Living room interior design: decorating a plasterboard niche

Faced with the task of decorating the living room, almost every owner wants to make the most of the space available to him.

If you are one of those who are ready not only to change the color of the wallpaper and rearrange the furniture, but also to transform the design of the room, it is simply necessary to consider the presence of a niche in the living room. It will make your room modern and fashionable.

Drywall - the most suitable material for the manufacture of niches. It is of sufficient strength for the manufacture of walls, partitions, elements of the room. Its advantages are also the possibility of bending and the ideal smooth surface for applying a decorative layer, as well as an inexpensive price.

Without a doubt, plasterboard elements in the living room have a specific function - practical or decorative. And most often both at the same time. With this, they stand out as follows:

• Creating a recess in the room adds a “zest” to the room, making it more dynamic and interesting.
• The original geometry of the walls allows you to hide the existing flaws.
• Using a niche instead of furniture helps get rid of bulky walls, cabinets, bollards, saving a considerable amount of money.
• Increasingly, apartment owners, self-thinking design, prefer to hide equipment in the grooves. In addition to a TV or stereo system, a fireplace or an aquarium looks great in a niche.

• By adding shelves, a niche can be used to store books, souvenirs and other pleasant things.
• Having decided to make a plasterboard partition, complete it with niches, so it will become light and will not obscure the space.
• The indisputable advantage of non-standard recesses in the room is that they are able to visually change the space.
• A deep niche can be used for a place of rest or a children's corner, separating it with a suitable fabric.
• Those who like changes in the environment, but prefer to do without global repair, will like the idea of ​​changing the design of only a part of the hall elements.

When deciding to use this attractive element of furnishing inhis living room, it is important to consider some of the features.

Look carefully at your living room. Its shape, size, finish will tell you how best to arrange a niche.

For rooms with narrow long furniture, a horizontal recess is suitable, while the vertical one will fit perfectly next to a window or door against a background of large furniture. Consider the option of a corner niche: without cluttering the space, it will bring freshness into your interior. In addition to the standard niches in the wall, today are very popular floor. They are used for large vases, TV. For masking the curtain eaves use niches in the ceiling, creating the effect of flowing textiles from the ceiling. Whichever niche place you choose, It is important to remember that it should not be blocked by furniture.

It is not necessary to observe the correct lines and equal distances. Complex geometry will only enhance the effect of the new element.

Adding a variety of backlighting will emphasize the design of the room.It is worth thinking about this at the stage of designing a niche in order to install all the necessary lighting devices in time. To do this after registration will be late. There are a lot of lighting options: lighting devices can be different in color and shape, be located around the perimeter, or work as a point. LEDs are in demand. Their advantages include soft diffused light, ease of attachment and economy.

After reviewing all the nuances, you can begin to design a niche.

The suitable surface of the drywall allows the designer to embody absolutely any ideas on decorating a niche.

Light colors and glass elements will visually enlarge the space. Dark colors and dull surfaces, on the contrary, make the room appear smaller.

When painting drywall is recommended not to use oil formulations. Acrylic paints are the most suitable - they are high quality and harmless.

Consider a few successful examples of the design of niches in the interior.

In this room, niches completely occupied one of the walls. Since the room is quite spacious, it was not planned to expand the space. Vertical grooves only emphasize the height of the ceilings. The central niche is used as a place for the TV, and the rest - as shelves for decorative elements. Glass inserts emphasize the modern style in which the living room is made. Designers used the same color for all walls. By adding a spotlight, they provided an emphasis on the necessary zones.

The following photo shows a very similar use of a niche. The difference is the combination of color grooves with upholstered sofa. The impression of a single harmonious image. The contrast of colors brings freshness to the interior, making the room cozy.

A great example of using niches instead of a closet. This option is suitable for both spacious rooms and standard rooms in the "Khrushchev". This use of wooden inserts gives the room a sense of security and stability.Shelves are used to store decor items, each of which is favorably emphasized by light.

Placing the bed in the deepening of the living room, the owner of the room combined the bedroom and the living room. Having added an original curtain, we will receive a lonely and quiet place of rest.

The owners of this apartment chose to give up straight straight lines. Unobtrusively separate the dining area, kitchen area from the living room helps partition with built-in niches. They can be used to store books, indoor plants, or left blank.

With the right approach, you can simultaneously use several forms of niches, correctly combining them with each other.

Decorate a niche using stone texture in several ways. In this photo, the corner niche is only partially decorated with stonework.

Here we see a wall completely made using stone.

The internal space can be arranged in a contrasting color, and you can add refinement with the help of a mirror. Lovers of loft style will like the design with the use of brickwork.

Noble look deepened, decorated with wood.The combination of dark tones, sand elements and warm lighting looks advantageous.

Plasterboard products can be attached to any wall and fit into any design. It is a mistaken opinion that they are relevant only in expensive luxury interiors. They can be used even in the most modest apartments. Competent design, color scheme, plus highlighting the dignity of the lights - and beautiful and unique living room design you provided.

Master class on creating a drywall niche, see below.