Interior arches: interior design ideas

In the field of interior design interroom arch has a special place. Replacing the usual doorway, it can not only attract attention to itself, but also become the main part of the interior. The use of a beautiful arch in design is not uncommon for a long time, with its help the interior acquires elegance and nobility.

Depending on the interior design, you can choose the arch in form and design. Undergoing stylistic transformations in various design directions, the arch itself invariably remains the main alternative to interior doors. With the help of the arch openings are made not only in the living rooms, but also in office and many other rooms.

Consider the types of interior arches:

• Classic. The classic opening is a semicircle, the radius of which is 1/2 its width. This form is the embodiment of strict elegance and purity of lines.The construction of this arch is possible only in a room with ceilings from 3 meters and above.

• Arch portal. This is a rectangular doorway without doors, it does not require additional labor costs during installation, but it does not suit every room. This shape fits perfectly into a sleek, austere interior with a linear decor. All the effectiveness of the result depends on the materials chosen for the design.

• Modern. This form is something between a classic and a portal. The arch of the arch is less round, but far from straight, its upper part is represented as a segment of a circle. The radius of rounding can be any, the main requirement is that it does not exceed half the width of the portal itself.

• Ellipse. This form differs from the previous one only by a large radius of rounding of the corners.The elliptical model is the most universal, it fits perfectly into any interior design and is appropriate for any ceiling height. The height and shape of the bend depends only on your wishes and the initial data of the room. Also, the elliptical arch is ideal in combination with columns.
• Romance. Romantic design is a rectangular arch, rounded at the edges. It is ideal for the design of wide openings, as well as rooms with low ceilings. This form will look equally impressive in a small, modest room, and in a spacious, made in the palace style.

• Trapezium. A very non-standard solution for the design of a doorway in the form of a trapezoidal arch is guaranteed to add to your room exotics. Competent presentation with the help of properly selected interior items, harmoniously combined with the shape and material of the arch, will cause genuine interest and delight. This arch is simple to perform and no less spectacular than rounded openings.

• Semi-aquarium. Semi-mark is an example of asymmetrical openings that combine two forms at the same time. For example, it can be a portal and romance, a portal and a classic, a portal and an ellipse. The basis of the design of this form is a quarter of a circle.Asymmetry will help to hide the errors in the calculations, if they occurred during installation.

• Copyright. Thanks to the wide range of finishing materials, the arch can be made absolutely any shape and bend. This solution is for those who want to make their home unique and inimitable.

• Construction features. During the construction of a private house, arched openings are designed and built initially, whereas in apartment buildings, the presence of arches is the exception rather than the rule. It should be remembered that the arch is a curvilinear overlap between the supports and has a functional meaning: it carries the load of the wall.

• Arches in the bearing walls. Directly above the door frame is a jumper, if the wall is carrying, then the jumper cannot be removed, this can lead to unpredictable consequences.In the bearing wall the arch can only be in height and width of the doorway. In this case, the height of the opening can not be increased, you can only expand it.
• Arches in the panel house. The same applies to the use of the arch instead of the door in the panel house. Doorways in the panels are notches made in advance according to GOST and it is not recommended to violate the integrity of the panel.

• Arched doorway in solid wall. It is easy to remake a doorway into the arch, but to punch a passage through a solid wall where it never was, the process is very labor-intensive. It is much easier to completely remove the partition wall and build a new one, with an opening.

The device directly depends on what tasks this construction will perform:

An interroom arch is an elegant and stylish solution in open-plan zoning. It divides the home into functional zones and is used if there is a need to visually divide the space.Arches, custom-made or finished, are designed to mark the boundaries of two or more zones, but not separate them, but visually merge, thereby expanding the space.

Some rooms can perfectly do without classical doors and only win if you replace them with an arched opening. Typically, this kitchen and dining room, dining room and living room, living room and hallway, bedroom and living room. When combined, the space expands, leaving a feeling of closure.

If you are the owner of a strict and laconic interior in a classic style, or, conversely, furnished a dwelling in the Empire style, but you do not have enough unusual details that can attract all the attention and amaze with luxury, the arch will help.

It should be rich, decorated with elegant stucco with floral ornaments that go along the arc. If the arch will be high, classical, it is better to order full columns of the Corinthian order, the most luxurious and majestic. Corinthian column height is decorated with carved flutes. Its elegant capital with carved grape leaves and curls will become the most significant element in the interior.

For lower-profile arches, romance, ellipse, modern and even semi-arch, columns of the most simple and devoid of excesses of the Doric order will be a good choice. Its restrained architecture will nevertheless create an antique accent in the room.

If there are ugly ceiling beams or ventilation pipes in your room, they can be sheathed with gypsum plasterboard and added to the arch of irregular shape. In addition, in old houses often have to mask the irregularities of ceilings and walls.

If the arch is installed in the bearing wall, its panels are quite wide, they make indentations, which are used as bookshelves, as well as niches for decoration. In the round arches with great depth, they make indentations, install puffs and organize places for recreation.

Near the arch itself, a group of through windows is often built in, which increases the passage of light between rooms. Windows can be decorated with stained glass motifs or be transparent and serve as shelves for souvenirs and decorations.

The parameters of the arches are directly dependent on the architectural specifics of the room. The width is limited by the preference of the owner, the height determines only the level of the ceiling. In a room with a height of 2.5-3.2 m, the arch will fit perfectly with dimensions of up to 2.2-2.6 m, respectively. However, these numbers are relative. Customize the arch of the arch to the ceiling is not worth it, it will spoil the whole view.

In the manufacture of arched structures used the following materials:

• Brick. For the manufacture of a brick arch, it is necessary to mount a frame of reinforcement, drill holes in the wall and, having driven in metal pins, weld a frame to them. The whole process is very labor-consuming and the construction at the exit is heavy, because the “brick” finish is very popular, it is made of various types of artificial facing stone.

• Drywall. This material is versatile and malleable for the construction of rounded arches of arches. The construction of any interior solutions made of plasterboard is quick and easy to perform. The weight of such structures is small and will not give additional load on the wall. In addition, this is a good solution for one-bedroom apartments, in which there is not enough space to install the doors.

• Tree. Often, when choosing a material for the design of an arched opening, they opt for wood. Constructions made of this noble material will add status to your interior. The openings made of wood are very beautiful and durable.

• Laminated MDF. This material has rightfully gained widespread acceptance and has received consumer recognition due to its low cost, variety of textures and colors, an attractive appearance. Also laminated MDF is very practical and versatile. With it, you can assemble complex structures and also order standard models.In addition, the ability to order non-standard in size and configuration of the product makes this material particularly attractive.
• Veneered MDF and ecomasters. Veneered MDF arch looks stylish and expensive, as the material most accurately conveys the texture and shades of solid wood. It is made of MDF and veneered with oak veneer. Possible shades: wenge, bleached oak, walnut, oak with patina, ivory color. The arches of ekoshpona are also beautiful in appearance and have high performance.

• Polyurethane. Polyurethane is an elastic polymer that is widely used in decoration and construction. Possessing high strength and resistance to external influences, it is durable, and most importantly, has a very low cost. This polymer makes it possible to make products with maximum complexity of parts from it, and in decorating arches it successfully replaces gypsum.

• Plastic. Plastic products are very popular and allow you to repeat the non-standard forms of arches, which are impossible without the high costs of wood. Plastic panels are not only a decorative function, but also functional.They protect the edges of the opening from damage and have moisture resistance, durability and fire resistance. Plastic, unlike other finishing materials, is melted, not burned.
• Tile. Very effective simple arched doorway of the classical form without any details, lined with tiles. The tile imitating a surface and texture of a stone is especially effective. Its advantages: low cost, rich assortment of colors, moisture resistance and durability.

To make an arch with your own hands, you must have a basic skill of working with building materials, pick up an easy-to-install material and gain competent instruction. Let's look at a simple and convenient way to build an arch in your house.

We will need:

• Drywall 2 types. For walls 12 mm thick and for the arch of the arch - 6 mm.
• Profile for racks 60x27 mm, and for the contour of the arch 28x27 mm.
• Screws and screwdriver.
• Fiberglass mesh.
• Putty.

Stages of work:

• First you need to measure the opening, which will be built arch. The standard door height is 2 m. To build the arch, we need to raise the height of the arch to 2.5 m by removing part of the wall above the opening.
• Many types of arches significantly reduce the opening, so in some cases it needs to be slightly expanded. In advance we select the shape of the arch, which will organically fit into the parameters of the room.
• To do this, we attach the paper above the door, on which we mark the height and bend of the arch. If the width is more than 120 cm, it is better to make a small bend, choosing a modernist form, with its small radius of curvature. If the width of the opening is larger, then it would be more correct to choose a romantic shape, it does not require raising the height and it will be enough to round its corners to design the arch opening.

• Measuring the parameters of the opening and calculating the length of the radius, using a compass, draw a semicircle on the drywall and cut it out with a jigsaw.
• Then we build a skeleton from a bar or a metal profile.
• We collect a rectangular opening and from the rack profile.
• We sheathe the construction with gypsum plasterboard with a cut-out circle using self-tapping screws, slightly pritaplivaya their caps in the surface.
• On the walls of the arched profile we make cuts with metal scissors every 3 cm. Then we fasten the profile along the arch of the arch to the screws, bending it in the shape of a semicircle. Do it from both ends.

• Next, we make the vault jumpers. Measure the depth of the arch and subtract 1.5-2 cm. This will be the length of the jumpers.
• Cut them from the profile and put on the screws. Jumpers are necessary for the strength and stability of the structure.
• From a thin drywall you need to cut a part that will cover the vault below. This is a rectangle whose width is the length from one edge of the end to the other, that is, the depth of the arch.
• We measure the length with a tape measure or a sewing measuring tape, from one lower point of the arch to another.
• The resulting sheet is also attached to the screws.

• Joints should be glued with fiberglass mesh. The edges of the joints of the panels and the webs of the arch are joined with a plastic perforated profile.
• We putty the irregularities, the caps of the self-tapping screws and the joints of the drywall sheets, first with a thick-layer putty, then we go through the entire surface of the finishing one.
• After drying, the putty surface is sanded with sandpaper.

The construction of the arch is available to absolutely any customer, regardless of its wealth. Currently available to order not only ready-made arch on individual sizes, but also prefabricated. Also, due to the large range of materials and forms, the arch can be made by hand.

How to make an arch of drywall do yourself in the next video.

• For rooms with low ceilings a good solution would be to choose a wide semicircular arch of romantic style or modern. Ideally, it will be placed from wall to wall, without columns and pillars.
• On the contrary, in the interior with high ceilings, arches of the classical form are installed or with a dome-shaped, lancet-shaped form tending upwards to emphasize the volume of “air” in the room.

• If you have a long, narrow corridor, along its entire length at regular intervals, you can enter the arches, creating a beautiful enfilade. In this case, the vaults should be made classic, devoid of detail and decor.This simplification will help not to load the already narrow space.
• Urbanism and daring charm of the room in the loft style will emphasize the zoning partition with an arch, made of brick. She can divide the kitchen and living area by embedding in her bar. The width of such an arch can be large, the arch is better to perform in the modern style, this form will emphasize the rigor and conciseness of a deliberately industrial interior.

• The openings between the living room and the hall in the dwelling, furnished with furniture made of natural wood, will be better decorated with elements of solid wood, tinted to the color of the furniture. The shape and height must be selected based on the overall style of the room and its size.
• If you have a glazed balcony or loggia, replacing the balcony balcony with a beautiful arch, you will expand the kitchen space. In this case, it would be appropriate to replace the window sill with a small worktop or, lifting it up, to build in a bar counter, such an arch will have a utilitarian function. The kitchen, enlarged due to the annexed territory of the balcony, will acquire an exotic and cozy look.

• The arch in the corridor of a one-room apartment is an ideal solution for increasing space visually without changing the area.Unfortunately, hallways in high-rise apartments do not have a large area and convenient parameters. Replacing the door from the hallway to the corridor, living room or hall, and combining these locations, you save yourself from the cramped and inconvenience and get a beautiful interior element, ennobling absolutely any room.
• Having installed spotlights in the hallway arch, you will add light to a dark room and give it a touch of mystery and romance.