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Interior design is concerned with the harmonious combination of various elements both structural and decorative. Mouldings and borders are some of such elements. With the passage of time they have lost their structural function, and now have a purely decorative role.
Flat, round, smooth, aged, narrow, wide, with different shaped corners, and produced in almost any material. The variations and possibilities of mouldings are amazing, and their effects and contrasts very varied.
For their versatility and easiness of manufacture as well as for their aesthetic qualities, marble and travertine are the materials most commonly used in the manufacture of mouldings. The individual pieces usually have a length of 30cm while their height and thickness vary so as to achieve greater contrasts and original effects. Craft work of extreme delicacy is necessary to produce some mouldings of just 1cm in height, while other more solid and daring pieces up to 6cm high, all help to create original environments.
A wide range of possibilities results from the apparently minimalist simplicity of these elements, through a combination of varying widths, thicknesses and finishes which can be smooth, flat or rounded, in the shape of a capital or even a cornice.
Borders
These are classic elements of decoration, especially in kitchens and bathrooms. Despite achieving their greatest splendour in rustic and classic environments, in truth they remain a wonderful option as a decorative element because they adapt perfectly to modern needs. For that reason they are increasingly used in proposals for modernist and avant-garde environments.
Borders adapt to all manner of combination of colours, tones, textures and finishes, either combining with the accompanying elements or creating a contrast. Styles can be colourful, monochromatic, restrained, polished, half-polished in the form of squares, round, thick, fine 鈥�. All that is necessary is the adequate combination of colours and forms so as to enhance a wall and thus achieve maximum originality.
Rustic
Addicts of the rustic style find their creative alter ego with these elements. Typically we use ochres, both yellow and dark, and also russets for spacious environments like hotels, mansions, ancestral homes, and why not, a conventional home. For these environments we choose more solid and sombre pieces, usually thicker and wider, but also coarse and baroque with great decorative force. Compositions are often rhomboidal in shape and an aged finish is essential to creations in this style.
Classical
It is a clear refinement and stylization of the rustic school. Lighter, less daring and forceful. Tones are softer and contrasts are emphasized, while Chiaroscuro is prevalent. In classically styled interiors, equilibrium in tone and shape is the dominant characteristic. Mouldings continue to be preferably rounded with a polished finish in harmony with the rest of the surface decoration. Rhomboid shaped borders give way to square shapes or with patterns.
Modernist
Who said that the Modernist style does not admit stone mouldings and borders? Perhaps their use is the most innovative and daring challenge for interior decorators. Pieces are usually minimalist, monochromatic, smooth, and arranged in straight lines.
Cool colours and shades are the main protagonists as are simple patterns. Results are highly harmonious and balanced; austere but at the same time comfortable. The borders themselves exist in their own space, not always accompanied by mouldings, an occurrence never seen in rustic or classic interiors.
The imaginative use of the full range of options offered by borders and mouldings allows the interior decorator to achieve his objectives with maximum effect, thus giving him the opportunity to produce spectacular results and a satisfied customer.
Photographs courtesy of 鈥淐ortes Piedra Natural鈥� and 鈥淢olduras del M谩rmol S.L.鈥�
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