When personalized home improvement is more and more expected by people, whether to meet the personalized needs of materials and methods have also emerged. Today, in addition to the traditional color expansion, there is another way to get "photos on the wall", and that is through colorful mosaics.

Although this personalized service is not new in the Mosaic market, the different charging standards and their different production methods often make consumers confused. When we visited the building materials market, we also found that there are still some details worth noting about the "custom Mosaic photo wall".

The Mosaic wall is too small to see clearly

For the photo to make a Mosaic wall, in fact, the requirements for the photo itself are not high, not like we imagine, ordinary photos can be done. However, in contrast, this technology has relatively high requirements for the wall, especially the wall size.

In a Mosaic shop in the Ten Li River, the owner told us that if the Mosaic photo wall area is less than 5 or 6 square meters, the picture effect is not easy to be realistic. This is because, in general, in the renderings we see, the Mosaic photos that feel fine are actually composed of small units with a side length of 1 cm. To implement the paving, at least 2 meters x3 meters of wall space should be prepared for it.

Production methods Different material quality and photo complexity determine the price

Now there are two ways to make photos into mosaics, one is cropping and the other is collage. Cutting is to cut the "small squares" inside the Mosaic irregularly according to the requirements of color and pattern, and then place them irregularly. The collage is in accordance with the traditional Mosaic process, horizontal and vertical number of "small squares".

From the effect point of view, the effect of the cropping process is more to restore the original look of the photo, that is, because the color code is more "free", so it is more like a photo. The effect of collage is a bit like cross-stitch, but it also has a different feeling.

In terms of price, most of the Mosaic shops give us a quote of 1500 yuan/square meter to 1800 yuan/square meter, different prices depending on the complexity of different materials and photos.

Only package design regardless of construction paving process risks

The construction problem deserves the attention of consumers. Many Mosaic shops said that they are only responsible for the design and production of photo mosaics, and consumers need to be responsible for the delivery and installation.

We are concerned that ordinary workers may not professionally paste the Mosaic raised questions, and the shop said that the Mosaic before collage, in accordance with the formal procedure, will be the worker on the ground "put" good, and the shop will provide instructions to guide the worker to complete the different color block "laying" work.

Therefore, consumers need to pay attention to and tell workers to carefully construct, so as not to affect the picture effect due to "loss" or "laying wrong".

At the same time, the relevant building materials experts said that the Mosaic to the wall collage technology is higher than ordinary tiles, the need for more professional technology and a certain amount of patience, the biggest problem is that a Mosaic "small square" posted in the wrong position may break the whole pattern this "pot of soup". And because the photo Mosaic is a custom product, if you want to re-stick or make up, it is not easy.

Special note

The preparation phase of Mosaic photo wall design was nearly one month

Photo Mosaic from the design to the completion of the production, most stores give us a time of about 20 days to 25 days, if it is in the decoration of consumers, the production time may be a little longer, it is recommended that interested consumers start early, to complete the production within the decoration period, but also to avoid the local decoration and the trouble of hiring construction personnel.

It's a good idea to bring the photos to the store

Most stores need to see the photo pricing provided by consumers, even if it is not sure whether to go to a store to do, or do not think about whether to do photo Mosaic, it is also recommended that consumers take photos to consult in the Mosaic franchise store, so that the store can give you a quote.

This Mosaic, which is imaged by cutting effect, is priced at 3800 yuan/square meter due to the complexity of color

The complexity of color and the materials used determine the price of photo mosaics

Cropping effect of Mosaic. The cropping effect is closer to the original image

But the unit shape has been cut into small "horizontal, horizontal and vertical" squares that are different from traditional mosaics

Overall effect of photo Mosaic. The entire wall is made of mosaics to create a photo effect, which is different from a single photo or mural, making the room look very textured

Mosaic made by collage technique. The effect is normal, a bit of cross-stitch taste.