A doorway without a door visually expands the space, corrects its visual perception, unites the interior of different rooms, greatly facilitates the atmosphere and gives it originality.
Door trim options
To give the doorway without a box of completeness, a wide variety of facing materials are used.
Wallpaper
Finishing the portal with liquid or paper, vinyl, non-woven or other types of wallpaper allows you to be especially creative in design and transform an ordinary interior, making it truly elegant and fashionable.
Laminate
Featuring a variety of textures, colors and easy installation, laminated panels provide an excellent opportunity to create quite interesting designs in any style, such as minimalism, modernism, and others.
The photo shows a rectangular doorway without a door, lined with laminate in a modern-style interior.
Plaster
This finish has a unique visual depth and can imitate, for example, marble tiles, various rocks or other textures. In addition, due to the structural nature, Venetian plaster allows you to create a variety of patterns and effects on the surface.
wood finish
Wooden finish, perfect for any style decision and for facing the entrance with a threshold. It can differ both in a simple look and be decorated with figured carvings. Another important advantage of this material is its environmental friendliness.
A rock
It is a very popular finishing option for an opening without doors. Artificial or natural stone, such as limestone, marble, malachite and many others, will bring notes of the Middle Ages to the setting and form a unique design, most often used for rustic country style or Provence.
The photo shows stonework in the design of a doorway without doors in the interior of the hall.
decorative brick
Charismatic and aesthetic brickwork, both outside and inside the entrance, combined with other less textured planes, creates a rather original contrast, focuses attention and places the necessary accents.
Tile
With the help of clinker tiles, which can be not only straight, but also angular, it is easy to beat and finish doorways, both of a traditional rectangular shape, and passages in the form of an arch or semi-arch.
The photo shows a kitchen-living room with a doorway without a door, decorated with dark tiles.
MDF panels
They are quite beautiful, high-quality and at the same time not expensive finish for a portal without doors. MDF panels are easy to machine, easy to install, maintain and operate.
PVC panels
Thanks to their flexibility, they are perfect for doorways of various shapes, heights and widths. The plastic coating may have a textured wood pattern or differ in a wide variety of other colors.
Textile
It is considered a fairly simple design option that will allow you to create a secluded, cozy, homely chamber environment and close the space from views, while not cluttering up the interior.
The photo shows a kitchen with access to a balcony, decorated with textiles in the form of thick curtains.
How to make an opening without a door?
A properly decorated door portal without a door will not look alien and not thought out.
Curtains
The opening, decorated with a beautifully draped curtain, will become a real decoration of the interior with the appropriate design.
Finishing platbands and dobors
Additions made of plastic, wood or MDF in combination with flat, voluminous, rounded or other shaped architraves allow you to simply and tastefully ennoble the doorway.
The photo shows a doorway without a door with wooden trim and trim in the interior of the kitchen-dining room in the Provence style.
Baguette
A decorative baguette strip gives the passage a new sound, due to which it fits even more organically into the surrounding space.
decorative corners
This edging has a high practical and aesthetic value. It not only adds a more harmonious look to the opening, but also protects against damage and hides some surface imperfections.
The photo shows a loft-style bedroom and a trapezoidal doorway framed in the form of decorative corners.
Mosaic
Due to its charming appearance, the mosaic noticeably transforms any environment. Such artistic decor is unique, practical and unsurpassed in style, which provides an opportunity to form an original design.
stucco work
Stucco polyurethane or gypsum decor on the door slopes, with a combination of graceful lines and light shapes with deep relief, endows the portal with airy luxury and adds some aristocracy to the interior.
moldings
It is a fairly popular type of finish, characterized by simplicity, accessibility and at the same time originality, contributing to the formation of an authentic environment.
The photo shows a door portal without doors, decorated with white moldings in the kitchen.
Dimensions and shapes of doorways
The shape of the portal without a door also plays an important role in creating the interior.
Wide
A large doorway allows you to visually expand and increase the space of the room, adding airiness and light to it.
High ceiling opening
It is a very noticeable and spectacular detail that orients the interior layout. In addition, a high opening is able to visually raise the ceiling.
Arched
It provides an opportunity to somewhat soften the angularity of the surrounding space and is a particularly popular form when decorating a passage without a door.
Narrow
A non-standard narrow opening will give the room extra height and make the interior much more proportional.
The photo shows a bathroom interior with a narrow door portal without doors.
Angular
The portal without doors, located in the corner, is a rather creative solution that gives the environment a kind of creative look.
semiarca
It is a curved design with a right and rounded corner. The semi-arch is equally well appropriate, both for the equipment of a wide and narrower portal, it does not visually clutter up the space and does not weigh down its appearance.
In the photo, semi-arches framed with platbands and decorative corners in wenge shade.
Figured
Fantasy, asymmetric designs can have a variety of complex shapes or even be supplemented with all sorts of auxiliary details, such as shelves, niches, columns or lighting. Figured open passages undoubtedly become a bright interior element that attracts attention and sets the tone for the whole setting. The most popular material for creating these openings is drywall.
Photo of decorating the opening in the interior of the rooms
Design options for interior passages.
Opening to the kitchen
For finishing the passage, more practical and well-washable materials are used. In addition, a portal without a door allows you to connect the kitchen with a corridor, living room or dining room and thereby significantly expand the space, combine them and turn them into one comfortable and multifunctional area.
The photo shows a doorway decorated with moldings in the interior of the kitchen-dining room.
Balcony
This design of the balcony block will make the room much brighter and expand the usable area. In order for the loggia and the room adjacent to it to be perceived as a single composition, it would be better to decorate them with decor and furniture in the same style.
To the living room and hall
In a small apartment, such as Khrushchev, the door panels between the living room and the hallway are often abandoned. Thus, it is possible to create conditional zoning and simultaneously expand these two rooms.
In the corridor and hallway
Here, an open passage is often decorated with artificial stone, wood or textured plaster. Also, the slopes of the structure are supplemented with overhead panels to match the entrance doors.
To the dressing room
If the dressing room is combined with a fairly small and cramped room, the absence of a door will be an appropriate solution to add freedom to the space.
Photo gallery
A doorway without a door, with proper decoration on both sides, can look very attractive and become an integral element of the design idea and a design highlight for two rooms at once.
A doorway without a door is sometimes an original way out when solving the problem of combining residential space. So, for example, not all homeowners want to install a door between the hallway and the living room, especially if the layout of the apartment is conducive to this. Quite often, the practiced combination of a loggia with a room is also done by removing the window and door frame, which expands the usable area. However, both of the above solutions at the same time create a new problem - the original and accurate design of the resulting opening.
Today, a very wide range of different materials is presented on the construction market, making it possible to design a living space in any style and for every taste. Therefore, there should be no problems in implementing even the most intricate project. Moreover, you can get by with relatively low costs, at the same time richly trim the doorway with a beautiful and original casing.
No need to think that the design of this element of the interior is not as significant as, for example, walls or ceilings. Until the last decorative details are installed, the general view of the premises will not have the desired completeness.
Finishing materials for doorways
Modern designers have developed a large number of design options for doorways, which are carried out using different materials. These include the following:
- Decorative clinker tiles.
- Stucco molding made of gypsum, or its imitation of polyurethane.
- Plastic panels.
- Fake diamond.
- Natural tree.
In addition to, in fact, the finishing material, the chosen form of the doorway itself can become a design detail of the interior. And it can vary from traditional rectangular options to asymmetrical complex configurations.
Finishing with any of the above materials can be done on your own, having previously developed a design sketch and having the necessary tools and materials at hand.
Clinker tiles
One of the traditional solutions for finishing the opening is facing with clinker tiles under brick Finishing doorways with clinker tiles has recently become quite a popular trend - this can be explained by the variety of colors of this material and the ease of use. Not only straight tile options are produced, but also angular ones, which are convenient for lining the corners of doorways, and they are suitable for both traditional rectangular shapes and for arches or semi-arches.
It is most often used for external facade decoration, but for certain rooms and doorways it will suit perfectly, especially if it is in harmony with the wall decoration. Sometimes, in addition, in combination with the doorway, the same material is used to cover the areas around the windows, so that the room immediately acquires its own style.
Sometimes clinker tiles are used in combination with smoothly plastered walls.
On the walls, according to the sketch drawn up, markings are made. This process is especially important if the tile will be laid out in the form of a chaotic asymmetric pattern.
The tile is laid in different ways, creating a smooth edge or a jagged, stepped one from it, often it is mounted with an offset.
Before laying the tiles, it is recommended that the area on the wall to be tiled be further processed, due to which the adhesion of building compounds will improve, and the material is guaranteed to be reliably glued to the surface. The primer must be completely dry before gluing the tiles.
Clinker tiles are glued onto tile adhesive or “liquid” nails - the adhesive composition is selected depending on the quality of the wall surface. If the wall has flaws or slight irregularities, it is best to use tile adhesive. "Liquid" nails can only be used with a perfectly flat surface.
Glue on the back of the tile is applied very carefully. If a cement or gypsum-based mortar is used, then its excess must be removed immediately, and it is better to try so that it does not protrude beyond the boundaries of the tile.
It is very important to ensure that the tiles are laid exactly horizontally. Control over this parameter must be carried out using the building level constantly during facing work.
When the adhesive has set, these sizing strips can be removed from the joints and the masonry left until the mortar dries completely.
After the glue dries, the seams between the tiles are sealed with a grout of a suitable color, in harmony with the finishing material or with the shade of the walls.
Fake diamond
Finishing with artificial stone is also quite a stylish option, especially since the choice of this material is even much wider than that of clinker tiles. It is made from natural rocks, crushed into crumbs, to which various polymers and dyes are added.
Artificial material very reliably imitates the appearance and texture of natural stone - it can be limestone, malachite, shell rock, jasper, marble and other rocks. There is an option that is simply called "wild stone", that is, without processing, which looks very original.
The colors of this material are varied, from cold gray to warm ocher, so it can always be matched to the shades of the interior.
The advantages of surface finishing with artificial stone include the following qualities:
- Presentable, aesthetic and stylish appearance.
- Excellent harmony with other materials.
- Resistance to mechanical damage when properly laid.
- Long service life without changing the appearance.
- Ease of daily maintenance.
To finish the doorway, they usually select compact sizes of artificial stone, with a not very deep relief pattern, otherwise it will look too cumbersome.
For corners, it is best to choose special corner elements that are easy to install and securely fasten to surfaces.
Finishing with this material is carried out in different ways - sometimes it is laid, observing an even border, but more often the “torn edge” design technique is used. Using this masonry method, the finish is more natural, original and does not look “boring”.
Of course, choosing one of the options for placing tiles on the wall and in the opening, you need to rely on the general design style of the entire room.
An artificial stone is fixed in the same way as a clinker tile, on one of the tile adhesives or "liquid nails". It should be borne in mind that this material is much heavier than tiles, as it often has a large thickness, so the wall for its installation must be especially carefully prepared, be sure to treat it with a primer in several layers.
Facing with artificial stone is a rather laborious work, since each of the elements must be glued to the wall and held for some time so that the composition grabs. In addition, it must be said that this is a rather expensive material. However, it is worth it - the effect of a quality finish will be amazing.
Stucco, natural gypsum and artificial
Stucco molding along the perimeter of the opening without a door - columns with pilasters and capitals. Nowadays, stucco molding inside modern apartments and houses can be seen quite rarely, although this is one of the most interesting styles of decoration, including doorways. Naturally, stucco is not suitable for every interior - it must be designed in a certain style, and in it all the elements must be harmoniously combined with each other.
However, if it is decided to make one of the rooms in a classical, Doric, Venetian or other similar style, where the presence of stucco elements is expected and will not be ridiculous, then the design of the doorway with it will certainly be “in theme”.
Previously, gypsum was used to decorate rooms and facades, and columns were often made of natural limestone. Today, these interior parts are also made from polyurethane.
Gypsum stucco elements are quite heavy, so it is quite difficult to attach them to the walls. Installation is further complicated by the fact that gypsum in a frozen form is very fragile, and if it falls even from a small height or if careless actions are taken during the cladding, the finishing element may break into pieces.
Gypsum stucco is, of course, a “classic of the genre”, but working with it is quite difficult Polyurethane is very light, sticks well and sticks to any surface.
It is much more convenient to carry out finishing - use polyurethane parts "under stucco molding" A very wide range of different parts for decorating a doorway is produced - these can be borders, pilasters with capitals or even full-fledged columns that are glued to the ceiling and wall.
The range of polyurethane parts with stucco imitation is very wide A variety of shapes and relief patterns of these decorative elements allow you to choose them for any, the most demanding taste. It is also very important that polyurethane is easy to color, which can create an imitation of natural stone or make the surface of parts glossy and perfectly white.
Similar polymer parts are also produced for modern design - with a relief that does not have floral patterns, elements of columns and capitals, but is made in the form of moldings. Although they can also be combined with modest architraves that will complement the arched or straight elements.
This version of the polyurethane finish can be disguised as natural wood or stone by painting them in the desired color and varnishing.
Installation of polyurethane parts is easily carried out independently on one of the polymer adhesives, "liquid nails" or a special adhesive "Moment".
It is probably worth noting that columns and pilasters are not particularly suitable for small apartments, since such details will overload the space, and it will seem even smaller.
If the house or apartment has high ceilings that make the rooms uncomfortable, it is worth rounding the sharp corners of the doorway and choosing an arched option for this.
In the case when a hall or hall in a large house is decorated with polyurethane parts, it is best to use columns decorated with Doric reliefs to create pomp and grandeur.
Plastic panels
Plastic kits for decorating doorways can even be purchased ready-made - they are produced for openings of various shapes: rectangular, arched and semi-arched, designed for different heights and widths. The platbands can be white or made with a textured pattern of one of the wood species, which can have different shades. It will not be difficult to choose the color of the casing for the overall range of the interior, as well as to install them on the walls of the doorway.
Typically, a finishing kit consists of the following elements:
- Platband, which is fixed from the outside of the opening to the wall. As a rule, this element consists of three parts - the top bar and two side bars. If the opening is made in the form of an arch, then the upper part should be arched. If an opening is being finished that will be operated without a door leaf, then the set should include two platbands, for one and the other side of the doorway.
- Additional strip, which is mounted directly on the walls of the opening along its thickness and closes it completely.
- For an arched opening, it must also be made in a certain configuration. Some kits are made of plastic that is flexible enough, so they bend perfectly to the desired shape. However, when purchasing such a kit, you should ask the seller to demonstrate the flexibility of the material immediately in the store.
Making doorways with just such a plastic kit is very popular, as it has a relatively affordable price and has a number of positive characteristics, which include:
- Ease of installation of elements, which will be easy to do on your own.
- Sufficient resistance to mechanical stress with careful operation.
- Easy to care for, as the material does not accumulate dust and can be easily cleaned with a damp soft cloth.
- Possibility to disguise communication cables under the panels. Some kits have a special entrance for them into the interior of the casing, located at the level of the plinth, and the design provides special channels for laying wires.
- Plastic panels give the doorway neatness and visually distinguish it with an aesthetic frame.
The elements of plastic platbands and extensions are fastened to the walls in different ways - it can be gluing them to surfaces using “liquid nails”, and sometimes they are fastened with locking joints to special guides that are included in the finishing kit.
wood finish
Wooden architraves are traditional for finishing door and window openings, but not many people know that they can have a variety of shapes and designs. Of course, having decorative elements carved by hand or on special equipment will cost a lot, but they will also be used for a very long time.
If necessary, wooden architraves can be repainted, for example, if the entire interior of the room changes completely, including the color of the walls.
Finishing materials made of wood can be chosen for any style of decoration - they can look very simple or be decorated with curly carvings. An important advantage of the material itself and products made from it can be called its environmental friendliness.
In addition, it should be noted that even the most inexpensive wood, but well processed and coated with the necessary means to preserve the material, as well as decorated with paints and varnishes, cannot be distinguished from expensive wood species. It is not difficult to carry out these processes, so it will be possible to save on them by purchasing or ordering platbands in an unprocessed form from the master.
Despite the emergence of a large number of new types of materials from which platbands are made, wood will never lose its popularity and is often chosen to decorate doorways of any shape.
doorway shape
Since the shape of the doorway plays an important role in interior design, especially if it is not planned to install a door on it, then this parameter should be considered separately. The configuration of the doorway may be familiar to many - rectangular, emphasizing the classic style - arched, asymmetrical, trapezoid and other shapes.
archway
The arched configuration has recently become especially in demand when arranging a doorway without a door. This form has become widespread for the decoration of passageways in both standard apartments and large private houses.
The advantage of this shape is that it softens sharp corners. Visually, the arch makes the ceiling higher in the conditions of an apartment, and somewhat “lowers” it if the ceilings in the mansions are too high. If necessary, visually “lower” the ceiling, making the room more comfortable, you only need to slightly expand the arched opening, making it almost completely semicircular, without vertical sections.
In addition, such an arch will expand the space, and both rooms combined with it will look much larger.
An arched opening is usually installed between the living room and the kitchen or hallway. This solution makes the design original, and the interior more interesting. Each owner of the apartment, performing the installation on their own, gets the opportunity to make it exclusive.
Perfectly this version of the opening is also suitable for combining a loggia with a living space. Due to the expansion of the arched structure, the room will visually appear larger than it actually is.
Try to make an arch yourself!
Drywall in skillful hands turns into a truly versatile material, opening up the widest possibilities for creating the most complex interior elements on your own. For a diligent and careful landlord, manufacturing should not be particularly difficult. To help him - a special publication of our portal.
Video: a variety of interior solutions with an arched opening without a door
Trapezoidal opening
A doorway of this form cannot be called popular, and it is quite rare to find it, especially in a city apartment. It must be said that such a frame, especially having a dark tint, has a somewhat depressing effect on the psyche. It may be more rational to use such a form in large rooms, where it will not become the compositional center of the design, but will neatly fit into it along with other decorative elements.
The appropriateness of a trapezoidal opening in a residential area is very doubtful If, nevertheless, it was decided to use such a form to design an opening in an apartment where the ceiling is not very high, then you should not make the upper horizontal part of the trapezoid too narrow. Such a form will not only visually narrow the room and lower the ceiling - it will, as it were, make the interior heavier and, oddly enough, spoil the mood.
Such "hard" forms can negatively affect the psycho-emotional state of a person. The lack of smooth forms in the doorway will make the room uncomfortable, even if wallpaper or other warm-colored decorative finishes are used for its general design. Therefore, if a choice is made of the shape of a doorway without a door, then it is better to refuse this option immediately.
Asymmetric opening shapes
There are a great many options for asymmetric openings - they can have smooth, angular shapes or combine several of the configurations. Choosing bizarre lines for the opening, one must not forget not only about the supporting structures of the house - it is far from always possible to expand the opening to the intended width.
Asymmetric openings - the widest field for the fantasies of the owners A very important point is the psychological impact of forms on the mood of the residents. If you do not want constant hassles, irritability and misunderstandings in the family, it is best to avoid sharp corners and sharp shapes of doorways. If you still cannot do without such outlines, then they need to be smoothed out by placing smooth rounded transitions and shapes side by side.
Due to the fact that today in the construction markets you can find not only ready-made arched or asymmetric kits for decorating openings, but also a lot of other materials, designers and amateur finishers create the most unrealistic decorative configurations. One of the materials that is most often used for such work is drywall. It is used for sheathing structures created from galvanized metal profiles. These building materials have a very affordable price, but for the manufacture of complex, decoratively designed interior transitions, you will have to put all your effort and spend a lot of time, as well as work seriously on the project beforehand, adapting it to a specific doorway.
Drywall - a unique material for the construction of walls and partitions
When thinking about redevelopment, the construction of new partitions or the reconstruction of existing ones, it is best to rely on the use of drywall. A special publication of our portal is devoted to the process of self-creation of internal ones.
In summing up, it should be noted that the above options for designing doorways without installing door panels are by no means the only possible ones. It is quite possible to independently develop and implement your own design project for this interior element. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the structural structure of the entire structure, since an expanded doorway in some cases can weaken the load-bearing walls and floors, which is extremely dangerous not only for residents of the upper floors, but also for those who live in a reconstructed apartment.
If any doubts arise during the preparation of the project, then it is best to contact specialists for the calculation or even for the performance of all work. They will determine the possibilities of load-bearing structures and calculate the allowable limits for the expansion of doorways without compromising the overall structure of the entire building.
The name "doorway", first of all, implies a design for installing a door leaf. But the presence of an interior door is not always appropriate and practical, which may be due to both the layout features and the limited size of the rooms.
In such cases, this element, turning into an independent detail of the interior, it deserves that the homeowners pay due attention to its decoration.
What is this element of the interior?
This is an open opening that provides free communication between adjacent premises of residential apartments.
The absence of a door in this design allows you to save up to 1 m2 of space, give the opening different shapes and sizes, as well as visually expand the space and erase the border between the rooms, combining them into a single ensemble.
Forms
Theoretically door opening can be given any shape(even round), but here one should consider how functional this or that design will be.
The best thing give preference to one of the most common options, such as:
The arches themselves can also be of various shapes:
- elliptical;
- rounded;
- trapezoidal;
- asymmetric (having an oblique slope on one side).
Design options
Modern Design Ideas include several ways opening decoration. Some of them will be discussed below.
Finishing with artificial stone
This material is most often used for finishing cafes, shops and other public places, but in some cases it is quite Appropriately looks like facing doorways residential apartments.
Decorative stone trim is suitable for:
- spacious rooms;
- rooms with little furniture;
- giving the room a certain design style;
- masking the flaws in the wall.
In order for the artificial stone to harmonize with the interior as much as possible, you need follow some rules.
When facing a rectangular doorway the lower part of the masonry should be wider, than at the top (see photo). This technique will allow you to smoothly move on to decorating the walls. When making an arched opening, the top of the structure is completely decorated, due to which its rounded shape will be highlighted.
Doorway lining must be carried out from all sides, not excluding the slopes themselves. This will simplify the task of decorating walls and ceilings in combination with stone.
Laminate
You can trim the interior doorways and arches with a laminate - this budget and relatively simple decor. One of the main advantages of this cladding option is the ease of processing the material, which allows you to give it almost any shape.
Installation of sheets is performed either on the frame, or by gluing them directly to the surface of the opening. Frame mounting method suitable for wide openings since the installation of the crate entails a reduction in space.
MDF panels
A suitable option in order to decorate the slopes "under the tree." Front side of the material may have different coverage(veneer, PVC, eco-veneer), any of which gives the panels an external resemblance to valuable wood.
Do-it-yourself cladding
Consider the finish of the doorway on the example of MDF panels. Finish the slopes with MDF panels can be done in two ways, on glue or with a crate.
Facing using glue consists of the following steps:
- If the base is a “bare” brick or concrete surface, it is finished with plywood or MDF, which fasten to the wall with dowels.
- Next, the panels are marked and cut to size.
- The back side is smeared with liquid nails glue, which applied in a zigzag stripe.
The material is applied to the base, and after 5–10 minutes the surface is tapped with a rubber mallet.
Fastening panels to the crate, although characteristically different from the previous process, but it's also not complicated:
- in the opening mount the frame from wooden slats or a metal profile, fixing them to the surface with dowels.
- Top and bottom of the frame with self-tapping screws fix the starting guides. Fragments of the cladding cut to size are inserted into them, which are attached to the frame using the same self-tapping screws.
- Upon completion of the installation of panels along the outer perimeter of the opening mount cashing.
Watch a video tutorial on decorating a doorway:
Everything shows that the finish of the opening is complete and, moreover, responsible procedure for the design of residential premises. With the right approach, this element will become a quality addition to the interior of any style.
The absence of door panels in the premises is a common phenomenon, provided that this is a design move. Often, in this way, they combine the space of a kitchen room and a dining room where people eat. Here we will clearly answer the question of how to finish a doorway without a door leaf, and also find out what materials are best suited for this method of combining two separate rooms. In this case, you can do all the work yourself without the help of a specialist.
An example of finishing a doorway
Important. If you decide to abandon the standard door leaf, then you should finish the opening with high quality, otherwise all the guests will think that you have difficulties with money or taste.
Before finishing the doorway, it must first be leveled to a round or rectangular shape, this work can be done as follows:
These are the most popular ways to finish a doorway without a door.
Important. Due to the fact that the plaster mixture leaves behind a lot of dust and dirt, the most often preferred finish is from drywall sheets. Before starting work, it is extremely important to determine the goals of how you want the opening to look when the work is completed. It stood out, drawing attention to itself, or completely dissolved in the room, remaining invisible.
An example of finishing a doorway with gypsum tiles
If plaster was chosen, then after it it can be finished with a decorative stone or covered with the same material as the walls in the room. When sheathing a doorway with plasterboard sheets, any decor elements can be attached to the surface, since drywall sheets have an absolutely smooth surface.
A feature of drywall is its simplicity with its work, which cannot be said about the plaster mixture, where without certain skills it is almost impossible to make the surface absolutely even.
Along with this, if drywall is used, then the opening is made of absolutely any geometric shape.
The process of finishing the doorway with drywall
Important. Upon completion of the plastering work or sheathing of the doorway using drywall sheets, you can proceed with subsequent finishing only after cleaning the surface of dust and dirt, otherwise any attached elements will not last long.
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Various finishing materials
How to trim a wide doorway? Often this question is faced by those who decide to completely redo the doorway, getting rid of the wooden sheet and the box.
Door trim option
In this case, you can use the following popular types of finishes:
It is worth noting that the list of suitable materials indicated earlier in the text is not final, you can finish in any style based on your taste, above we have indicated only the most common and currently available options.
Use of decorative stone material
In a particular case, you can easily use artificial or natural stone to finish the doorway. Any of these materials fits perfectly into the interior of the room where there is no door leaf. The disadvantage of natural raw materials is only in its high cost, compared with artificial counterparts, which are not inferior in quality.
An example of decorating a doorway with a decorative stone
Do-it-yourself cladding of a doorway using stone has the following advantages:
- the material is fire resistant;
- the stone is not susceptible to moisture;
- products are durable, reliable and will last a long time;
- the material is quite easy to work with;
- all individual stone tiles have standard dimensions.
It is better to trim the doorway with stone in a spacious room, since the bulk of such products have dark shades, then visually the opening will seem more natural. The stone entrance is ideally combined with the presence of a fireplace in the living room.
Option to finish the opening with decorative stone
- The finishing material that you have chosen must have a certain symmetry on each side of the passage being made.
- Joints between stone tiles must be of the same width.
- Options for finishing doorways allow the use of more massive tiles below than at the top.
The work on finishing interiors made of stone tiles begins with marking. In this case, this is the most important moment of the whole work, since the tiles must lie beautifully, symmetrically and evenly.
Important. Use a level when working with stone. In addition, it is recommended to take care that this material is not combined with wood, since in the interior they do not fit well with each other.
See in the video how to finish the doorway with a decorative stone.
Finishing with wooden MDF panels
Designs in the form of arches lend themselves remarkably to finishing with MDF panels with various wood structures. This type of panel has the following advantages:
- strength and durability;
- simplicity and ease in everyday care;
- ease of installation.
MDF panels fit perfectly into any style of decoration of an apartment or house. This is due, first of all, to the fact that wood is a warm material.
Decoration of the doorway with MDF panels
Installation consists in the fact that dimensions are taken from the opening and ready-made parts of the future doorway are cut out of the panels. These elements are fastened extremely simply, with a hammer and nails or using a screwdriver and self-tapping screws.
Important. MDF panels are not so often used when decorating a doorway due to the lack of a wide range of colors, as well as the difficulty of manufacturing an ideally shaped arched structure.
Option for finishing the doorway with MDF panels
The use of PVC panels for the subsequent finishing of doorways
To make the doorway look the most original, the use of standard PVC plastic panels is suitable. This is due to the abundance of color shades of the material, as well as the ease of its use in any premises, rooms and other spaces. Plastic panels can often even imitate the surface of stones, while their cost is several times cheaper.
PVC panels of different colors for finishing doorways
Consider the main advantages:
- Low cost compared to all other materials.
- Pretty easy maintenance.
- Installation is done on your own without help.
- Huge selection of colors and textures.
Most often, when using PVC panels, the finish is made with color sheets that have woody warm shades. The convenience of mounting such finishing elements is that they can be easily attached to liquid nails without resorting to the use of screws, nails and cement mortar, which greatly facilitates the installation procedure, which can be done independently without much difficulty. 
Important. Mounting these elements at the front door is irrelevant, since, unlike stone and wood, plastic is quite fragile and the slightest mechanical damage can lead to a crack.
Before the complete or partial demolition of load-bearing structures, it is imperative to consult with specialists. In an apartment building, you should start with the management company, in a private one - with the BTI. They will tell you whether it is possible to do this at all, whether additional reinforcement is required.
The most common solution is to partially or completely remove the partition between the living room and kitchen, kitchen and dining room, bedroom and loggia, kitchen and balcony, corridor and dressing room, hallway and living room.
Advantages and disadvantages of the solution
Among the advantages, one can note an improvement in ventilation, as well as a functional increase in area - a utility room can be connected to the main room. These pros can easily turn into cons. Too good ventilation causes drafts. The smell from the kitchen spreads throughout the house. Curtains perfectly absorb the fat contained in the air, retain dust and need frequent washing.
The non-standard solution is a definite plus, but it also has its downside. The interior of the apartment should be designed in the same style. This can be difficult to achieve, but disharmony will result otherwise.
The main disadvantages are poor soundproofing and the inability to retire when necessary. It is worth noting that hanging a drapery is much easier than installing a box and adjusting the sashes.
Suitable passage sizes
In many ways, the dimensions are determined by the parameters of the rooms. Properly calculated width and height allow you to visually correct the shortcomings of the premises. For example, wide passages, especially those with gentle vaults, will make an apartment with a low ceiling more spacious, while narrow ones, on the contrary, will compress an already tiny space.
In any case, the entrance should not be lower than 2 m, and if it is an arch, it is better to place it higher so that the narrow parts of the arch are above the level of the shoulders and head. If the owner of the apartment wants to combine the two zones to the maximum, then the entrance can be done almost to the very ceiling.
The size of the asymmetrical arch depends on the intricacy of the shape. The more complex it is, the wider the passage should be so that the heap of decorations on a small structure does not give it pretentiousness. Textured decor sometimes works positively for optical narrowing.
Which design to choose
The shape can be triangular, rectangular or round, complex or simple. To create a semicircular vault, it is not necessary to chisel the walls. Bezels have been around for a long time. These are polyurethane elements that smooth out right angles, giving the desired roundness.
Rectangular
Suitable for apartments with low ceilings. They are the easiest to make. After removing and dismantling the box, the surface of the walls along the perimeter is leveled, plastered, puttied. To avoid excess dirt, you can do it easier - sheathe it with drywall, although it is desirable to putty it.
Trapezoidal arches are also found - a broken structure created from several straight lines intersecting at obtuse and right angles. Not all designers love her because of the associations with the funeral theme.
asymmetric
As a rule, such arches have one side straight, and the other with a rounded vault. Although there are no rules here - each designer creates as he wishes. The only limitation is the wall material in which it is planned to place a fantasy arch: it can only be made in a plasterboard partition or assembled from separate rails.
How to veneer
To understand how to design a doorway without a door, you need to decide on the decoration of the premises. Since it is turned into two rooms at once, you need to consider how it will look from both sides, not forgetting about style and color nuances.
Wood and MDF
Wood trim is used in most historical styles. For these purposes, oak, ash, hornbeam and pine are most often used. Parts are sold ready-made, fastened with nails or self-tapping screws. A replacement for natural wood can be a material made from pressed fibers. Panels are attached with glue or liquid nails. How to arrange a doorway in this way, look at the photo.
stucco work
Polyurethane is a flexible and dense material from which arch frames are often made. It also allows you to create an imitation of expensive plaster moldings. Installation is carried out using a special adhesive. Polyurethane can also be used to create columns on the sides of a doorway.
Stucco made of polymers does not break, cuts well, and is friendly with any mounting adhesive. Gypsum is nobler, but heavier and does not withstand falls, so you need to work with it very carefully. In addition, special glue or gypsum mortar is required for installation.
The surface can be left white or painted.
stone and tile
Stone cladding is much heavier than wood or polyurethane. Before starting work, the walls are leveled with putty. The choice of glue depends on the weight of the stone: liquid glue is suitable for light slabs, for heavy ones a solution of cement, glue, lime and sand is prepared. The facing starts from the bottom and gradually rises, giving the bonding agent the opportunity to dry. Each element must be held against the wall until it seizes. Excess must be removed immediately if they come to the surface, otherwise they may spoil the final look.
To maintain the same thickness of the seams will help tabs made of wood or plastic, inserted between rows of tiles. They are easy to remove after the composition dries.
The seams are decorated with grout, and the whole composition - with a composition that gives shine. Artificial stone and clinker are highly wear resistant, but their natural counterparts have much higher strength. For interior partitions, they may be too heavy. Most often, the edges of the masonry are made uneven, torn, creating deliberate negligence and the effect of antiquity, which, in contrast, looks advantageous in modern interiors.
Plaster and paint
Plastering is easy to decorate the doorway with your own hands. Its installation does not require special skills. Before applying it, the base of the arch is leveled and treated with a primer. The paint is applied after drying. The relief depends on the shape and surface of the roller used.
Plastic panels
The panels bend well and fit easily even on non-standard shapes. The coating is attached with glue. The finished set consists of six architraves (there are three of them on each side - on top and on the sides) and three extensions. The top elements are not only flat, but also suitable for arches. If necessary, they are easily cut with a hacksaw.
Corners live in a tough operation due to high traffic and need high-quality finishes. Plastic can not boast of strength, but with care it will last a long time. Among its advantages are ease of care, the presence of hollows for wires, a variety of colors and imitation textures.
Drywall
GCR is durable, easy to install and easy to cut with a knife. It has good adhesion with any adhesives. They are sheathed with a frame made of a metal or wooden profile. The frame is attached to the walls and ceiling. It can have any configuration. Its strength depends on the thickness of the profile and the distance between the prefabricated elements. The profile is easy to bend and cut. Sheets are installed on self-tapping screws. The seams between them are putty.
Stone, clinker, wood, MDF panels, simple painting or wallpapering suit many styles: eco, scandi, loft, minimalism, ethno, country, kitsch and others. True, the last two finishes look neat only with perfectly smooth walls. Most of all, this applies to painting, which emphasizes any irregularities, especially in the presence of decorative lighting.
How to decorate
- Along the entire contour, you can hang closed or open shelves, put racks. Thus, things, books, trinkets will turn out.
- If the arch is made of drywall, through windows, niches, shelves for flowers or accessories can be made a few centimeters from the passage.
- The pomposity of the interiors will be added by facing the openings on the sides with plaster bas-reliefs, and on top - with a sandrik, that is, a slightly protruding cornice.
- You can add spotlights to the slopes, or ready-made lighting for furniture.
- Slopes can be decorated with extensions and platbands, which are made of wood, MDF and PVC panels. All together they give a finished look and expressiveness to the whole structure and can serve as one of the accents in the interior. Dobory happen with grooves and without. The first type is preferable, since the joints between the planks will turn out to be little noticeable and will not require careful fitting. Cashiers are very different. Often they are made of wood, having previously treated it with insect, microorganism and fire repellents. This material is unlikely to soon cease to be a favorite of designers and homeowners, it is very practical, aesthetic, environmentally friendly and versatile.
- Material prepared by: Natalia Utochkina
It is advisable to leave the passage free. The fabric can interfere, cling, get dirty. If you fix it with pickups during the day, you get a beautiful frame. It is good when the design curtains match the curtains or curtains on the windows. By the way, a dense fabric can trap odors from the kitchen, but it will often have to be washed or dry cleaned.
Blinds do the job just as well as curtains. And their vertical stripes raise the ceiling (horizontal, respectively, push the walls apart) and perfectly complement the modern interior with their strict geometry.
We told you how to decorate a doorway beautifully. The main thing is that the finish is environmentally friendly, does not cause allergies and looks good.
