophane package, in the corner of which it is necessary to do a small hole and strengthen it with scotch, so that the hole does not increase under pressure. Package Next fill out the grout and gently pressing it to put a grout on the space between the stones. To pebbles look brighter and glistened, they can be treated with special impregnations or cover with varnish.
For floor cladding, you will need to make a screed and then lay out pebbles in the desired order. It looks perfectly at the cottage threshold laid out of sea pebbles.
Country tracks from sea pebbles
In landscaped design, tracks laid out of natural stones are very popular, including from sea pebbles. Such tracks are excellently harmonized with the surrounding natural landscapes and decorate the country area.
Before you begin the pavement of the track of the pebbles, you should draw a scheme of the future track on paper. Next, the necessary measurements are made directly on the estimated area of the territory, and the preparation of the surface. At the required area, it is boiled by a depth of slightly more than 30 cm. The entire surface is aligned and falling asleep 10 cm layer of sand. Next comes a layer of 20 cm from a small rubble of granite, which is carefully tumped. From above, the mixture of sand and cement in the ratio of 3: 1 is falling asleep. The estimated drawing must be put in advance on a flat surface and then transfer directly to the prepared area for the track. From above, the finished laid out drawing of pebbles is poured with water from the hose with a spray gun to avoid hitting a strong jet to stones. After the solution freezes, the track will be ready.
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The process of paving the pebbles can be carried out by an alternative way. For this, the base, formwork, is prepared, the surface of the site is poured with concrete and falling asleep by pebbles and levels. In this situation, it is necessary to control the pebble to be completely immersed in concrete. The result is a path with chaotic pebbles.
Color Vases decorated with sea pebbles
A special atmosphere of marine style in the country can create vases and colors for flowers, decorated with pebbles. The base for such a vase will serve a tin bucket. In its day, it is pre-done a hole for draining water. Next, it should be applied to the outer surface of the bucket of a gypsum solution or a finished plaster mixture with a spatula. While the solution is not drying, you should put the mounting mesh, slightly drowned it in the solution, and fix the pebbles. After a complete dying of the distance between the stones, fill the grout and wash it off with a sponge from the surface of the stones. Original flower vase ready.
Crafts from sea pebbles for giving with their own hands - Photo
Of the large and small marine pebbles, many other wonderful crafts can be performed, which will decorate the summer territory. These are all sorts of ladybugs, mushrooms, frogs, and many other characters and attributes by which you can decorate the flower beds, ponds and country tracks.
Elvira Goli for DecorWind.ru
