Products made of leather firmly entered our life, taking it place of honor. Clothing, accessories, leather interior items are peculiar indicators of style and prestige and, despite all protests of wildlife defenders, do not lose their relevance. The popularity of the skin is easy to explain - it is a natural, practical and beautiful material with which even the most modern synthetic analogues can not match the quality.
Walls of leather: a bit of history
For a long time people have sought not only to strengthen and insulate, but also to decorate the walls of their homes. Skins of wild animals were suitable for this as well as possible, so we can assume that the new trend of interior design - the decoration of walls with natural leather, goes back to ancient times. After this idea was embodied in the interiors of the Baroque era.
Nowadays, leather as a material for decoration of walls began to gain popularity in the mid 80s of the last century, with the accession of the techno style, successfully diluting and giving chic to the strict interiors of glass, concrete and metal. Leather wallpaper successfully diluted the transparent and "cold" designs, giving homes and offices a real cosiness and adding to the atmosphere a sense of security and reliability. Such an interesting pattern can be explained by the archetypal images that pop up in the human subconscious at the sight of the skin on the walls and in the subconscious of every inhabitant of the ultramodern interior, as if an ancient progenitor wakes up, well fed and calm in the habitual surroundings of fellow tribesmen in the cave walls, hanging by the skins of killed mammoths.
Now for the production of wallpaper from the skin, mainly the skins of North American oxen are used, or rather their thickest areas, cut from the occipital part. The skin is treated with special tannins, and then the paint is applied on top of the plant base. Typically, the material for the walls has the form of tiles, covered with leather.
Advantages of leather wallpaper
Of course, you can save and glue the walls with special vinyl wallpaper with imitation leather. They, in principle, also look pretty decent, resemble the skin to the touch and have good technical characteristics. But they are far from the real skin, as the finishing of walls with this natural material has the following undeniable advantages:
- leather wallpaper, due to the natural nature of the material and the means by which it is processed, are environmentally friendly, do not emit toxic fumes and, as a result, are absolutely safe for the health of the occupants of the premises;
- the skin perfectly absorbs noise, therefore it performs the function of thermal insulation;
- code is not flammable, which is an additional argument in favor of its security;
- leather wallpaper equally well tolerate both dryness and humidity, as well as extremely resistant to mechanical damage;
- longevity - perhaps, the main and indisputable dignity of the skin. Over time, it loses its appearance and properties, but only gets better, emphasizing the beauty and comfort of the room.
Of course, the skin for the decoration of the walls is not at all universal and will not be suitable for all interiors. An important role is played by a high price. These factors allow us to consider the leather walls as an indicator of a special chic and exclusive, accessible only to the elite.
Of course, the laborious and painstaking procedure of pasting walls with leather wallpaper is best entrusted to professionals, since any mistake will cost too much in the literal sense of the word. Yes, and the design itself is best picked up by professionals who, if necessary, can "dilute" the leather trim with original combinations with fabric and wood .
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