The use of drywall in the room will allow you to implement any design solutions, since with the help of gypsum board you can build structures different types and views, giving the room a cozy and beautiful view... The overall interior of a room in which plasterboard products were used can be supplemented with correctly selected pieces of furniture, curtains and lighting. To solve daring design tasks, a combination of plasterboard structures with other finishing and facing materials is used.

Speaking of decorative drywall, it means decorative panelsintended for cladding wall and ceiling surfaces... Panel sheets are made from the most common drywall, which have a decorative finish.

Varieties of decorative plasterboard panels:

• Laminated plasterboard panels are ready-to-use materials that do not require finishing finishing worksoh. In the modern construction market, the consumer can purchase laminated plasterboard panels with an outer layer imitating the pattern of wood, marble or granite.
• Laminated panels have wear resistance and increased moisture resistance, which significantly affects the service life, which on average is about 10 years.
• Patterned gypsum boards are ideal for installation works indoors, if further painting of the facing surface is planned. Thanks to this, the walls of the room will acquire a colorful and elegant pattern.

Decorative panels on the inside have a special protective film that ensures the quality of installation work at the highest level.

Appointment of a decorative plasterboard wall with your own hands

A decorative plasterboard wall will help achieve great results if you renovation work do it yourself. Since such construction material makes it possible to create complex structures with a perfectly smooth and even surface.

For example, in the living room, bar counters will look stylish instead of standard heavy partitions:.

The main stages of construction work:

• First, you need to measure the future wall, putting the necessary marks on the floor, ceiling and walls. According to these marks, a guide metal profile will be attached to the screws.
• Then the rack profile is fixed to the side wall, previously inserted into the guide. The remaining rack profiles are installed at a distance of 60 centimeters from each other. To make the structure more rigid, the profiles are installed with a blank wall against the wall.
• Plasterboard sheets are fixed to the finished profile structure using self-tapping screws, every 20 centimeters.
• After fully facing one side of the partition, it is necessary to carry out the necessary communications. In the frame between the profiles, a heat-insulating layer is laid over the entire structure.
• The second side is lined with plasterboard so that the joints of opposite sheets do not fall on one rack profile.

Before starting construction work, you need to decide for what purpose it will be built decorative wall... For example, a decorative wall with an opening is installed to non-intrusively dividing the main room into separate zones.

You can also create a solid partition of an unusual shape, which will look more impressive if you foresee the installation of spotlights in special niches in advance. The decorative wall can also be located between the corridor and the room.

Arched plasterboard construction

Often, when redeveloping an apartment, you have to look for options on how to make a reconstruction interior doors, without prejudice to the available space. In this case, one of the most popular options comes to mind - an arched structure made of plasterboard. A small mass of gypsum board has a high noise permeability, therefore, when building an arched wall, experts advise assembling not one, but two frames, with a gap of at least 1 centimeter. In addition, various communications can be easily placed in the void of the plasterboard wall, without the necessary strobing.

Secrets of creating the perfect arched opening:

• The creation of an arched structure requires a metal or semi-permanent arched profile, since it tends to take a curved shape. Thanks to this, you can create a beautiful arch, avoiding any damage to the gypsum board.
• Many people, when assembling an arched opening on their own, do not always know how to properly bend a drywall sheet.

If the bending radius is insignificant, then on one side of the required piece of drywall, longitudinal cuts are made in the cardboard layer at the same distance, after which the sheet will take a bend of the required radius.

For a large bending radius, the required piece of gypsum board is impregnated with water on one side. Then, on the wet surface, it is necessary to pass a needle roller, which will form holes in the damp cardboard. Thanks to this, the gypsum board sheet will take any curvilinear shape. But it is important to bear in mind that construction work with this material is carried out after it has completely dried.

GKL sheets are attached to the frame with self-tapping screws. In this case, the bend is first lined, and only then the side parts of the arch. Do not wet the sheet too much, as there is a possibility that it will soften and become unsuitable for further installation.

Plasterboard wall and niche design

Design solutions for wall decoration often include creating that further stand out in the general interior - unusual color scheme with elements of internal lighting.

Important! Niches made of plasterboard sheets serve not only to decorate the room, but also carry a certain functional load.

Niches recessed in plasterboard wall or located on top of the main wall can make the geometry of the room much more interesting. The functional load of structures has many options in those rooms where the minimum amount of decor and pieces of furniture is provided. For example, such a niche can be used for a flat TV, as a shelf for books, as a recess for an aquarium, mirror or painting.

Niche floor options are built for built-in decorative fireplace, figurines or other volumetric decorative elements. Read the material about creating drywall fireplaces:.

The plasterboard niche equipped with sliding doors is a beautiful and multifunctional structure. Designers complement such niches with mirrors and lighting.

Do-it-yourself beautiful drywall arches (video)

In order to refresh the design of a room with drywall sheets, you do not need to be a qualified specialist... It will be enough to stock up necessary tool and building materials, as well as a little imagination and desire, will help transform the interior of the room at no extra cost.

Drywall design and decor on the wall (photo examples)

Drywall is an amazing material that is gaining great popularity every day. It is used both for repair work and as an installation decorative designs... Consider how you can use drywall to renovate your living room, and what you can do with it.

Original multi-level plasterboard ceiling with lighting

What can be made from drywall

Drywall is versatile and multifunctional. You can make a lot with it, for example:

• partitions;
• shelves;
• niches;
• ceilings;
• boxes;
• design elements and much more.

And this is just a small part of how drywall can be used. It is easy and simple to work with this finishing material. Even a novice master can handle it. It is also worth noting that drywall has no restrictions on its use. It can be used in any living room. It is worth familiarizing yourself with how drywall is used in the living room at the present time.

Living room design with drywall

Special and close attention is always paid to the decoration of the living room. There are a number of important reasons for this. First, this room has a special place in every home. All family members spend all their free time here.

Shaped ceiling and drywall shelves in the living room interior

Secondly, this room exists for receiving guests. This is the face of the owner of the house and a sign of his wealth and taste preferences. That is why here you need to find a special approach to interior design.

Wall-mounted plasterboard shelves with lighting

It is important to give the living room not only aesthetic appearance, but also to make it as functional as possible. It is the plasterboard structures that will help make the interior unusual and original.

Decorative interior partition in the living room

But plasterboard structures must also be used with caution. Measure should be felt in everything. This material is not always and everywhere perfect. For example, you shouldn't make your living room furniture out of plasterboard. She always takes center stage in the room and should look appropriate. Here it is important to preserve coziness, convenience and aesthetic appearance in furniture.

Two-level ceiling in the interior of the living room with lighting

But, for example, wall shelves or cabinets can be easily replaced with plasterboard niches and shelves. In some cases, this is the only option when it comes to small-sized and cramped spaces.

Shaped ceiling with plasterboard lighting

With the help of plasterboard structures, you can visually expand the dimensions of the room. At the same time, the room will not look cluttered. Basically, all such designs are functional and save free space... Also, from the main advantages of the material, one can single out the fact that everything can be done by hand without outside help. Let's consider in more detail what and for what can be done from drywall.

Plasterboard ceiling can be combined with stretch ceiling

Do-it-yourself drywall niches in the living room

Any drywall construction is based on a metal profile frame and the sheets themselves, which are used for cladding. To make a niche of even the smallest size, you need a special approach. You should definitely consider the following:

1. The shape of the niche should be in harmony with the size of the living room. For example, a niche can be placed on the wall along which the sofa will stand. In this case, you will be able to equip a small home library or arrange various accessories. These can be family photos, figurines, or small vases with decorative plates.
2. If there is a plasterboard niche in the living room, then the living room no longer needs other bulky furniture, for example, walls or slides. it perfect option for a small room.
3. The cost of drywall structures is much lower than the price tag for cabinets or walls. It doesn't take much time to make a niche with your own hands.
4. The external finish of the plasterboard niche can always be changed if desired.

Modern redevelopment of the living room with drywall is ideal for decorating a fashionable, stylish and comfortable interior. More and more apartments need zoning, which can also be done with drywall.

Semicircular plasterboard arch

Functional zoning of the living room with plasterboard

There are many ways to make living room zoning. The easiest and fastest of them is to install a decorative partition or screen. This method is best used in spacious and large rooms. A plasterboard partition for living room zoning can be of a deaf type. Its decoration matches the decoration of the walls in the living room itself.

Any shapes can be made from drywall

A plasterboard partition can be with built-in shelves. They can be used to store accessories or books. Recently, it has become popular to insert a backlit aquarium into a drywall partition. Such a decorative technique will make your living room amazing and original.

Multilevel ceiling in the interior of a modern living room

The second option for zoning the living room is done with a ceiling. Plasterboard suspended structure - this is the most common and modern way zoning. This method can not only divide the room, but also give it an amazing appearance.

Plasterboard decorative element

To carry out the zoning of the room in this way, multi-level structures are made, the level boundary of which must be determined by the zones. This is an important point. An unusual effect should appear in the interior. Very often, the boundaries between levels on the ceiling are decorated and decorated. For this, you can use built-in spotlights or LED lighting.

Plasterboard niche for TV

Plasterboard ceilings in the interior of the living room

If you set out to remake your living room with drywall, then it is the ceilings that will help in this matter. The most simple construction can be one-level and even. For living room in modern style this is the perfect design option. But still, if you want to achieve a completely different look of the room, then you can make a rounded edging in the corners.

Decorative partition and plasterboard ceiling

Multilevel plasterboard ceiling structures are completely the new kind ceiling decoration. There are a huge number of curly options here. It is now easy to create something unusual and original on the ceiling. It all depends on your imagination.

Figured arch from plasterboard in the interior of the living room

In order for a drywall ceiling to become a real work of art, it must be properly illuminated. Modern market lighting technology offers a wide range of lighting fixtures. Each of them differs in shape, design, power and type of glow. As you can see, choosing lighting is not difficult.

Modern drywall is a popular and versatile building material. It is commonly used in ceilings and walls. Drywall is hypoallergenic and environmentally friendly, and due to its ease of use, it is truly a "folk" material.

With the help of gypsum plasterboards, the following types of work are performed:

• Room design - all kinds of arches and niches are created from plasterboard plates. Plasterboard wall decoration is a great opportunity to make an apartment even more comfortable, original and beautiful.
• Construction and renovation work - widespread today and ceilings before finishing, because in this way you can get even and smooth surfaces that are easy to repair, absolutely prepared for any type of finish. With this material, you do not need to scrupulously and carefully prepare the surfaces, and then level them with plaster.



Drywall will allow you to do everything necessary work finishing without dirt, noise and dust.

What drywall looks like

An ordinary drywall sheet is a slab white with gypsum interior. This board is covered on both sides with a dense paper base (cardboard). The dimensions of a standard plasterboard sheet are usually 2.5 by 1.2, occasionally 2 by 1.2 meters. The choice of sheet thickness also depends on the planned finishing work: the thickest sheets (12.5 mm), the thinnest - for the ceiling (9.5 mm).



For decorative finishing in rooms with high humidity (bathrooms and kitchens), a special moisture-resistant drywall is used. In contrast to conventional gypsum plasterboard, moisture resistant plasterboard has a "jacket" of various shades of green on one side (only cardboard is painted).

Drywall properties

• Gypsum boards contain a natural material - gypsum. Therefore, drywall has the ability to regulate the microclimate in the apartment. Once you've finished your walls with this material, you can stop worrying about excess humidity in the room, or too dry air.
• This material perfectly removes excess moisture. Therefore, it is often used for thermal insulation and waterproofing.
• Drywall is an excellent sound absorber. And if you use it together with expanded polystyrene or mineral woolwill be even better.



• Fire resistance is another very useful quality of drywall. Its quite suitable for fire protection.
• Drywall is one of the lightest building materials. Plasterboard structures are about four times lighter than similar structures made of other materials. Lightness is one of the most unexpected properties for building materials.



• To work with drywall, you should not stock up on complicated construction tools... Plasterboard is easy to cut with the most common knife.
• Drywall is an excellent material for creativity.

Advantages and disadvantages of drywall

Like all building materials, drywall has a number of advantages and disadvantages:

Advantages:

• The ability to decorate walls in any room, regardless of the style of the interior.
• The ability to create unique and original stepped structures on the walls.
• Possibility of additional insulation of premises.
• Excellent additional soundproofing of the room.
• This building material is very environmentally friendly and safe for health.
• Relatively low cost for building materials.
• Easy and quick installation of even the most intricate plasterboard structures.
• Plasterboard wall decoration is done very carefully, without unnecessary dirt.

Disadvantages:




The advantages of plasterboard structures:

• Ability to eliminate the tedious procedures of cementing, plastering and puttying.
• High speed of installation.
• Ideal quality of interior decoration.

Features of moisture resistant plasterboard for bathroom walls

Some people who want to make repairs in the bathroom still doubt whether it is possible to use drywall in such a high humidity room.

What plasterboard sheets afraid of moisture - the truth. But this applies only to ordinary drywall sheets. If we take into account the possibilities for modern finishing of wet rooms, then moisture-resistant drywall is specially designed for such cases.



The moisture-resistant drywall used to decorate the walls in the bathroom differs from the usual one in that antifungal and water-repellent additives are added to it. Thanks to these additives, moisture resistant gypsum plasterboards retain their specifications even in extremely high humidity.



There are two types of moisture-resistant drywall:

• usual;
• reinforced.

Reinforced drywall has more high performance strength, since it contains reinforcing fibers (usually cellulose). Such strength becomes possible due to the significant density of the material, its special texture, and slightly increased weight. Moisture resistant properties are provided by the addition of special additives to the structure of paper and gypsum, which prevent the destructive effects of a humid environment.



Plasterboard for bathroom walls is subject to almost any finish that works well in a humid environment.

It can be:

• tile;
• a natural stone;
• fake diamond;
• special wallpaper for the bathroom;
• bung;
• waterproof putty;
• paint.

Advantages of moisture-resistant plasterboard:

1. Ease of installation;
2. Sound absorbing properties;
3. Resistance to moisture and combustion;
4. Elasticity;
5. Environmental friendliness;
6. Creates the perfect surface for finishing work.

The only drawback of moisture-resistant drywall: not subject to repeated use when removing finishing materials from it.

The use of moisture-resistant gypsum plasterboards can reduce the amount of waterproofing work, but they cannot be completely avoided. In the bathroom, in any case, it is necessary to fight moisture. A plasterboard bathroom must be equipped with an electric fan (hood), which ensures a complete removal of moist air.

Examples of design and interior ideas from plasterboard

Plasterboard as finishing material will make the flight of your imagination truly limitless.

Plasterboard partition in the bathroom

Drywall will cope with complex tasks that other finishing materials cannot solve. Today, you can even create a unique interior design that consists of only drywall. Of great value is the presence of such properties in plasterboard boards that allow you to create volumetric curved structures on any surfaces.

Plasterboard shelves in the bathroom

The most common plasterboard structures for interior decoration:

• decorative and;
• niches;
• partitions;
• arches;

Very often drywall is used in the design of ceilings. Drywall will not only make your ceiling completely smooth and even, but will also allow you to create a real multi-level art object. This material goes well with stretch ceilings, lighting and fabrics.

The use of drywall for wall decoration is also deservedly popular. Although compositions created only for beauty are quite rare, niches, arches and columns created using drywall are no longer a rarity.

Also, plasterboard plates can be used to decorate a TV area, a wall behind a sofa or a headboard, or even a whole one.

Drywall structures can consist of many niches different sizes and forms. Plasterboard niches can have very different purposes.

Especially common:

• niche for TV;
• niche for curtains;
• niches for hidden lighting devices;
• niches instead of bedside tables.

Stepped multi-level structures made of plasterboard plates, complemented by lighting, will decorate any room, regardless of its style and function.

If you decide to complete your interior design with drywall, you will be able to appreciate this finishing material that fits perfectly into your home.

It is not difficult to create such a structure on your own. You will need to build a frame, but to give the profile an arched shape cuts can be made on its side faces every 10-12 cm or more often if the arch bend is stronger.

Installation of the frame is not much different from a similar process for, for example. In order to give the drywall a curved shape, one of its sides, together with gypsum, is slightly moistened with water (you can pre-pierce the surface with a needle roller), and then apply it to the mold of the required shape. When the sheet is dry, it will have the desired shape. Moreover, on sale you can find a special type of drywall, called arched. It has a minimal thickness (6.5 mm), making it easy to bend.

Before proceeding with the creation of drywall shelves, it is better to very clearly imagine the end result, and it is better to depict it on paper. They can have not only angular, but also curvilinear shapes, repeat some geometric shapes, the structure of a tree, etc. There can be a lot of options for implementation, and several interesting examples are presented in the photo.

Niches are used for placement in them, paintings, aquariums and other things. In a niche you can organize shelf systemusing the same drywall.

Another interesting solution to organize a niche - finishing the opening with colored glass and installing lighting.

No. 4. Drywall cabinet

Drywall allows you to build even some pieces of furniture, incl. cabinets, bar counters, and even. Such furniture is relatively easy to manufacture, allows implement any of your own requirements, it can be finished in any way you like, hidden hidden, and the cost of such solutions is low. The only drawback is that it is stationary, but in the case of a wardrobe, this drawback is insignificant, because ordinary built-in wardrobes cannot be moved from place to place either.

It is not difficult to create a drywall cabinet on your own. It all starts, as always, with the creation of the frame, and at this stage it is already necessary know how the inner space of the future cabinet should be arranged: how many shelves and how high should be, where the hangers will be located, etc. If the length of the shelves is more than 1 m, it is better to strengthen the frame. In this case, the plasterboard wardrobe will not be inferior in strength to its chipboard counterparts. The fittings and the facade can be used the same as for ordinary wardrobes - outwardly it will not be clear what the cabinet is made of, but at the same time it will cost you cheaper than usual, and it will be much easier to equip the internal lighting in it.

No. 5. Decorative plasterboard partitions

Drywall is very often used to create interior partitions, it allows you to perfectly isolate mixed spaces, but this is not about that now. This material can be used, not to divide the space. it openwork partitions, which can have any desired shape and be equipped with a mass of compartments in the form windows and shelves, allowing light to freely penetrate from one part of space to another. Such a partition can be assigned completely different functions: in addition to the zoning itself, it can serve decoration or a kind of showcase, showing off personal collection items, awards, etc.

To create such a partition, you need to be very clear about what should eventually turn out, and a very responsible approach to the construction of the frame and installation of drywall. As in all other cases, the design can be decorated with built-in lighting.

No. 7. Slopes for windows and doors

No. 9. Headboard

Drywall can also be used to decorate the space above - it can be used to create completely different designs. You can build a frame of the required shape and size, sheathe it with plasterboard and decorate the resulting structure with fabric or. Such headboards can even go to the ceiling and be complemented by lightingbeing the real highlight of the break room. You can get by and without creating a wireframeif you cover a drywall sheet cloth or leather, using synthetic winterizer or foam rubber as a filler. If you want to use decorative buttons, then holes are drilled in advance in the designated places on the drywall, and the nylon thread with which they are attached is fixed on the back with a stapler.

No. 10. Plasterboard fireplace

Naturally, we are talking about the construction of a fake, which will not be connected to the chimney and in which it will be impossible to build a flame. Despite this, it will look very solid, so it will be able to create an atmosphere of romance in the room, it will decorate the living room, study or library.

When it comes to creating truly original and unique structures on the walls and ceiling, drywall is our everything. He can cope with tasks that are beyond the power of other finishing materials. Today, in the truest sense of the word, it has become possible to completely create an interior design from drywall. Of particular value is its ability to create volumetric curved structures on any surface.

Drywall interior design ideas and examples

So, this finishing material is produced in the form of sheets made of plaster and covered with durable cardboard, their standard sizes 250 x 120 cm, thickness - 8 - 10 mm. Thinner sheets are used for the ceiling. For finishing wet rooms - moisture resistant. Plasterboard is mounted on a frame made of special metal slats.

With the advent of this finishing material, the need for a long and thoroughly leveling of walls with plaster has disappeared. With its help, all this is done without water, dirt and dust. Other advantages of drywall as a material for creating interior design include:

• mounted quickly and quite simply;
• low cost (on average 5-8 USD per 1 sheet);
• environmentally friendly and safe for health;
• you can come up with and implement almost any form of construction;
• with its help the ability to create exclusive stepped compositions that no one else will have;
• suitable for any style of interior;

Of the shortcomings, one can single out only that:

1. profiles on which drywall is mounted take up space, and this is a whole problem for small-sized housing with low ceilings.
2. Heavy objects cannot be attached to such structures. For example, hanging boxes or shelves. If there is such a need, it is necessary to provide a frame in advance, even before installing drywall, in the places where objects are supposed to be attached. Most often, wooden bars are screwed to the wall for these purposes.

The most popular surface in interior design where drywall is used en masse is the ceiling. There are quite a few ways to create an interesting and successful design for this largest and free plane in the house. Drywall will help to make the ceiling not only perfectly flat, but also allow you to build a real multi-level art object. This material is great with fabrics and lighting. In general, it provides ample opportunities for a flight of fantasy.

As for the design of the walls, then drywall does not lag behind. True, it is quite rare to find compositions built just for beauty, but niches, arches, and columns created with it are very popular. It is also customary in the interior with plasterboard, walls behind sofas and headboards.

No matter how wonderful drywall is, it cannot act as an independent finishing material. Simple gray sheets look a little attractive, so they need additional finishing other more aesthetic materials. The simplest thing is to putty and paint the surface, leaving it just flat, you can also use wallpaper, decorative plaster, ceramic tiles, decorative rock or brick.

Stepped multi-level structures, complemented by lighting, will become a decoration and highlight of any room, regardless of its style and function. Having made the decision to create a drywall interior design, you will minimal cost time, effort and money, you will get a finishing material that fits perfectly into your home and everyday life.

Ekaterina Domracheva