Decorative plaster in the kitchen: types, design ideas, colors, apron trim

Kitchen Design Tips

When choosing the option of decorating walls, an apron or a dining room area in the kitchen, practical, eco-friendly and aesthetic coatings must be preferred. Decorative plaster fully complies with these requirements. The composition includes natural materials and is suitable for use in the kitchen. Application methods allow you to create an imitation of various surfaces.

Properties that indicate the practicality of using decorative plaster in the kitchen:

• Moisture resistance.
• Fire resistance.
• Antibacterial properties
• Abrasion resistance.
• Lack of seams.

What types of decorative plasters can I use in the kitchen?

Depending on the composition, decorative plasters may have certain performance characteristics and appearance. The mixture is based on mineral or synthetic material. And as additives to add surface relief, stone chips, cellulose fibers or polymer granules are used.

Decorative coatings are also distinguished by the method of application. The kitchen uses Venetian, textured and structural plaster.

Venetian

Finishing marble, made on the basis of plaster mixtures, is quite practical and economical compared to natural stone. Venetian plaster consists of stone dust, a binder, a dye and allows you to play with color and relief.

Pictured is a wall with a venetian marble finish.

The combination of glossy and matte veins, as well as mother-of-pearl spraying creates the effect of a natural material.

Textured

This type of finish is achieved not due to insoluble inclusions, but using a certain application technology and special spatulas. The result is a voluminous, embossed surface with a unique pattern.

Cracking, or artificially aged coating with cracks, can be attributed to textured plaster. This is achieved by alternating coatings with paint and craquelure varnish, which cracks when dried.

In the photo, the textured finish of the apron with the effect of scratches and potholes.

Structural

A decorative coating that has a granular structure due to the inclusion of insoluble granules or special fibers in the material is called structural. Such a surface will have a special texture.

Pictured is a structural granular coating of a kitchen work area.

Kitchen Interior Design Ideas

The variety of structures and shades allows to realize any design technique.

Under concrete

A decorative coating with the effect of concrete can be performed using special compositions, such as: microcement, decorative art concrete or ordinary cement mortar. There is an extensive selection of gray, beige, white, sometimes rusty shades.

The photo shows a concrete wall in a modern interior.

Marble

Marble plastering is smooth or streaked. The color palette allows you to create a resemblance to natural stone.

Silk

Stucco with a glossy or metallic pigment creates the effect of wet silk in the interior of the kitchen.

In the photo, the walls and an apron in the kitchen-dining room are decorated using the "silk" effect.

Under the brick

Plaster with coarse fractions and a mineral base allows volumetric finishing under a brick.

In the photo, the apron is decorated under a brick.

Color

Design using various shades will help to create the effect of scuffs on the wall or a two-color pattern.

Colors of decorative plaster

There is a wide palette of colors for the decorative coating. Shades can be mixed or sprayed on each other, as well as combined with decorative painting.

The most common colors:

• White.
• Gray.
• Beige.
• Brown.
• Green.
• Silver.
• Gold.

The photo shows a kitchen with gray concrete finish.

Colors can be combined and applied randomly with strokes.

Style decision

Decorative plaster can be used in the kitchen in any style. Stone or concrete coatings are the most popular solutions both in modern interiors and in classic ones.

Most often, such wall decoration is used in styles:

• Classic.
• Loft.
• Neoclassic.
• Minimalism.
• High tech.

The photo shows a compact high-tech kitchen with the design of one of the walls under concrete.

Apron trim options

Thanks to its excellent performance characteristics, the plaster is ideal for finishing a kitchen apron. This design is universal. Bright coverage can serve as an accent in the interior of both small and spacious kitchens.

Examples of the design of the kitchen-living room

Wall decoration with decorative plaster can combine the kitchen and living room into a single space and create an interesting studio design. Such coverage can highlight the dining area at the table or an apron in the kitchen.

Photo gallery

The use of this decorative coating makes the interior modern, stylish, environmentally friendly and practical.