Panel in the design of the kitchen - how to decorate the wall

Kitchen decor significantly diversifies the interior, decorating, complementing it. All kinds of paintings, panels on the kitchen will give the room a uniqueness, becoming its main "highlight". Such products are hand-made, purchased in art stores or through online sites.

A decorative panel is exactly that bright detail that will make the kitchen interior beautiful and original.

Design panels in the kitchen: options (selection of photos)

A panel is, in fact, a picture in a frame, most often volumetric, color or monochrome. They place it in the center of the free wall, build it into a niche, draw up a kitchen apron, and even stick it to the ceiling. Original paintings are highlighted.

The panel will become the main decoration of the kitchen, regardless of its location

It is important to remember that in the kitchen there is always high humidity, food odors, and the likelihood of contamination of any surface is higher than in other rooms. Therefore, "canvases" made using parts of plants, fabrics, paper, wood, are located at the maximum distance from the cooking place.

The best solution for the cooking zone is a ceramic or glass panel.

Varieties of panels for the kitchen

Original wall panels on the kitchen are made in various ways:

• using tile;
• from textile materials;
• in the form of a collage of photos;
• tempered glass;
• using decoupage;
• pictures of coffee;
• modular options;
• from a natural stone;
• from combinations of several materials.

When placing the panel on the wall, it is desirable that the composition is not obscured by other objects

From textile

Textile art canvas is made in the form of applique, using the tapestry technique. Common topics are dishes, fruits, flowers. Embroidered options are also common. The product is usually pulled on cardboard, plywood, hoop, wooden frame, placed under glass.

Crochet Textile Patterns

Strained glass

The glass version of the kitchen panel is very practical for an apron. Using special paints, any images are applied to the glass. Less commonly, a picture is made of glass tiles, fragments of various colors and shapes, pieces of mirrors.

Such a decoration can be decorated with hand-made drawings or present a photograph with images of landscapes, cities or abstractions.

Collage of photos

Photo collages are composed of both black and white and color photos. They are glued to a sheet of fiberboard, thin plywood, decorated with inscriptions, paper stars, hearts, flowers, lace, inserted into a frame under the glass so as not to deteriorate from moisture.

Family photos in the frame can decorate the accent wall of the kitchen

Tile

The picture from the tiles laid out on the wall, less often - decorate the floor. The product is a mosaic, consisting of small tiles or larger, decorated with photo printing.The theme of the image is any, but most often - fruit, floral, abstract options.

Bright mosaic panel on the kitchen apron

A tile panel protects the walls from the effects of moisture and heat

Coffee paintings

A coffee panel in the kitchen is done by gluing coffee beans onto a rigid base. In addition to coffee beans, pumpkin, lupine, star anise, white and variegated beans, and curly pasta are used. The finished product is varnished, decorated. This also includes coffee murals.

Using coffee beans, you can create both “flat” paintings and volumetric compositions

Decoupage

The picture, composed of fragments of decoupage napkins, rice paper, egg shells, can decorate any interior. Bonding is done with PVA glue, on a piece of hardboard, cardboard, plywood. For durability, they are coated with varnish from a spray can, having previously manually painted individual fragments.

Decoupage paintings are one of the most common way of decorating the kitchen and other rooms.

Other varieties

Other types of design include paintings:

• from pebbles, shells;
• completely carved in wood;
• from pieces of veneer of different species of wood;
• fashioned from polymer or regular clay, salt dough;
• from beads, beads;
• created from broken glass, ceramic dishes;
• from champagne corks.

Using cut along the wine corks, you can create original patterns and decorate various surfaces

Handmade wooden panel in the format of modular paintings

Choice of panels on the style of kitchen design

For kitchen interiors of various styles, very different panels are selected:

1. Classic - reproductions of paintings by famous realist artists, always inserted into a heavy carved frame.
   

   An elegant decoration of a classic interior will be a landscape, still life or floral arrangement

2. Hi-tech - the panel is made of glass, has mirror elements, the image in gray-blue tones, usually abstract.
   

   Stylish painting with abstraction will decorate the monotonous interior in hi-tech style

3. Provence - mainly floral motifs, the product is made of ceramic tiles of light color.
   

   For a rustic style, panels made of natural materials - paper, burlap, ceramic tile - are suitable

4. Minimalism - photo wallpaper with the image of simple geometric shapes.
   

   An interesting option for the interior in the spirit of minimalism - a panel of flat pebbles on a textile background

5. Loft - paintings with "old" city landscapes, usually covered with artificial "noble patina" using the crackle technique.
   

   In the loft, the most concise decor, made in a restrained color scheme, will be appropriate

6. Chinese - the panel is made of polymer clay, depicts a "rock garden" and houses with curved upward edges of the roofs.
   

   Chinese style decorative panel with mother of pearl

7. Scandinavian - an abstract picture of wood saw cuts of various diameters and colors.
   

   Wooden saw cuts paired with a bar counter play the role of a space divider in the kitchen of a Scandinavian-style living room

The main subjects of kitchen panels

The kitchen is a place for cooking, absorbing food, therefore everything in it should look appetizing, at home. Images of fruits, still lifes, summer fields, forests are ideal. The exception is made by such styles as industrial, brutal, hi-tech, techno - for them it is permissible to use paintings with cars, mechanisms, urban landscapes.

Live green composition in the interior of the eco-style kitchen

Most popular topics:

• slices of fruit, citrus;
• still lifes with various dishes, bouquets;
• wide-format images of flowers (roses, poppies, daisies, cornflowers, etc.);
• coffee, any coffee paraphernalia;
• folk ornaments of the countries of the world;
• House in the village;
• floral, geometric abstractions;
• sea ​​with palm trees;
• domestic, wild animals, birds, fish.

Country style rustic kitchen

Tiled panel decorative features

The picture made of tile is made of medium size, and sometimes takes up half the wall. Products with photo printing look the most interesting - any images are applied to them, there are options for laying them out on the floor, walls, apron. According to the color scheme, the picture should complement the existing interior, but bright, accent options are acceptable.

Patterned tile on the apron of the kitchen in Provence style

Ideas for making decorative panels for the kitchen from various materials

The most original panels on the wall in the kitchen, in the photo look completely different: these are volume reproductions of paintings by famous artists, paper pockets, plaster murals, straw applications, etc.

Panel of fragments of tiles - a unique author's design of the kitchen apron

The product is made from pieces of egg shells, corks, ice cream sticks, and painted manually. Sometimes a composition is made of cutlery, including a beautiful toy utensil that is attached to a piece of plywood, inserted into the frame. A beautiful canvas can be woven from reeds, strips of fabric, colored laces.

Bright and positive decoration comes out of multi-colored felt - this decor can become a highlight of the kitchen interior

Conclusion

The panels decorating the kitchen space are very diverse in their execution, therefore they will neatly fit into any interior. When choosing a product, they are guided by their own preferences, surrounding decor. The picture becomes the only accent of the room or one of the elements of the whole “ensemble”.

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