Plasterboard niches in interior design

Finishing of the room can be done in various ways. One of the best ways to diversify the interior is to use plasterboard niches. But it is important to use this material as correctly as possible in order to achieve the highest efficiency of this stylish design.

Special features

Drywall can be considered one of the best building materials. Rare repairs can be carried out without using its sheets. There are a large number of available options for its use - ceilings with one or several levels, slopes, smooth walls, partitions and screens. Among these and many other options for the use of drywall niche is not the last place.

The advantages of GCR are quite obvious:

  • lack of toxic properties;

  • strictly standardized dimensions;

  • possibility of application in the most different conditions;

  • ease of decoration.

The plasterboard plate is always 120 cm wide, and the length is either 250 or 300 cm. The material used for the walls is 1.25 mm thick.

On the ceilings there is a thinner gypsum board (0.95 cm), and for arches you need the option even thinner (0.65 cm).

Plasterboard niches are much better than the usual exquisite furniture, because they allow to abandon bulky hanging shelves and shelves, from the supports of the original form. Such constructions are not very practical, they are not suitable for every interior and often serve only as dust concentrators. With the help of grooves, it is easy to place the most important and pleasant things for people on the walls, give them a new sound and radically change the atmosphere in the room. In addition, to alter the appearance of the room can be very quickly and with minimal cost.

Kinds

Using niches you can place, for example, a cornice for hanging curtains, curtains. The hidden version of such a device cannot be seen from the outside, the observer detects only the canvases coming down from somewhere above. No distractions!

The portal is most often formed on the basis of galvanized profiles., the wall is prepared in advance and sheathed with the original GCR layer. For the creation of niches, it is recommended to use sheets 1.5 cm thick, because the individual elements of such grooves may be large and are designed to withstand the suspension of TVs, other structures weighing up to 10 kg.

It makes sense to light the niches for refrigerators inside, having a strip of built-in LEDs at the very edge of the ceiling. As with the creation of other lighting options, the location of the wiring should be made as close as possible to the existing power grid.

Also in the niches you can hide:

  • corner wall;

  • closet;

  • curtains and battery.

Design

The functions of niches and partitions can be reduced to four main areas:

  • elegant design element;

  • comfortable, practical location of objects;

  • division of space into areas;

  • saving on furniture.

Making a blank wall with plasterboard niches allows you to place TVs and decorative fireplaces in them. In these grooves there is a place for ornamental plants, large furniture and book collections. A spectacular LED backlight helps to complete the formation of a beautiful space.

If you add a comfortable sofa to the area, add textiles, you can achieve a very stylish look.

Attractive design move - crushing territory with partitions (for example, the department of working and recreational parts in the nursery or in the home office). Combining the creation of a barrier with niches, it will be possible to ease it and reduce the load on the supporting elements. It is easy to put a flower pot, children's toys and other not very significant objects in the recesses. Decorative niches allow you to install a dressing room or closet in a variety of rooms - the same bedrooms, nurseries, in the hallways and corridors. To complete the creation of a full-fledged storage area, you only need to mount opening or sliding doors.

A niche in the apartment, combined with a decorative screen, not bad masks the most unsightly radiators. But they may have another task, which the niche in the shelf format successfully solves. Such products are easily placed in the kitchen and in the living room, in the bathroom, corridor and on the balcony. They allow you to arrange a variety of items and set a clear focus for the whole interior.rooms To improve the safety of an attractive appearance allows the use of moisture resistant varieties GCR.

For finishing drywall, especially mounted in the bathroom or in the kitchen, it is recommended to use acrylic facade paints that effectively resist moisture and mechanical damage. Sometimes walls are laid on tiles, mosaic tiles are preferred for bathrooms. Most design developments are complemented by lamps, among which LED lamps are most appreciated. The reason is not only their cost-effectiveness, but also increased safety in comparison with other options.

Large shelves, where many items are exhibited, it is better to put behind the door. Then the seeming chaos will not embarrass those who come to such a living room, and will not annoy the household itself.

How to make yourself?

Step-by-step instructions for making a plasterboard niche always begins with the preparation and collection of the necessary material parts.

Home craftsmen will need:

  • several guides (made of wood or metal);

  • drywall sheets;

  • construction level;

  • screwdriver and drill;

  • dowels and screws;

  • putty;

  • putty knife.

Mounting frame must comply with the drawings; fixing the guides to the walls is made with the help of dowels, with each other they can be pulled off with self-tapping screws. However, the structures included in the metal profile are allowed to be joined by a stapler. This option allows you to avoid cracking drywall or not tight enough fit it to the guides.

Sheets placed on the frame are sheathed with drywall and puttied. Options for subsequent decoration are quite varied. These include staining, wallpapering, applying decorative stone, and lining with ceramic tiles. Shelves, installed in addition to niches, can be wooden or glass. The decision must be made in accordance with the dominant style in the room. It only remains to place there the desired interior and enjoy the result.

Preparing a niche for installing your own TV is quite possible. Work will require profiles from aluminum (ceiling and wall, guides and flexible). Be sure to need a number of suspensions, connecting components, angles and extension cords.The gypsum board and profile are fixed with screws, sometimes they use dowels. In most cases, you can get by the typical sheets of drywall, but there may be situations when arch material is required.

GKL will need to putty and primer, and all seams and joints are sealed with serpyanka tape.

Before the manufacture of the plasterboard niche begins, it is necessary to clearly determine whether it will be protruding to the outside or recessed inside. The second method will require a large part of the wall to be covered with material sheets, but this solution makes the space more expressive.

It is equally important to choose the configuration of the element being created:

  • rectangular (horizontally or vertically);

  • square;

  • oval;

  • curved shape;

  • original design view.

The principles are well known to all - if the line is extended upwards, it will help raise the ceiling, and if it is directed horizontally, it will expand too narrow walls. Atypical geometry is justified only in the case when the room itself has a form different from the typical one. But with the usual straight walls, various experiments are not always compatible, and if they can be carried out, then only at the direction of an experienced designer.

To equip the area around the TV, you can make a number of shelves for sound equipment and decorative elements. Often create shelves or cabinets, forming together with the niche whole ensemble. Important: from the back of the TV to the niche always leave 50-70 mm so that you can safely place the cables and provide ventilation. Free space should be left around the perimeter of the screen.

When mounting the guide profiles, the dowels can be placed a maximum of 0.4 m apart. Then comes the turn of vertical parts (ceiling and floor). The frame is covered with plasterboard gradually, and primarily work with the most complex elements. The placement of screws is made at a distance of 25-30 cm.

In addition to primer, putty and serpyanki, you need to apply a metal corner with perforation (they close the outer edges).

How to arrange?

The ideal placement of a drywall niche in the hall requires familiarization with the basic principles of design. Most often, such structures occupy the center of the room, although it is possible to make them on the longest or accent wall. If the room has an empty corner or other unused space, it is there that it is worthwhile to mount the recess.In the bedroom, a spacious niche with shelves becomes a replacement for the wardrobe and you need to put it in the same place where it was before.

There are other recommendations:

  • it is desirable to place a niche in the bathroom either at the far wall or to deepen it in the side plane (in order not to absorb space);
  • in the hallway it is worthwhile to place this construction in front of the entrance door a few steps away from it in order to make it easier to fold and take things;
  • in the kitchen, the optimal location of the notch is the place where the TV will be located, since it is for him that the recess is being prepared;
  • in the bedroom it would be a good idea to install a structure in which the bed is completely or partially hidden;
  • in the corridors where the unused corner remains, there is no need to look for a place to work with plasterboard sheets.

Tips and tricks

The device niche of drywall is possible in any premises, but in order to avoid mistakes, you should pay attention to the type of material. Standard coating is marked as GCR gray with blue markings. Red markings indicate increased resistance to fire (GKLO), and the green plate with red marks - at the same time moisture-resistant and fire-resistant.

In a one-room apartment, a niche will allow you to hide certain objects or separate parts of the space; this approach is used very often.

It is recommended to supplement plasterboard niches with elegant things., including antique. If it is not possible to acquire new interior items, you can rearrange existing ones, sometimes the effect is very attractive. Putting a TV in a niche in the living room and complementing it with several chairs, you can feel yourself in a non-standard setting.

With the help of the groove, you can change the impression of the bedrooms, adjust the placement of furniture in them. In kitchens, such a design element is able to add space, which is very important in small apartments.

The classic solution is a combination of niches with partitions and arches from the same drywall. The walls, supplemented with recesses, allow you to create optimal working conditions when a teenager lives in the house. It is easier than to create furniture combinations, set up screens, place curtains or interior doors. But to avoid mistakes, it will be necessary to study the workflow well enough, otherwise the strength of the structures will be insufficient and they will not fulfill the task.

It is advisable to properly prepare for work, to maximize the surface of the walls, which will become a support for the created structure. Otherwise, to ensure its strength will not even true professionals. The plumbing marking and painting thread is the simplest solution, but it is much better to check all the lines using a laser level. In the process of installation level and plumb are the first assistants of any master. Only they will allow to avoid distortions and speedy destruction of the created decor.

Screw hats should be buried in drywall, but a maximum of 0.2 cm. This will allow them to stand firmly and not to disturb the structure of the material, not to weaken its bearing properties. Saving on the use of sheets for exterior plating is a stupid thing, because the imaginary benefit is being destroyed by not too good appearance and insufficient strength of the niche. If additional finishing is carried out, ceramic tiles should be resorted to as a last resort. Light wallpaper is much better suited for decorating drywall.

Beautiful examples in the interior

A drywall niche can be decorated with the same color used to finish the ceiling in the room.A stepped niche with shelves, in the free part of which a flat-panel TV is suspended, looks very, very attractive. But TV is not the only option. The photo shows how attractive the appearance of identical square niches, in the upper part of which is a point source of directional light is established.

Uniform, monotonous color does not limit the imagination of designers. The floral ornament looks very good with backlight and without it.

See how to make a drywall niche in the next video.

Comments
 Author
Information provided for reference purposes. For construction issues, always consult a specialist.

Entrance hall

Living room

Bedroom