Each time visiting a new place, most travelers tend to bring along something to remember. Usually it ends souvenir magnets on the fridge. But there are originals that turns ordinary items that are brought from a vacation in true masterpieces, but still useful for home and farm. An example of this - the author of YouTube-Channel "House of Interior Design." Normal sea pebbles, which pleases us warm up in the sun stones, he turned into a comfortable mat for the hall, where you can safely leave wet shoes.
What will it take to create a rug
First, it takes itself pebbles. Choose stones of medium size, too large to be inconvenient, and fix them is not easy, and too small will not look so good. The average size of the stone - 5-7 cm in diameter. Pick flat items, without sharp edges and chipping desirably correct oval. If you have time for careful selection, and you love to walk along the beach, look for stones with different colors bright colors. Then your mat will be much more interesting.
And finally - the need for a mat foundation. To her, too, special requirements: it must be water-resistant on the above reasons, and flexible such that the silicone adhesive is well flagged to its surface.
How to fix the shingles on the basis of
Work on the mat with something similar to picking up the puzzle. It is necessary to lay down the stones so that between them practically remained gaps. The denser will lie pebbles, the better the result. But this should not be allowed to find the stones on top of each other, otherwise, under mechanical stress they will break away from the base.
Sea pebbles in the interior: the options
All work on the creation of original mat will take you no more than half an hour, but will have to wait a bit more until harden silicone adhesive. Usually it dries from 15 hours to a day. Do not rush, if you want to get a reliable result.
If you decide to use a pebble in one place, consider other options as companions. For example - make it part of the wall in the same bathroom or hallway
How do you like the idea of the author? Agree, it's pretty simple and available for the execution of their own hands. And it is - not all the ideas the use of smooth pebbles.
Of them can make a stand under the hot, decorate their flower pots to collect the original candlestick or even out of them set for a game of checkers. Here's a whole collection of two dozen of interesting articles that you can do on your own from this natural material:
Write in the comments how you think will come in handy if a mat for domestic purposes, whether it is convenient to use? Maybe you are using sea pebbles in the design of the house and are willing to share their experiences? In this case, send your photos and a description of the process. The most interesting works we will publish under the heading "not a woman's business."
Photo: YouTube-channel "House Interior Design«
