How to trim an interior doorway without a door. Doorway without a door: necessity or design decision? Curtains and screens

The absence of doors visually unifies the space of the rooms. This technique is often used for passage between the kitchen and dining room, living room and library. However, it is subjected to constant external influences, shocks, friction. Therefore, the choice of materials should be such that they last long enough. How to design a doorway, if you do not plan to install a door, it's up to you.

Opening preparation

Before proceeding with the decoration, you need to align the opening. It can be done:

• drywall;
• plaster.

Plastering is a reliable processing method. But it entails the formation of a large amount of dust and dirt. Therefore, when working, drywall is often preferred.

Depending on how you decorate the opening, you will draw attention to the passage or hide it, making it invisible. After plastering, the opening can be painted in the same color as the wall, or different from it, and also overlaid with decorative stone or other material.

When sheathing the entrance opening with drywall with your own hands, the surface is perfectly smooth and even. You can glue any trim elements to it if you want to highlight the passage. If the passage should not attract attention to itself, then it is simply painted.

Unlike plaster, drywall is easy to work with. It does not form dust and debris, it is easy to attach, effortlessly allows you to lay wiring for additional illumination of the opening from the inside. Drywall finishing is ideal for arched structures, it can be used to give the passage any shape.

After plastering or plasterboarding is completed, the surface must be cleaned of dust and other contaminants before finishing. After that, you can proceed to the decorative design of the opening.

Finishing materials

The most common finishes can be as follows:

• fake diamond;
• wood or MDF panels;
• PVC panels;

The above list is not exhaustive. It is possible to use other materials depending on the design of the room and the preferences of the owners. Let us consider in more detail the process and features of finishing with the most commonly used materials.

Do-it-yourself decoration of the opening with a decorative stone

The stone used for decoration can be natural and artificial. The main disadvantage of natural is the high price. Artificial is made in factories from natural materials. It costs less, weighs less and is not inferior to natural in quality, if made in compliance with the technology.

Advantages of decorating the opening with a decorative stone:

• fire safety;
• moisture resistance;
• strength and ease of care;
• ease and convenience at work;
• standard sizes.

Decoration with decorative stone is well suited for the front door opening. It is also used in spacious rooms, rooms with a small amount of furniture. The stone will fit beautifully into the living room with a fireplace.

Finishing a doorway without a door with a decorative stone is within the power of even those who do not have experience working with it. To do this, you need to know the basic rules.

1. The masonry on the wall should be symmetrical on both sides of the passage.
2. The seams between the decorative stone should be even and the same in width.
3. At the bottom of the opening, the decoration on the wall can be more massive than at the top.

Work must begin with markup. The location of the stone is marked on the wall with a pencil. Glue it start from the bottom corner. Pre-treat the area that is intended for the stone with a primer. Experts recommend laying out tiles on the floor as it will eventually be on the opening. This will allow you to achieve the desired combination of colors.

To ensure that the work is done smoothly, use the level. If there is a need to break the tile in half, then be sure to process the sharp corners by grinding them.

It should be borne in mind that the combination of stone, even if it is artificial, with MDF panels or other material imitating wood is undesirable. Against the background of decoration with decorative stone, they will look unnatural.

After the work is completed and the glue has dried, you can begin to coat the stone with a special compound that will give it a more natural look.

Finishing MDF panels

Do-it-yourself doorway decoration with wood or MDF panels that imitate it is widely used for interior passages in an apartment. Due to its strength, it is often chosen for finishing the front door.

Advantages of sheathing MDF panels:

• strength;
• ease of care;
• ease of installation.

The only drawback is the small number of colors.

After measuring the opening, the obtained dimensions are transferred to the panel and the strips are cut out. MDF is fastened using a special mixture or liquid nails. The seam between the panel and the wall is closed with platbands, which are attached to the wall.

In addition to MDF, it is possible to finish the passages without doors in the apartment with extensions.

Application of PVC panels

Another design option is PVH panels. They have a number of advantages:

• ease of care;
• low cost;
• ease of installation;
• a wide range of color and texture options.

When finishing with PVC panels, preference is most often given to a material that imitates wood. Fastening is done with liquid nails. PFC panels are suitable for interior openings in the apartment. Installing them on the wall at the front door is not advisable, because they do not have sufficient strength.

curtain decoration

Another good option is to decorate the opening with curtains. They divert attention from the entrance passage, give a feeling of comfort and completeness of the interior and look beautiful.

All you need to finish the curtains is to hang a cornice. To do it by hand is within the power of everyone. The main thing to consider is that the curtain should not interfere with free passage. Therefore, Roman, French and other options with horizontal closure will not work. Vertically opening curtains are tied to the wall.

When choosing how to decorate the doorway of an entrance or interior door with their own hands, they most often stop at decorating with decorative stone, PVC and MDF panels or curtains. Decoration is also possible with other materials, such as tiles or mirrors, but they are not used so often.

DIY polyurethane finish

An interior door that separates a room from the rest of the house is not only a means to create a private atmosphere in the room, but also the only way to provide it with proper sound insulation. Practicality is a good thing. But many are unaware that the decoration of openings: arched or just passages without doors, can be the very highlight that will “make” the interior.

We will not prevaricate, arguing that a design similar to what we see in the photo is easy and simple to create: it requires some knowledge and skills, a harmonious perception of color, a certain amount of imagination. We hope that the video in this article on the topic: "Technologies for finishing doorways" will help you thoroughly understand this issue in order to independently and efficiently perform such work.

The opening design option is selected depending on the appearance of the installed door, the decoration of the walls adjacent to it, or taking into account the concepts of the architectural style, if it is taken as the basis for the design of the room.

It is clear that the decoration of the opening with plastic panels will look harmonious only when the walls are sheathed with the same material. And in extreme cases, if it has . In an apartment, this is usually a bathroom or a balcony, less often a kitchen.

Structures with doors

In rooms where door blocks are installed - and in most cases they are made of wood or MDF, it is easiest to use additional strips for facing slopes, which manufacturers offer to the main product. If for some reason it did not work out the planks of the desired shade, the slopes can simply be leveled and finished in the same style as the walls.

• In fact, this is exactly what landlords do most of the time. In the absence of additional elements, the main decorations of the opening are door frames on the one hand, and plastic corners on the other.

• To the question: “How to finish the opening of the front door?”, It will not be possible to answer in a nutshell, because there are much more cladding options here. Wood textured sheathing materials are best suited for this purpose. It looks good even when it is at the entrance - and even if it is wooden, then sheet MDF, chipboard, or an ordinary floor laminate, correctly matched in color, will fit just perfectly.
• At the entrance, you can also use additional strips. However, due to the large width of the slope, this is not always possible. The entrance door opening is located on a load-bearing wall, the width of which can reach 67 cm (2.5 bricks).

Note! The internal space of the apartments is zoned with partitions, the thickness of which varies between 40-120 mm. In such a situation, even extensions are not always needed - the openings are usually completely blocked by the door frame. Their framing is carried out with the help of platbands, matched to the door leaf in terms of shade and texture, and does not require any additional finishing.

Free passes

It is a completely different matter when the door is not installed in the opening at all. In this case, much more design possibilities open up - and especially when the passage is provided in a thick load-bearing wall.

This makes it possible to decorate the side surfaces of the openings by analogy with columns: use wooden wall panels, polyurethane pilasters for cladding, decoratively plaster and frame them with a frieze, as shown in the example below.

• In terms of aesthetics, a wide passage without doors always looks better in the interior - even if it has a simple rectangular shape. But it can also be an arch in the form of a circle or a semicircle, as well as a design with a more complex curved line or a pointed end.

• Curvilinear openings on the inner walls can, of course, be provided at the design stage, and made during the construction of the house. But most often, they are made of drywall, in the process of zoning and interior decoration. The complexity of the execution of a plasterboard arch, compared with a similar brick structure, is much less - accordingly, its price is also lower.
• It is also important that you can do this work yourself - you only need step-by-step instructions, and it takes very little time. The absence of a door in the opening also has a number of practical advantages. In a small apartment, this simply saves space, which is already lacking.

• There is one more plus: a through opening visually unites adjacent rooms. This is most relevant when they have a similar purpose: lobby-living room, kitchen-dining room, hall-corridor. In them, by and large, it is not required to create a private environment, so doors are completely unnecessary here.

Quite another thing is such premises as: bedrooms, children's and teenage rooms, bathrooms, home theaters, or offices equipped in the house - you can't do without doors here. They need to be installed after the walls in the room are leveled and the flooring is laid. But the slopes should be sealed after the installation of the door frame.

Decorating doorways

Door slopes and through openings can be lined or sheathed with absolutely any material that is used in wall decoration. How to trim a doorway was discussed in general terms in the previous chapter.

Now we will consider in more detail those options that are quite possible to implement independently, without incurring large financial costs.

Plasterboard slopes: what is the advantage

What is good about additional planks is that they allow you to do without leveling and further finishing the slopes. But, as mentioned above, this is not always possible due to the mismatch in their width - and in terms of money it is quite expensive. In general, judging by the cost of the materials used, the plaster slope is the cheapest.

• Only now this savings is eaten up due to the need to purchase special tools: a mustache rule, a trowel, a grater, wide and narrow spatulas, which are unlikely to be found in the house of a person who has never done such work before.

• For independent execution, this is the most difficult option, and hired craftsmen take separate money for openings. Please also note that the prices per meter of slope are usually higher than for plastering one square of the wall. So, if you want to get real savings, line the openings with drywall.

It is impossible to do without a plaster screed only if you plan to tile or stone the opening in the future, which we see in the above example. Such finishing is carried out only on the base base - moreover, it is leveled not with gypsum, but with cement plaster.

False slope from GKL

For the installation of sloping walls made of drywall (see), from special tools you only need peeling and edge planers, which in total will cost a little more than 1000 rubles, and a knife with a reinforced blade. GKL sheets must be taken with a thinned edge, 12.5 mm thick, and a length that completely covers the height of the opening.

If the installation is to be carried out with an adhesive method, consumables will require universal gypsum putty, plaster corners and expansion dowels.

So:

• The blanks are cut, and then adjusted by trying on dry, first on the sides of the slope. The strips should be solid, but at the same time, you need to pay attention so that the thinner edge of the sheet is on the outer perimeter of the opening. This is only necessary to ensure that the protective profile installed at the corners is flush with the surface of the plasterboard cladding element.

• Fitting parts is to eliminate the formation of gaps between the workpiece and the door frame. Most often this happens due to the fact that the walls of the slope are somewhat turned to the sides. You can eliminate the gaps by trimming the edge of the part adjacent to the inner corner with a planer.
• It will be possible to eliminate the irregularities of the base base in the process of gluing the element, increasing, where necessary, the thickness of the gypsum putty. If there are any gaps on the draft slope, they must first be sealed with mounting foam. But at the time of the beginning of the installation of the cladding, the foam must dry, and its protruding parts must be cut off.

• When installing any drywall parts in a frameless way, with putty, they not only prepare the surface for painting, but also use it as an adhesive. They apply it randomly on the wall, with small bosses, after which they install the cladding element. It is slightly pressed against the base, the excess putty squeezed out from under the drywall is taken away, and distributed over the surface of the slope with a spatula.
• Visually control the position of the sloping part, the easiest way is with the help of a plaster rule, but in its absence, for this purpose, you can use a flat rail or board, which must be attached to the outer corner. To prevent the facing element from slipping, it must be fixed to the base.

Finishing with drywall

• For this, spacer dowels are needed. The holes for them will be checked directly through the drywall, also randomly, in increments of 35-40 cm. The dowels are carefully inserted into the holes - at first not completely, after which the screws are screwed into them. With their help, you can also level the position of the drywall part: where necessary, press harder, or vice versa, loosen.
• After the adhesive layer of the putty has hardened, the dowel heads that protrude outwards are completely hammered with hammer blows. The lining of the horizontal part of the opening is started after the installation and fixing of the side slope walls.

When the entire perimeter of the opening is lined, you can start installing the corner profile. Its only function is to protect the corner from mechanical damage. You will learn how to properly prepare the opening for subsequent painting by watching a video on this topic. Platbands on drywall openings are best mounted with polyurethane - on glue.

wooden openings

Along with plasterboard sheathing, one of the most budgetary options for facing slopes is the finishing of chipboard doorways.

Of course, laminated chipboards are more expensive than gypsum boards. But given that when they are used, there is no need for finishing, in the end, this option turns out to be even more profitable.

• Most often, laminated or veneered sheet material is used to finish the entrance opening. Since it has the greatest thickness, it is almost impossible to pick up extensions there. In addition, in the hallway there is usually cabinet furniture, which, coupled with a doorway, skirting boards, or even wall cladding in the form of wooden panels, creates a single interior ensemble.

Ennoblement of openings: how to trim an opening

• If for facing slopes we take sheet material decorated in the factory, then cutting the blanks must be done in such a way that the cuts are in the inner corner, since its ends are already painted or pasted over with edge plastic. Most often they are covered by a casing, but sometimes they can still be seen.
• Finishing MDF or chipboard doorways, according to the method of attaching the cladding elements to the base, is not too different from the same drywall. If the base is sufficiently even, these materials can also be mounted using an adhesive method - only instead of putty, foam is used here. If the opening is problematic, with drops and irregularities, sheathing is carried out on a frame constructed from an aluminum profile or wooden slats.
• Each master selects the technology of cladding himself, based on specific working conditions. The only difficulty for those who do not have a professional tool may be the installation of a platband. There will be no problems with overhead planks, but they don’t look so good either, because they have to be attached to the slope lining with nails.

• Therefore, many people prefer to deal with telescopic architraves. They have an L-shaped shape, the bend of which is inserted into the groove of the door frame or additional strip. If you undertake to make extensions on your own, then the grooves for telescopic platbands must be selected at their ends using a manual milling cutter.
• This is done after the fitting and fitting of the blanks for the slope has been made. When gluing elements made of rigid sheet material, such as MDF or chipboard, a slightly different procedure is followed. In this case, the horizontal part is installed first, and then the side racks.

The sidewalls support the upper element of the cladding, and securely fix it in the desired position. Wooden wedges are inserted between the improvised extensions and the draft slope, and the space between them is foamed. When the slope lining is mounted on the crate, its cavity can be filled with insulation, which eliminates cold bridges, and perfectly eliminates noise penetrating from the outside.

Stucco finish

Stucco finish

Plastering slopes requires a certain skill. As in the case of drywall, the opening after a rough finish must be puttied, painted or wallpapered (or choose another finishing option). But the coating will be short-lived, it is difficult to care for it. The disadvantages of plaster are also that working with it is “dirty” and takes a lot of time.
The adjacent wall can be wallpapered, painted or applied with decorative plaster.

Finishing with decorative plaster

A variation on the item above. "Decorative" is applied to a pre-plastered surface. If the decorative plaster is textured, then the rough layer does not need to be removed perfectly evenly. You can choose plaster with colored stone chips - it is very durable.

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Dobory

The option is especially good if there are several doors in the hallway (interior and entrance). In this case, all boxes and slopes can be finished with the same material.
The extensions are relatively easy to install. But the material itself is more expensive than chipboard, laminate and other analogues.
To install dobors on the front door with your own hands, you will need a minimum set of tools:

• level;
• hacksaw or jigsaw;
• mallet;
• pencil.

First you need to saw off the excess in height. To do this, measure the required distance and use a jigsaw to cut off unnecessary material. To install the simplest models of extensions, you will need nails and mounting foam. To begin with, fix the element in the opening and nail it in such a way that the nails enter the wooden base, which can be represented by a door frame or an additionally laid lath. Then foam the space between the wall and the extension and install special spacers in the opening so that the trim elements do not move under the pressure of the foam.

Telescopic extensions are the easiest to install. In order to fix them in the opening, it is only necessary to bring the element to the box and insert the spike into the prepared recess. Then the extension is extended to the required width. On the reverse side, platbands are put on in a similar way. In general, the application of mounting foam is not necessary, since all elements snap into place and are firmly fastened together. Nevertheless, the presence of glue, foam or sealant will provide a tighter connection, eliminate the gaps between the wall and the cladding, and also provide additional heat and sound insulation, which is especially important for the front door.

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PVC panels

Such slopes look very “simple”. But the material is inexpensive, durable, not afraid of moisture, easy to care for. In addition, it is easy to work with it - installation of panels does not require great skill.

Usually, a simple white material is used to finish the slopes with plastic with their own hands, since this is essentially a neutral option, or a beige color. For wooden doors, it is also important to select material in the appropriate color and with a similar wood pattern. Thanks to the range of modern finishing materials, this is not a big problem.

There are several ways to install plastic slopes. Finishing might look like:

• Direct overlays. This is the simplest option. In this case, you only need to select PVC pieces that are suitable in size and fix them vertically on the sides and horizontally along and above in the opening.
• Horizontal arrangement. This method is suitable for those cases when pieces of plastic remain after the repair. They are laid on a frame across the wall, masking the joints as much as possible.
• Lamels. If you want to highlight the slopes, then try this option with your own hands. To begin with, a frame is being built, and then plastic is put on the rails, located across, as in the previous version. In this case, it is better to use a relief material, like siding.

Installation of plastic slopes can be done by hand in several variations:

• To begin with, you should consider the simplest and most advantageous option, namely, slopes from ready-made sandwich panels. It is best if one of their edges has a ledge with a corner, which will allow you to simultaneously fix the finish on the wall itself from the outer corner and bring out the smooth contours of the opening.
• The easiest way is to mount on foam. To do this, you need to attach the panels cut to the width and length of the opening to the place where you are going to mount them. Level and install spacers. Then you need to apply a small amount of foam into the gap.
• After the mounting foam has dried, the finish will be securely fixed in place. This can also be done in advance if the PVC trim blocks access to the back of the plank.

Another installation of plastic slopes on the door with your own hands involves the use of profiles. You can take the same PVC material or use aluminum as for drywall.

• First of all, you need to make a frame around the perimeter of the opening.
• After installing it with your own hands, front finishing can be performed.
• The plastic is screwed with self-tapping screws, and then the fastening points along the edges are closed with a PVC corner, planted on glue.

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Artificial or natural stone

This way of finishing slopes has already gone out of fashion. And it was good for its durability and high wear resistance of the material, ease of installation. Of the minuses - the process of "applying" the stone is lengthy. Another disadvantage is that adjacent walls can only be painted or covered with decorative plaster. Other finishing options (wallpapering, installation of MDF or other panels) will require the involvement of repair virtuosos.

• We chose a site for work (the place is already prepared in advance for work - no old paint, the surface is even, primed)
• On the wall we make markings in which way the wall will be covered with decorative material. Do not forget the rule mentioned above - the bottom of the stone is more than the top.
• A selected section of the wall is primed with a roller or brush (the primer is selected in the store).
• After it dries, see the instructions for the primer, we recommend treating the wall surface with concrete contact.
• We lay out the tiles on a flat horizontal surface in order to select the optimal tone combinations.
• We begin to attach the tile from the bottom and from the corner.
• The level determines the horizon, retreating 3-4 cm from the floor. We fasten the strips of stone to the wall using liquid nails, tile adhesive or another composition suitable for this purpose.
• The corners of the walls, when facing with decorative stone, should be done in a special way. Use a butt-to-butt joint, at an angle, connect to a wooden base, and so on. More often, the connection of the plates of the end edges of one side of the corner to the rear edges of the plates of the other corner is used.
• After completion of work, time is given for the glue to dry.
• Next, proceed to decorating the surface of the stone.
• The last step in decorating doorways with decorative stone is fixing skirting boards on the floor and trim around the doorway.

The desire of each owner to decorate his apartment or country house in an original way is understandable, because in this way, everyone wants to demonstrate their taste and their vision of beauty and comfort.

Fortunately, today there are a huge number of opportunities and various building materials for this, which allow you to create real miracles in skillful hands and translate all design fantasies into reality.

In addition to the design of the ceiling, walls and floors, large interior doorways play an important role, which visually separate the premises and are an important part of any interior. Finishing doorways without doors is rightfully considered a separate art, since it has its own rules and technology.

Door trim options

In modern interior design, there are several main types for decorating the opening.

These include:

• finishing with plastic panels;
• decorative stucco molding made of plaster or polyurethane;
• decoration with clinker tiles;
• arched structure;
• a regular rectangular opening without additional decoration.

Each of the listed types of design can be done with your own hands, with the necessary tools, material and practical experience. The price of such openings depends on the material used and the complexity of the decoration.

Plastic panels

Making conventional rectangular openings using special plastic panels is the most common design option, since these panels have a number of positive characteristics and features, such as:

• ease of installation;
• resistance to mechanical damage;
• low material cost;
• does not require finishing preparation of the opening for installation.

The panels imitate natural wood of various species and have a large number of shades. This design style provides for the severity of the lines and the visual highlighting of the opening due to the contrast between the color of the panels and the colors of the walls. It should be noted that such panels are easy to clean and do not leave handprints on the corners.

Note. In most cases, the panels are fastened with mounting glue or liquid nails, but sometimes they are also fastened with special self-tapping screws. The use of this material makes it possible to partially replace accidentally damaged parts.

Modeling from polyurethane or plaster

You can often find apartments and houses decorated in the Venetian style, where the decoration of the opening without a door is carried out using polyurethane. Gypsum molding is practically not used today, since polyurethane has replaced gypsum due to its significantly lower weight, which is important especially in old houses.

If you decide to stay on this option, you need to consider the following points:

• This type of decoration can be made with your own hands using ready-made elements, a variety of which will allow you to embody any pattern. However, you need to use it very carefully, since this design is not suitable for every room.
• To use modeling, all other interior solutions must be made in the same style, otherwise the decorative pattern on the opening will not stand out from the overall picture. For small rooms, try to use small-relief elements, as large-scale modeling will visually make the opening heavier.
• Initially, finished polyurethane products are white, which can always be repainted to match the color of the walls or ceiling. If you want to create an exclusive design, then you will have to order the production of the necessary elements, due to which the price of such a decoration will increase significantly.

Finishing the opening with stone

The most stylish, but at the same time expensive way is to finish the opening without a door with a decorative stone. It is worth noting that this procedure is quite complicated and requires some experience, but the result is definitely worth it.

The main advantages of decorative stone are:

• presentable appearance;
• resistance to mechanical damage;
• compatibility with other types of materials;
• durability and ease of maintenance.

For finishing doorways in the interior of an apartment or house, a small stone is usually chosen. In some cases, the stone is cut to the corners of the opening, but sometimes a ragged edge design is used, where the stone is carefully selected and mounted in a natural way. Both options look original, depending on the overall style of the room.

The color of the material and the contour of the opening are chosen depending on the overall design of the interior, and this should not be neglected, since even the most beautiful and perfectly laid stone can spoil the whole look of the room due to the wrong color or overall shape of the opening. The stone is usually mounted on tile adhesive, but liquid nails can also be used on a pre-primed surface.

Clinker tiles

For interior decoration of openings, you can also use special clinker tiles, designed to look like bricks of various shades. Such decoration of the opening without a door looks impressive, despite the fact that the clinker is intended for the exterior decoration of the facades of the building.

Relatively recently, this material has also been used to decorate window openings and, in combination with a doorway made of the same material, the whole room takes on its own style. The clinker is easy to use and can be applied with liquid nails or tile adhesive, depending on the nature of the surface.

Arch opening

The most common options for finishing a doorway without a door are made in the form of arches, since this design allows you to visually increase the space and is successfully used by designers ().

Tip: In rooms with a low ceiling, arches are usually mounted, in which the corner radius is much larger than the width of the opening itself, this visually raises the ceiling and increases the space. For rooms with high ceilings, the radius of the arch exactly matches the width of the opening.

Arches are usually made in several geometric variants, such as:

• rounded (photo);

• elliptical;

• in the form of a trapezoid (photo);

Both in a large house and in a typical apartment there are rooms that do not need to be hidden behind the door. For example, it is not needed in the kitchen, living room and hallway, because these rooms have high traffic and are a meeting place for family members and guests. The door takes up a lot of space, so it is often not installed, and the opening is decorated in an original way.

A door frame is not initially installed in the opening between the rooms. But already at the beginning of the alteration, you need to choose the shape of the opening. It can be done in the form:

• arches;
• semi-arches;
• portal;
• any geometric figure.

If there are several doorless openings in an apartment or house, then they should all be of the same shape - this will create a feeling of a single space. Making openings in this way is especially suitable for residential premises of a small area. The swing door occupies approximately 1 sq. m. area. If it is removed, this footage can be used wisely.

Door frames have a standard size, and the opening can be made wider. This technique is often used in the design of small spaces. If the entrance is made larger, the room will seem more spacious. There will be air and free space in it.

If you do not know how to make an opening without a door to the kitchen, make it in the form of an arch. It looks more interesting than a simple swing door, and decorates the room in any style - classic, Italian, rustic, ethnic, Mediterranean, modern.

Arched openings are of several types:

• round;
• trapezoidal;
• triangular.

These designs are made of drywall, different materials are used for their decoration. Round arches are a universal solution suitable for all rooms. Such a structure can connect a hall and a corridor, a kitchen and a balcony. To make it look beautiful, do not forget about an important rule: the lower the ceiling height, the wider you need to make a round arch.

The trapezoidal hole consists of straight lines, looks strange. Doorways of this form are made in rooms in the style of techno, minimalism. Triangular arches first appeared in medieval interiors and then came into modern design. They are suitable for rooms with high ceilings and often appear in private homes.

In this case, only one part of the opening is rounded, and the second remains square. If the size of the wall allows, such a semi-arch is made wide and shelves, niches are installed on one side, and backlighting is made. The asymmetric opening becomes a prominent element of the interior, where two rooms are combined into one space. Such semi-arches are often made in order to hide defects in the interior wall or other flaws.

Conventionally referred to as arches, but in fact it has a rectangular shape. In fact, it is like a doorway, in which only there is no door. Portals in classic interiors are usually finished with natural wood, MDF and other similar materials. Beautiful carved architraves of a contrasting color are selected, which stand out against the background of the wall. The hole is made wider than the standard opening, due to which the room becomes visually more spacious.

Custom Shapes

Who said that interior openings should only be round, triangular or rectangular? There was no such setting! Therefore, the passage between the rooms is connected by arches with wavy edges or other non-standard shapes. Asymmetry does not go out of interior fashion, as well as bold decisions. The metal profile on which drywall is attached is very flexible, so complex structures can be easily made from it.

Choosing the material for finishing the doorway

There are various options for the design of the arch. Doorways are finished with the following materials:

• plastic panels;
• polyurethane stucco;
• tiles;
• decorative stone;
• tree and its derivatives.

The choice depends on which interior opening the material will be used for finishing. For example, it is better to finish the kitchen arch with tiles or plastic - they are easy to clean and do not absorb dirt. Finishing material for the doorway should fit into the interior style. If the room is made in an eco-style, there is no need to sheathe the openings with plastic panels, and a decorative stone will not look minimalist.

Plastic panels

Plastic panels are actively used for facing interior openings. They are inexpensive, easy to install, last a long time, are not afraid of moisture and look beautiful. Plastic bends easily, so it is used to decorate arches and semi-arches.

The palette of plastic panels is rich. They are one-color, with a pattern, under a tree or a stone. You can pick them up under the laminate or stop at a color that contrasts with the wallpaper. It is customary to decorate the opening between the kitchen and the hallway or balcony with such panels - this is an area with high traffic, so you need a material from which dust and dirt are well washed off.

Stucco molding is used to decorate arches and portals. It can be a thin plinth or a wide trim with complex carvings. White is similar to plaster, so it is not suitable for all interiors. She can decorate openings in rooms in the classical style, baroque, rococo and all those that vaguely resemble the palaces of Roman emperors and European monarchs. If there will be carved furniture in the room, and a crystal chandelier will take its rightful place under the ceiling, then the doorways here must be decorated with stucco molding. It is easy to install, weighs little, but does not like moisture, so it is rarely used in kitchen design.

Facing with decorative stone or tiles

For decoration, tiles and decorative stone are often used. The latter is often finished with openings in eco-style rooms. To make the interior complete, you can lay out an apron, a countertop with the same material and close them with a durable glass sheet.

Doorways can be tiled with medium-sized tiles or small mosaics. The choice of ceramic tiles is huge. Its installation will take more time than the installation of plastic panels, but it's worth it. The tile retains its original appearance up to 50 years, is not afraid of exposure to moisture and temperature changes.

It is customary to decorate arched openings in Provence and Italian styles with artificial or clinker bricks. If you choose the right decor and furniture, then an ordinary kitchen and a corridor can become like a cozy European courtyard. This idea can be played with in different ways. So, for example, you need to make arched niches in the walls, also finish them with bricks and paste a photo of Prague or Rome in light brown tones inside. For seams, it is better to use a contrast grout - with it, the clinker wall turns out to be very similar to a real brick one.

wood paneling

For the design of doorways, you can use wood and wood-like materials:

• veneer;
• laminate;
• ecoveneer;
• array;
• chipboard.

The purchase of solid wood will cost the most, but it will also look more beautiful than other materials. Wood for openings in classic interiors is selected with a complex carved pattern, according to color to match the furniture and floor. But veneer is more popular - it bends easily, looks natural and costs several times cheaper than wood. Laminate, MDF and chipboard come in different shades - from bleached oak to mahogany - and are suitable for decorating openings in different rooms. Wooden extensions are also used to frame portals and triangular arches.

Doorway decor

Door arches not only expand and give them an original shape, but also decorate. It is important not to overdo it and choose a decor that will be in harmony with other interior items. The decorated arch seems to be more massive, therefore, in rooms of a small area, openings are minimally designed.

Arches, semi-arches and portals can be decorated:

• columns;
• painting;
• textiles;
• moldings.

An opening with curtains or painting becomes an important part of the interior and attracts additional attention. If you want the passage between the rooms to be invisible, it is better not to decorate it.

columns

You can decorate the portal in a spacious luxurious living room with white columns. So that they do not stand out, but look organic, the walls and ceiling should be decorated with voluminous stucco. Columns are definitely not suitable for a loft, minimalism or Scandinavian style. They will look good in rooms decorated with artificial marble, Venetian plaster.

With openings decorated with columns, the room looks like a hall of an ancient palace. This can be beaten and put in the living room plaster statues, large flowerpots with fresh flowers. If you love neoclassicism, be sure to use columns for decoration - they will fit perfectly into such an interior.

Curtains and curtains on doorways became fashionable again. The trend to decorate arches and portals with textiles appeared in the 60-70s of the last century, then they forgot about this technique, and now they remembered it again.

Curtains are attached to doorways in order to zone the space. Sometimes it becomes necessary to close the living room or kitchen so that, for example, sound or light does not interfere, to create a more relaxed atmosphere. Here the function of the door can be performed by curtains made of dense fabric.

Curtains on doors and windows should be the same or in the same color scheme, and it is also desirable that they fit into the overall concept of the interior. For a rich classic design, thick velvet curtains are suitable, an English-style room can be supplemented with thick checkered curtains, for a rustic one - linen curtains with a floral print, for eco - plain cotton curtains.

The curtains on the doors should be combined with other textiles in the room: pillows, towels, bedspreads and homespun rugs. For such curtains, you can pick up beautiful cornices, original brushes, make lambrequins. It is better not to use tulle, it is suitable for windows and will quickly get dirty. With curtains, any interior becomes more comfortable, homely and intimate, but here you also need to know when to stop. Any curtains take up extra space, so they are not hung in rooms with a small area.

painting

Ceiling and wall painting will decorate any interior. She never goes out of fashion and is always admired. The doorway in the hall or kitchen can be painted. Only an experienced artist can complete this task from scratch, and stencils will come to the aid of beginners, which are better to buy at any hardware store.

The painting will look perfect in and around a typical semi-circular arch. In order for the drawing to be noticeable, the wall around it must be solid. If the partitions in the living room are decorated with wallpaper with floral patterns, you can also decorate the doorway with a similar pattern. The image is desirable to choose a monophonic or multi-colored. For example, a Chinese-style room is decorated with black characters, and a loft is decorated with Latin inscriptions (all this is also considered artistic painting). Here you just need to choose the best paints for a particular surface and be patient - this is a long and painstaking job.

moldings

The doorway can be decorated with moldings - elements made of polyurethane in the form of a thin plank, plinth. They are actively used in design: they decorate walls, fireplaces, ceilings, doors and arches. They are also used as frames for paintings and wall paintings.

You can also highlight an opening of any shape with a thin molding. It is recommended to fasten the white bar not close to the edge, but making a small indent from it - so the opening will seem even wider. White moldings look good on a plain, dull wall.

In order for the apartment to have more space and a few extra square meters to appear, it is better to remove the doors between the corridor and some rooms, and make the openings wider and ennoble. There are a lot of options on how to do this better. First, with the help of drywall, they need to be given the desired shape, and then decorated with plastic, wood, stucco, painted or covered with curtains. If you carefully consider each step, choose the right decor for a particular room, then a typical doorway will become an important part of the entire interior.

It may seem strange and almost unbelievable, but there are such layouts of apartments where the usual interior door simply cannot be installed. Either the size of the opening is non-standard, or the entrance from the corner of the room is as if part of it was simply cut off. And if homeowners do not like the prospect of being left without a door in the room, designers and finishers have to bring the opening to the standard in every possible way. And this is usually long and expensive. But if someone is ready to make an exception to the interior rules, “without a door” in his house can be very interesting.

Door? We refuse!

The problem of leaving a room without an interior door or even without doors can be solved if, for example, wide openings are made in a small apartment. Then the door structures will no longer be required, but it will be necessary to finish the openings themselves in a special way.

In general, there are at least 5 situations when the door can be abandoned almost painlessly:

1. In the kitchen with an electric stove. If the kitchen room is not gasified, it is not necessary to separate it from the corridor or room with a door. In most cases, the door leaf will be constantly open and will only interfere with the passage. If someone is afraid to take such a “radical” step, experts advise removing the existing door from its hinges and living in an “open” state for a month or two. Surely you will like it and you will not want to return the canvas to its place.

Important: Those who are used to smoking in the kitchen should not get rid of the door under any circumstances. It will somehow protect other rooms from harmful smoke and unpleasant odors.

2. In the living room if the apartment has a separate bedroom (or bedrooms). When a living room is equipped in a living room, used exclusively for gathering family and receiving guests, the door between it and the hallway is, in general, not needed. Because, as practice shows, almost no one uses it. It is open around the clock. To remove such a door and decorate an open opening beautifully is what would be the best solution in this situation.

3. Between the kitchen and the loggia attached to it. To significantly increase the area of ​​\u200b\u200buseful kitchen space, you can completely transfer the wall with the door to the loggia. Or leave the opening without a door at all, arrange an arch. But in such cases, you should definitely look at the design and age of the apartment building and decide in each specific situation: is it possible to remove the window sill or should you look for some other option? After all, such redevelopment is technically not always feasible. But if the project is suddenly approved, there is no point in blocking the acquired additional space with doors.

4. When you have to save money during the repair process literally on everything, it is more correct to refuse all interior doors, except for those that close the bedroom and bathroom. Then it will be possible to reduce costs without losing the aesthetics of space. Let it be better to have beautifully designed openings without doors than to install cheap door panels that spoil the whole picture.

5. In cases where the living space is small, it is better to be completely without internal doors between rooms than to constantly bump into them. In compact apartments (most often one-room apartments), the doors to the kitchen and from the corridor to the room only constrain and also darken the available space. And it is already small, so without regret you need to remove all unnecessary, low-functionality.

Choose the type of opening

1. Round arch. This is a classic way to design a “door without a door”. The arch can be done:

• in the passage room;
• at the entrance to the kitchen;
• at the entrance to any other living space, except for the bedroom.

A well-installed arched structure will look more beautiful, and will cost less than an interior door. After all, today even the simplest door leaf costs (with all consumables and accessories) no less than $ 250, and the arch will cost no more than 50.

The interior arch can be not only rounded. Quite often, this design is made out in a more classic version, which has two characteristic elements:

• portal decor (platband) around the perimeter;
• "Castle stone" in the center of the arch of the vault.

Such an arch has a rectangular, parabolic or round arch shape.

Having decided to decorate the opening with an arch, you should decide on its future width and radius of curvature. So excessive roundness is chosen for interiors that gravitate toward the classics or one of the oriental trends in design. And the rectilinear shape is more suitable for modern environments.

2. Arched vault. This option will not harmoniously fit into all interior solutions. It turns out to be "on topic" only for a very narrow range of settings: in the Moroccan style, some oriental ones, as well as specially designed, author's ones.

On the inside, such openings are sometimes laid out with mosaics or ceramic tiles. At the same time, the selected finishing material should be discreet in texture and color.

Convenient and appropriate

When the layout of small apartments changes, one of the most popular solutions is a walkway between the living room and kitchen. This is especially convenient if a dining area is provided in the hall (living room). And when the design of the house allows, the wall between these two rooms can be completely removed. Or you can leave it by dismantling the door with the box and expanding the opening.

If you want to arrange everything extremely simply, without unnecessary frills, the best option is to leave the rectangular opening “as is”. Only it will be necessary to carefully finish its surface - putty and bring it into a single structure with the walls of the living room and kitchen. True, such a solution is possible only if the walls of both rooms are finished in the same color and do not differ in texture. In all other situations, you can not do without the design of the frame. It can be made of wood (it will turn out very expensive, respectable), natural or artificial stone (depending on the size of the budget), mirror glass.

Advice: In a compact kitchen, a shelf can be fixed above the doorway, organizing additional storage space or decorative placement. Only the fasteners need to be chosen the most reliable and the shelf should be made with a side, which will not allow the objects located there to fall at the most inopportune moment on the heads of those passing by.

We move the opening

Sometimes the opening directly “asks” in one place, and the door is located in a completely different place. So you need to act. Because inconveniently located doors and prohibitively narrow openings can deprive the comfort of everyday life. But possible changes will need to be agreed with the permitting authorities, and for this it will be necessary to conduct a technical survey with the participation of specialists. Most often, the examination is carried out by employees of the organization that designed the residential building. They also give an official technical opinion on the possibility / impossibility of redevelopment of the apartment and, in particular, the transfer of the doorway.

The next step is to create a project, taking into account all the recommendations given in the technical report. In such a project, all dimensions of the future opening should be indicated, as well as the name and article numbers of the metal materials with which this opening is planned to be strengthened. It is better to give the project for manufacturing to some architectural organization with a good reputation, since in the future it will be she who will be responsible for carrying out measures to transfer the doorway to the right place. The same firm will control the work on the project, including hidden ones.

Important: The “paper-coordination” stage for any of the redevelopment projects will only be considered closed when the act of completed redevelopment of a particular apartment is signed by representatives of the selection committee of the authorizing authority. And BTI will approve this redevelopment and add it to the technical passport of housing.

Expanding the passage

Before expanding a narrow doorway, you need to decide on the type of wall. If we are talking about a wall, you can not be afraid of the consequences of expansion work. In other cases, you will have to consult with specialists. The material from which the wall partition is made is also important. Because, if, for example, these are concrete blocks, they will need to be reinforced with a crossbar both for the period of work and for the entire period of subsequent operation (so that they do not collapse, since simply the profile of the door frame will not be able to support the weight of such material).

When it comes to, there is always a risk of damage to the floors. Therefore, even a slight expansion is possible only after the approval of the project, carried out on the basis of a technical opinion given by specialists. And in this case, the opening will certainly have to be strengthened: lay a channel on top, fix it on studs or by welding.

Building a new opening

Creating a room design is often associated with solving complex problems, including “door” ones. For example, situations arise when it turns out to be logical to build a wall in one place. But closing such a wall with a full-fledged door will break the whole logic of space. And in general, in this case, it will be inconvenient to use the room for its intended purpose. The swing door will half-block the passage, and the pocket door in the newly created wall simply has nowhere to roll up.

The way out of this situation is an open opening, which absolutely does not impede the passage, leaving at least a little, but privacy. And for those who at certain moments still need privacy (after all, such piers-openings are most often built between the interior of a bathroom or bathroom), a curtain or horizontal blinds can be provided.

We hang curtains

Hinged or sliding doors in the openings can be successfully replaced with beautiful blackout curtains or original draperies. But at the same time, the opening will still have to be finished, and finished with high quality, taking into account which curtains and how they will hang. In addition, the drapery will have to be supported by something in the interior - make pillows, upholstery of ottomans, a tablecloth and / or something else from the same textile. And you should also take into account the fact that not every style accepts such a "theatrical" solution. Modern trends, for example, if they allow something like this, then they put forward too many requirements and conditions, and most importantly, professional participation in the development and implementation of the “curtains”.

From a practical point of view, such a solution has not only pluses, but also minuses. Let's try to figure out what is more.

Advantages of curtains / draperies instead of doors:

• saving space (replacing doors with curtains, you can carve out a decent piece of living space);
• ease of use (one movement of the hand - and the room expanded);
• quick change of "image" if necessary (changing curtains is much easier and faster than doors);
• additional comfort in the house (textiles are almost always warmth, beauty, comfort).

Minuses:

• dust (yes, textiles collect it better than any other material, so this solution is completely unacceptable for asthmatics);
• the requirement to constantly maintain order on both sides of the cloth partition.

conclusions

In general, a doorway without a door can be a very interesting interior solution. This is an original, and often the only possible way to combine space in residential premises. And a fairly successful attempt to make everyday life much more comfortable. Indeed, sometimes narrow openings and doors (which no one uses) cause constant constraint in movement and movement.

But if you decide on a “door without a door” in your home, the main thing to remember is:

1. Such a project will certainly require the participation of a specialist, since it is extremely difficult to independently plan, execute, and most importantly, harmoniously “fit” such a transformation into the overall interior solution.
2. If you decide to save on the installation of doors, you should not save on finishing materials for decorating the opening. It will probably turn out bad. Even if the door had to be removed for economic reasons (lack of money or usable space - it doesn’t matter), everything should look like it is a specially planned design object, designed to effectively and extraordinary decorate the space.
3. Ideas for the transfer, as well as the expansion of the doorway, if it is a load-bearing wall, require prior permission, technical expertise and subsequent approval of a specially designed project. Otherwise, the current legislation will be violated.
4. Permission is also needed for redevelopment activities related to the expansion of the kitchen by attaching a balcony / loggia to it and the transfer / demolition of the doorway and window sill in connection with this. Moreover, it is far from always possible to coordinate such projects and only for a certain category of apartment buildings.
5. The construction of a new doorway is a difficult task. And its really high-quality performance is only possible for experienced qualified specialists. Therefore, before you start to "fence" something, it is worthwhile to properly calculate your own capabilities, including financial ones. And to decide whether it is really necessary to build something on this particular area?
6. The decision to replace a swing or sliding door in the opening with a curtain or drapery should also be balanced and thoughtful. The option is beautiful and not too difficult to perform, but will it “take root” in the house? And if so, then textiles should be chosen with taste - expensive, stylish, in harmony with the existing interior image. And order a professional sewing finish, so that there is no curvature, protruding threads or uncut edges. And it just seems that you can hang a beautiful fabric in absolutely any environment, in fact, very few styles allow this. In other interiors, the curtain instead of the door looks cheap, unpresentable, obviously hinting at the financial insolvency of the owners.