The open opening in the apartment wall gaped with its frightening emptiness and called for help. Nature does not tolerate emptiness, so something must be done urgently. How can you decorate the opening in the wall using traditional decorative materials?
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If the apartment has an opening in the wall
When carrying out repairs accompanied by re-planning, in some cases, an opening is left in the wall or vice versa. An obligatory condition for legalized redevelopment and an agreed project when creating an opening in the wall is its reinforcement.
Do not be upset, because the opening in the wall with properly designed design can turn from an ordinary yawning hole into the composition center of the apartment. To decorate the opening in the wall, there are many ways with which we kindly share.
Variants of design of apertures
What can be done to close the empty space of the opening in the wall and use it rationally?
A simple version of the design of the opening in the wall is its design similar to the existing in the apartment platbands and a box of doors. This option is less expensive, but also more boring.
In order to exclude monotony, you can use decorative plaster or painting, which with its elegant pattern will be allocated on a monophonic background of the casing of the doorway.
Depending on the style of the room, you can also lay a hole in the wall with decorative tiles or artificial stone. But, before you start work on improving the opening, ensure removal of construction debris. If the repair in the apartment, this issue is very relevant. Do not create inconvenience to neighbors and do not clutter staircases with bags of construction debris.
Arches in the open aperture
The most common option for designing an open aperture is to create an arch. Creating an arch in the doorway can be confidently called a classic option, which does not grow old with time and does not come out of a moody fashion. The created arches can be made in different existing styles of interior decoration.
At the same time, the originality of the transmitted style will underline the different configurations of the interroom and arched openings. True, when creating arched compositions in decorating an opening in the wall, it is desirable to have high flows (more than 2.5 m).
How to make a personal arch - an opening from plasterboard will help you with the video.
Fill the surrounding emptiness and make the decoration of the openings possible using:
• A wide variety of shelves
• decorative stucco molding
• architectural decor
• molding.
A variety of width and height open shelves will not only be a decorative addition and decoration, but the most functional part of the opening.
Each time, passing the opening in the wall, you can take or put the necessary thing.
How to properly design a room using architectural decor, shown in the video.
Mosaic and stained-glass windows for the design of an open doorway
Decorate the wall near the open aperture is possible with the use of finished mosaic tiles or stained glass. To do this, you need to select a pattern or pattern, as well as select ready-made mosaic sheets from which the decor will be created. Then a sketch of the design of the opening is laid out on the floor. At this stage of the preliminary design, it is necessary to clearly define the boundaries of the drawing, because it will not be possible to return for the alteration.
Then begins the process of laying the mosaic on the walls, which are previously applied a thin layer of special glue. The glue is applied in small layers and areas, which must be filled immediately with elements of the mosaic coating. Mosaic laid out in rows, starting from the top down. The mosaic panel can cover the opening completely or continue the mosaic line either in the center of the wall or below.
How to decorate an aperture using columns
Depending on the existing style of the interior and the purpose of the premises, columns and half-columns are used to decorate the opening, which will give the imitation of the palace apartments. An excellent addition in this case can be a decorative fireplace, lined in the tone of the royal columns.
Decorative columns produced by manufacturers consist of three dismountable parts:
• The body of the column
• capital
• base.
Parts of decorative columns are supplied in a separate version, which provides an additional opportunity for combining and variations.
The height of the decorative column for the design of the opening can be adjusted by simple sawing. All decorative columns inside are hollow, so with the reinforcement of the internal structure of the column they can turn into a supporting structure. For these purposes, a strong metal rod is placed inside the column, onto which the load will be distributed. To calculate and distribute the load of the columns, there are simple calculations. Using the technology of stage-by-stage pouring and pre-reinforcement, such a column will be able to withstand significant vertical pressure.
Unlike the columns, with which open openings with large dimensions from 1.5 to 2.0 meters are made out, pipes or risers are decorated with semi-columns. An excellent variant of decor for communications located in an uncomfortable and close place!
Clearance of the open aperture with molding
A universal and sought-after decoration element is molding with ornament. Unlike strictly geometric and smooth material, this kind of molding due to its relief and structure allows creating interesting and inexpensive options for the design of the opening.
Ornate motifs decor become the main character and an attractive element of the interior. Decorative molding is simple for installation: special glue is applied to the attachment points to the working surface of the wall or ceiling. After the final drying of the glue, the decorative elements can be tinted in the tone of the interior or contrasted with a contrasting color. You can make an open doorway with your own hands, because installation does not require special knowledge, and ready molding can be purchased at an online store.
The scope of decorative molding offers its use:
• for decorating any visible joints
• to create decorative frames
• as casings and plinths
• for decorating furniture.
Photos of openings, decorated with the use of molding, fascinates and attracts. Therefore at once there is a desire to make such an opening independently. However, in addition to the aforementioned methods of creating open openings, you can use any that are advantageous when creating an interior.
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