Leather in a modern interior
Reflecting on the design of your home oroffice, you probably had to think about the choice of suitable finishing materials. Since ancient times wood, ceramics and metal have been used by people to decorate their homes, they are supplemented with various plastics, artificial stone and other modern materials. Used for decoration of modern interior and leather.
How can the leather elements be used in interior design? What is better for decorating the room: natural or artificial leather? Let's try to understand these issues together.
Man has learned how to make animal skin for a very long time. The skin was used both as clothing and as a household item. Some people from the skin even made their homes.
Nowadays leather in the interior is widely used for upholstery furniture, as well as for decorating walls or floors. Natural leathers are obtained from the skins of largePets (cows, goats, sheep, pigs). Skin of different animals differ in their elasticity, wear resistance, moisture resistance, strength, etc. The pig skin is the most resistant to friction and moisture, the least is the goat and sheep.
Natural skin gets its own externalquality (glossiness, softness, strength) under the influence of various processing methods. The higher the quality of leather dressing - the more attractive and quality is obtained and the skin itself.
In addition to natural, modern interiors are often used faux leather. Artificial leather is a layer of polymers of rubber, latex, polyvinyl chloride or other components, applied to a woven or non-woven base.
Externally, artificial leather very successfully imitate natural, more elastic and resistant to abrasion and moisture than natural leather, however, they are less durable and hygienic.
The leather upholstery of the furniture looks elegant, but gives the products a somewhat cold and heavy look. At the same time leather-covered doors or walls are perceived as warmer, cozy.
Leather-covered furniture looks appropriate in the office room, in the office. Well combined leather with wooden and metal furniture parts, with textiles.
The leather decor of the walls is traditional for ethnicstyles in design, but it finds application in high-tech design. In addition to such useful functional properties of the skin as the ability to absorb noise, for example, the skin has a wonderful property to bring to the interior a note of respectability, luxury.
Leather for wall finishing can be painted in various colors, as well as give it the necessary texture. In the course of time, the leather decor acquires its own unique style.
To the skin in your interior pleased you for many years, it is necessary to take care of her properly. Remember that leather-upholstered furniture should be placedin dry, moderately warm rooms. It is undesirable to put such furniture "in the sun" - prolonged intensive exposure to sunlight leads to premature aging of the material. In addition, sitting on the overheated leather upholstery is not very pleasant.
The artificial skin is not hygroscopic: it does not pass air and moisture. Therefore, you can not use furniture with artificial leather upholstery for sleeping, especially for children.
