Kitchen apron made of non-traditional materials. Wine corks in the interior How to make an apron for the kitchen from corks

A kitchen apron performs many practical and aesthetic functions at once: it protects against dirt, grease and damage to the wall, it can focus attention on itself, become bright accent, correct the geometry of the room.

In this regard, there are certain requirements for the apron: strength, practicality and moisture resistance. And, of course, an original stylistic solution that supports the design of the entire kitchen.

As a standard, aprons are laid out with tiles or the walls are covered with panels made of chipboard and plastic. Natural and artificial stone and metal panels are also used quite widely. Let's see what other options exist.

Slate apron

A solution that looks perfect in Scandinavian style and in the loft, - treat the wall in work area with chalkboard paint to make it look like a blackboard. This apron is moisture resistant, easy to clean and looks interesting. It's great for writing down recipes and notes or drawing inspirational messages. We saw this one in Butovo:

Chalkboard paint can be used on various surfaces, as we described in the post and in .

From wine corks

You don't have to drink that many bottles of wine to line your apron with wine corks. Wine corks You can ask them to collect it for you at a nearby restaurant or buy it online. This solution is very original and convenient - it’s easy to attach something to the cork surface. However, such an apron is very difficult to wash and will lose its appearance over time. Its heat resistance is also not great, be careful with open flames.

For more ideas on where to use wine corks, look and.

Perforated panel

There is nothing more convenient to hang numerous kitchen items right on the wall. All you need is a perforated (plug) metal panel and the required number of hooks. This apron will look best in industrial styles, such as high-tech and loft. Cleaning a perforated panel directly on the wall is not very convenient, so it is better to make it removable and provide a moisture-resistant base behind it.

Brick apron

Raw brick wall- loft classic. Why shouldn't it be in place of the kitchen apron? It looks very impressive.

However, with practical side everything is worse: brick is heat resistant, but very difficult to clean. Perhaps minor dirt will not be so noticeable on the textured surface, but over time something will have to be done. Painting with moisture-resistant paint and varnishing will help make maintenance easier.

Caption for the picture

An alternative solution is to choose brick tiles. We have already said in the article that this is one of the options for imitation. These tiles are more symmetrical and less textured, but they convey the spirit of the loft quite accurately. This option is also suitable for the Scandinavian style.

If you want to make your kitchen even more convenient and original, take a look at the post.

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The following helped to lead the topic: 1. Konstantinych - Khazanovsky parrot;

2. Lieutenant Dub is a character created by Yaroslav Hasek;

3. Seryoga - Belarusian individual entrepreneur(crook).

Lieutenant: Tell us Seryoga, can I use a cork instead of an apron in the kitchen, on the work wall?

Konstantinich: Just look at his entrepreneurial face, he’ll not only make you an apron made of cork, but he’ll also make a cork floor for your kitchen. Just to make some money.

Lieutenant: Yes, Konstantinich, entrepreneurs don’t think about the people. So my hands are itching to punch one of them in the face.

Seryoga: Guys, let's look at the photos, and at the same time, discuss this topic. As an example, I’ll show you photos of my relatives’ kitchen, and the service life of this plug is more than 13 years.

Seryoga: These photos show a Hawai Green (Wicanders) cork, waxed as delivered.

Lieutenant: Well, how much money did you get from your relatives?

Seryoga: The most interesting thing is that when they glued this cork, I had not yet worked on this material. There are customers who specifically buy a wall plug for the work wall in the kitchen once every three to five years. In this situation, she withstood three times more. But they also have a lockable cork floor, under acrylic varnish It has held up just as well, although usually in the kitchen it doesn’t last more than 5 years (if you don’t reinforce it with varnish).

Konstantinich: Well, Lieutenant, what did I tell you? They'll sell you a cork floor for the backsplash.

Lieutenant: And look how honest the eyes are. And he turned it, inadvertently, on the floor. He might still punch this swindler in the face.

Konstantinich: Well, then what? You’ll read a lot on the Internet, and if something goes wrong, you won’t be able to clean up the virtual nickname’s face. At least there is someone to ask. Seryoga, do you happen to have a working wall made of cork? Learn, Lieutenant, like I did him.

Seryoga: I had a plug on the work wall, but only temporarily. We installed adhesive cork flooring in the kitchen, hallway and toilet. They hung wallpaper and knocked it down old tiles from the work area, putty, primed, and the money ran out. There wasn't enough for the kitchen itself. Therefore, they temporarily left the old disgrace, and put a cork in the work area. Which stood for 4 years. Look here.

Lieutenant: Well, how does she wash herself?

Seryoga: this version of the cork is called Stone Art Pearl (Wicanders), the treatment is tinted varnish as delivered. I specifically chose this option because after gluing, you can varnish the surface.

Lieutenant: Or maybe somewhere it’s already varnished. Stick it and that's enough.

Seryoga: Finish for varnish, there is only adhesive cork flooring (cork parquet). The same can be done on the wall, but I believe that only design can play a role in this situation. For example, light squares from a cork floor (see last photo) would pair beautifully with the same ones on the work wall. It’s better to varnish it after gluing the cork. We get a solid varnish film, and moisture and steam do not enter the seam. This is how this cork was treated with LOBADUR WS Easy Finish matte varnish, which remained from varnishing the floor. The only thing on vertical wall, it will not be possible to put the same amount of varnish as on raw cork parquet. Therefore, we roll it with varnish until the porosity is removed. And it’s easier to wash, although this cork has never been washed, nothing was visible with such a combination of structure and color.

Konstantinich: I get the impression that the cork on the apron is a cheap, economical substitute for normal materials. Moreover, they sell it down to the sheet, its dimensions are 600x300mm, and the height of the working wall is just 600mm.

Lieutenant: economical, that's just good.

Konstantinich: I hope the economical economy doesn’t affect cognac, otherwise the cork might fall off.

Lieutenant: Well, this is sacred.

Seryoga: If you stick it with my glue, it won't fall off. Let's look at the next photo.

Seryoga: Wall plug ― Bamboo Artica (Wicanders), varnished. Somehow this doesn’t remind me of economy class. Here is another photo of the same cork, but with glass.

Konstantinich: Seryoga, is it difficult to make the kitchen itself out of cork?

Sergey: Cork is not a structural element, so it can be used in combination with other materials. They also bought cork from me for facades.

Sergey: The edging of the facades is made of Harmony cork parquet, and the dark inserts are made of cork materials from the no longer operating Robinson factory.

Konstantinich: Are the walls in the kitchen made entirely of cork?

Seryoga: How's Lieutenant? Fine?

Lieutenant: You know, Konstantinich, it looks like cognac with Serega’s cork may not have enough money.

Konstantinich: Why do you need to cover all the walls with cork? It doesn't stain, it's warm, it can make a dining area. We sat down at the table and leaned our backs against the wall covered with cork, warm and soft. Lieutenant, you can even give her a bullock, you still have nothing there.

Seryoga: It’s always like this, they’ll come as a family, quarrel, there are a lot of options for traffic jams and in the end they won’t buy anything. Here's an example of a dining area.

Seryoga: The first is Fiord Natural, the second is Alabacter Cream. By the way, Lieutenant, look at the floor in the last photo.

You can protect the wall in the kitchen not only with tiles, but also with literally words of anything. Perhaps a hint to the very thing original solution lies right under your nose - in the closet, in the pantry, on the balcony. Sometimes the most unexpected, although familiar, things from our environment become a source of inspiration.
For good luck!
Can't raise your hand to throw away the broken pieces from your favorite cup or plate? This is for the best - after all, broken dishes can make an unusual kitchen apron. First, lay out the fragments on the surface of the floor or table and create a finished composition. And start laying - by analogy with ceramic tiles.
Tip: Add remnants of tiles to the composition. Or throw a cry among your friends and relatives and collect all the unnecessary dishes “for battle.” In the interior with the photo, for the successful implementation of the “broken” project, the grandmother of the house owner even donated several entire pieces of service.

Parquet wall
The authors of this kitchen decided to make an apron from the remains of oak parquet. To do this, the dies were secured to a substrate made of moisture-resistant chipboard at an angle of 45° to each other. With this installation method - the “French Christmas tree” - the joints between the rows are not stepped (like the “Russian Christmas tree”), but straight. Near hob, where special steam, grease and dirt, the parquet is protected by a panel of tempered glass on self-tapping screws.

Apron-"enoteca"
Another unusual material for the kitchen apron - wine corks. Will need chipboard(on which the plugs will be attached), a cutter, glue and large number traffic jams The guideline is about 1000 pieces for an apron 2 meters long.

Tip: Even the most dedicated wine lovers will not be able to collect such an amount in a reasonable period of time. Tell your friends that you are collecting corks, ask around in nearby bars. Or just advertise on avito: sometimes they sell plugs there immediately large volume, 200-300 pieces each.
Idea: It is not necessary to use the entire cork - it is much more correct to cut the cork lengthwise into two parts and attach it to the panel. Alternate horizontal and vertical orientation. This creates the volume of the composition, the effect of weaving.
The plugs can be mounted not only on the panel, but also directly on the wall. However, a boring panel can be changed at any time, but removing plugs from the wall will be more difficult. To protect against dirt, the cork apron should obviously be covered with glass.

A development of the same idea: wine corks are cut crosswise, not lengthwise. Some are naturally colored with wine, some are the natural color of cork. No, this is not ceramic or glass mosaic for a kitchen backsplash...

Hello from vacation
Apron from natural stone seems like an unattainable pleasure to you? Only if we are not talking about pebbles! If you are not afraid of excess luggage, you can provide excellent (and free!) material for decorative finishing from the next vacation at sea.
However, you can buy pebbles: construction stores They offer it by weight or in bags of 50 kilograms. For an apron 2 meters long you will need about 15 kg of pebbles.
An alternative to individual stones is artificial pebbles on plastic mesh. This “semi-finished product” will greatly simplify the installation process, because you will not have to “plant” one stone at a time on the solution. Pebbles sorted by color and size are placed by the manufacturer on a special substrate even layer. After fixing it to the wall with adhesive, the mesh will remain inside; there is no need to remove it.

Wallpaper apron
Don't rush to throw away any leftover wallpaper - you can always find an unusual purpose for it. For example, put it on a kitchen apron. Simply cover the wall with a sheet of wallpaper and cover the surface between the upper and lower cabinets with a glass panel.
The panel can be stationary or removable. The latter is more logical: you can change the scenery and re-stick the wallpaper to suit your mood. The downside is the appearance of decorative washers on the apron and glass fastenings to the wall, but they are quite decorative.

lA similar sandwich can be made with a different “filling”. How do you like, for example, a fabric apron? Whichever one remains after sewing curtains or bedspreads, use that one. The technology will be the same: a panel with fabric and glass is mounted on the wall.
Tip: If you choose the option of permanently fastening the glass (gluing it rather than putting it on screws), take care to seal the edge. To prevent dirt and grease from getting under the glass, treat the contour of the resulting “sandwich” with a transparent sealant.

Aged mirror
Lucky are those who inherited an unnecessary trellis with naturally aged amalgam! Now you can cut it into fragments with a glass cutter and lay it on the apron - everything is similar to ceramic tiles, only with more care.

But, most likely, the designers of these projects specially ordered a mirror for the apron in the kitchen - this is a fairly popular service in mirror workshops. Not only will they make you an artificially aged mirror, but they will immediately cut it into tiles of the required size.
Tip: Laying can be done diagonally (the seams are placed at an angle of 45 degrees to the tabletop), although this is not the easiest way. But a situation will not arise when the line of the side of the tabletop is not parallel to the tile seams.

Creative coloring
Painting a kitchen apron with slate paint is very practical option, since such a surface will be easy to clean. You get an analogue school board: Write with chalk and erase as much as you like. Prepare the wall for the apron as you would for regular painting.
Tip: Paint in three coats to achieve an even black finish. A liter can of paint is enough to paint a 2 meter long apron in two layers. Need to save money? For the first layer, use regular black paint.

The slate surface can accommodate your recipes, tables of weights and measures, or today's menu. Here you can write reminders, smart thoughts or just draw.
Idea: It is not at all necessary to cover the entire apron with slate paint: a combination with snow-white tiles also looks good.

Romance from the high road
Road signs, address plaques and signs are often used in wall decoration. And for good reason: this type of finishing has undeniable advantages. Similar products designed for long term services, with a variety of weather conditions and at any time of the year. They are not afraid of environmental influences, which means they will serve you for many years. You should not remove such a sign on the street, it is illegal. But there are companies on the Internet that produce them.

With the help of corks, you can create both miniature decorative means and real works of art that will become business card your interior. Here we will give an example of decorating an entire kitchen wall with drink caps. This option decorating a kitchen apron is very original and interesting, and among other things, it can be done completely independently, without the help of workers and complex building materials, and the process itself will not take much time.

Necessary equipment

the wine corks themselves
construction adhesive
stationery knife
tempered glass to fit the apron
drill

Creation process

You will need a lot of traffic jams. A little over a thousand for a medium-sized apron. To search for traffic jams, you can involve friends and relatives, as well as familiar bartenders.

First you need to clean the apron. We film everything kitchen cabinets, remove the sockets and leave the wall completely “bare” and apply markings. Next you need to cover the wall with a special water-based paint dark color. Next, we should prepare our plugs by cutting them lengthwise in order to later stick them on the wall.

Let's move on to the most difficult part, namely gluing the plugs to the wall. It is worth being patient, as this work is painstaking and complex. When applying plugs, we naturally go around sockets and places of lamps and cabinets.

Next you need to install safety glass over the corks, which will make the apron more convenient and will protect the corks from dirt and defects. In addition to this design, you can also add various patterns on black surfaces near the apron, such as leaves, barrels, etc. They will add atmosphere and charm to your kitchen or living room.

This design option is very unusual and original. It will allow you to demonstrate your handicraft, originality and design qualities. With this apron you will definitely be the most interesting host among your relatives and friends who will be visiting you.

You have already decided which ones will be in your new kitchen kitchen aprons? You will find ideas and photos from the most fashionable designers in this article.

Below is a short list of 9 various materials, which you can use as kitchen aprons in your kitchen. Whether you're looking to decorate a bit, or add a natural touch, here are some ideas to get you started...

1. Stainless steel

Aprons from stainless steel will be an excellent choice due to their durability and ease of care. You can finish the design in various ways, making the surface from smooth to rough, or forged. This material is simply universal option for a kitchen apron.

2. Marble

Marble splashbacks have large number benefits for use in the kitchen. They age beautifully, they suit different styles, including modern and minimalism, and are extremely resistant to heat and humidity.

Design by Fiona Lynch

3. Concrete

The use of concrete in kitchens is very popular due to its durability and versatility. It can be painted in different colors, or it can remain in its normal form. Concrete is slightly porous in its structure, so its surface must be coated with a certain insulator to provide water resistance and protection from paint.

Design by Selina Walder & Georg Nickisch. Photo by Gaudenz Danuser

4. Cork

Cork is a material that represents an excellent opportunity to create an eco-friendly apron in your kitchen. Its main advantages will be water resistance, antistatic and antibacterial properties. Cork coverings They also have the ability to return to their original shape, which makes them very durable during daily use.

Terrat Elms kitchen design. Phillip Jeffreys cork apron

5. Tiles

Tile is one of the most popular options for a kitchen backsplash. It is very simple to install and easy to maintain. There is a huge range of colors, shapes and sizes of tiles available on the market, making them ideal option for those who want to show their creativity in the kitchen.

Work by Altereco Design. Photo by Nicole Ramsay

6. Mirrors

Mirrored splashbacks are widely popular partly due to their affordability. They are easy to clean, they decorate the space they are in, they make the room look larger than it actually is, and they are also a unique design element.

7. Tree

Tree - excellent material for a kitchen apron, especially for those who want to avoid harm environment, but at the same time maintaining the style of the kitchen and functionality. Once the material is insulated, a wood backsplash is durable, unique and brings added warmth to your kitchen.

Design by GAO Architects. Photo by Mateja Jordovic Potocnik

8. Glass

Glass kitchen aprons, like mirror ones, are very easy to clean and decorate the space. They are often used together with one or another fun color, which gives the kitchen uniqueness and personality, corresponding to modern stylistic decisions.

Design by Linebox Studio. Photo by Arnal Photography

9. Granite

Granite – resistant to high temperatures material that will provide a truly unique look to each kitchen wall, because... no two pieces of granite have the same pattern. It also won't scratch, chip or stain easily, making it a great option for kitchen use.

Sample from Matrix Design. Photo by Alex Maguire Photography