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

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

Varieties of decorative plasterboard panels:

• Laminated drywall panels are a completely ready-to-use material that does not need finishing finishing works Oh. In the modern construction market, the consumer can purchase laminated plasterboard panels with an outer layer imitating wood, marble or granite.
• Laminated panels have wear resistance and increased moisture resistance, which significantly affects the service life, which averages about 10 years.
• Gypsum boards with a pattern printed on them are ideal for installation work 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, which ensures the quality of installation work at the highest level.

Appointment decorative wall made of drywall with your own hands

A decorative plasterboard wall will help to achieve excellent results if carried out repair work with your own hands. Since such construction material makes it possible to create complex structures with a perfectly smooth and even surface.

For example, bar counters will look stylish in the living room 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 the 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 from each other at a distance of 60 centimeters. In order to make the structure more rigid, the profiles are installed with a blank wall to the wall.
• Drywall sheets are fixed to the finished profile structure with self-tapping screws every 20 centimeters.
• After the complete lining of 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 throughout the structure.
• The second side is lined with drywall so that the joints of sheets located opposite do not fall on one rack profile.

Before starting construction work, it is necessary to decide for what purpose it will be erected decorative wall. For example, a decorative wall with an opening is installed to unobtrusively divide 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. A decorative wall can also be located between the corridor and the room.

Arched plasterboard construction

Often, when redevelopment of an apartment, you have to look for options on how to make a reconstruction interior doors without compromising existing space. In this case, one of the most popular options comes to mind - an arched drywall construction. The small mass of the gypsum board has a high noise permeability, so when building an arched wall, experts advise collecting 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 a plasterboard wall, without the need for strobing.

The secrets of creating the perfect arched opening:

• The creation of an arched structure requires a metal or semi-resistant arched profile, since it tends to take on a curved shape. Thanks to this, you can create a beautiful arch, avoiding any damage to the plasterboard.
• Many people, when mounting 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 of the cardboard layer are made at the same distance, after which the sheet will take on 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 a wet surface, it is necessary to pass a spiked roller, which will form holes in the raw cardboard. Thanks to this, the GKL sheet will take any curvilinear shape. But it is important to consider that construction work with this material is carried out after it has completely dried.

GKL sheets are attached to the frame using 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.

Drywall wall and niche design

Wall decoration design solutions often include the creation, which later stand out in the general interior - unusual color solution with interior lighting.

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

Niches recessed into a 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 a minimum amount of decor and furniture is provided. For example, such a niche can be used for a flat-screen TV, as a shelf for books, as a recess for installing an aquarium, a mirror or a picture.

Outdoor niche options are being built for built-in decorative fireplace, figurines or other volumetric decorative elements. Read the material about the creation of drywall fireplaces:.

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

Beautiful do-it-yourself drywall arches (video)

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

Design and decor of drywall 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 drywall can be used to renovate a living room, and what can be done from it.

The original multi-level plasterboard ceiling with lighting

What can be done from drywall

Drywall is versatile and multifunctional. You can do a lot with it, such as:

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

And this is only a small part of how drywall can be used. Working with this finishing material is easy and simple. Even a novice master will cope with it. It is also worth noting that drywall has no restrictions on use. It can be used in any living room. It is worth reading in detail how drywall is currently used in the living room.

Living room design with drywall

The decoration of the living room is always given special and close attention. There are a number of important reasons for this. Firstly, this room in every house occupies a special place. All family members spend most of their free time here.

figured ceiling and drywall shelves in the interior of the living room

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 creating an interior.

Illuminated plasterboard shelves built into the wall

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

Decorative interior partition in the living room

But drywall constructions must also be used with caution. Everything must be in moderation. This material is not always and not ideal everywhere. For example, you should not make drywall furniture for the living room. She always takes center stage in the room and should look accordingly. Here it is important to preserve comfort, convenience and aesthetic appearance in the 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 and cramped rooms.

Figured plasterboard ceiling with lighting

With the help of drywall constructions, you can visually expand the dimensions of the room. In this case, the room will not look cluttered. Basically, all such designs are functional and save free space. Also, one of the main advantages of the material is that everything can be done with your own hands without outside help. Let us consider in more detail what and why can be made of drywall.

Plasterboard ceiling can be combined with stretch fabric

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 a drywall niche is present in the living room, then the living room no longer needs other bulky furniture, such as walls or slides. This perfect option for a small room.
3. The cost of drywall structures is much lower than the price tag for cabinets or walls. It does not take much time to make a niche with your own hands.
4. The external decoration of the niche of gypsum structures can always be changed if desired.

A modern redevelopment of the living room with drywall is an ideal option 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 drywall

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

Any shape can be made from drywall

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

Multi-level ceiling in the interior of a modern living room

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

Decorative element made of drywall

In order to carry out the zoning of the premises in this way, multi-level structures are made, the boundary of the levels of which should be determined by the zones. This important point. The effect of unusualness should appear in the interior. Very often, the boundaries between levels on the ceiling are decorated and decorated. To do this, you can use built-in spotlights or LED backlight.

Drywall niche for TV

Plasterboard ceilings in the interior of the living room

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

Decorative partition and plasterboard ceiling

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

Figured drywall arch in the interior of the living room

In order for a plasterboard ceiling to become a real work of art, it must be properly illuminated. Modern market lighting technology offers a wide range of luminaires. 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 widely used in the decoration of 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 boards perform the following types of work:

• Room design- all kinds of arches and niches are created from drywall slabs. Finishing the walls with gypsum boards is a great opportunity to make the apartment even more comfortable, original and beautiful.
• Construction and repair work- widely used today and ceilings before finishing, because in this way you can get even and smooth, easy to repair surfaces, absolutely prepared for any kind of finish. With this material, you do not need to scrupulously and carefully prepare the surfaces, and then level them with plaster.



Drywall will let you do it all necessary work on finishing without dirt, noise and dust.

What does drywall look like?

A regular drywall sheet is a slab white color with plaster interior. This plate is covered on both sides with a dense paper base (cardboard). The dimensions of a standard drywall 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 finishes in rooms with high humidity (bathrooms and kitchens) a special moisture-resistant drywall is used. As a difference from conventional gypsum board, moisture-resistant gypsum board has a “shirt” 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. If you finished the walls with this material, then you can stop worrying about excessive humidity in the room, or about too dry air.
• This material perfectly eliminates excessive moisture. Therefore, it is often used for thermal insulation and waterproofing.
• Drywall is an excellent sound absorber. And if you use it together with polystyrene foam or mineral wool, will be even better.



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



• To work with drywall, you should not stock up on complex construction tools. Gypsum board is easy to cut with a regular 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 possibility of finishing the 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 warming of rooms.
• Excellent additional soundproofing of the room.
• This building material is very environmentally friendly and safe for health.
• Relatively low cost for building materials.
• Simple and quick installation of even the most intricate drywall constructions.
• Finishing the walls with drywall is done very carefully, without unnecessary dirt.

Flaws:




Advantages of drywall constructions:

• An opportunity to refuse tiresome procedures on cementing, plastering and puttying.
• High installation speed.
• Perfect quality finishes.

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



Moisture-resistant drywall used for wall decoration 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 boards retain their specifications even at high humidity.



Moisture resistant drywall is of two types:

• ordinary;
• 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, 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 performs well in a humid environment.

It can be:

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

Advantages of moisture resistant drywall:

1. Ease of installation;
2. Noise-absorbing properties;
3. Resistance to moisture and burning;
4. Elasticity;
5. Environmental friendliness;
6. Creating the perfect surface for finishing work.

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

The use of moisture-resistant gypsum boards allows you to reduce the amount of work on waterproofing, but it will not be possible to completely avoid them. In the bathroom, in any case, you need to deal with humidity. A plasterboard bathroom must be equipped with an electric fan (extractor), which ensures a complete removal of moist air.

Drywall interior design examples and ideas

Gypsum boards 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 drywall slabs of such properties that allow you to create three-dimensional curvilinear structures on any surface.

Plasterboard shelves in the bathroom

The most common drywall designs 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 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 with the help of drywall have long been not uncommon.

You can also decorate the TV-zone, the wall behind the sofa or the head of the bed, or even the whole one with plasterboard plates.

Drywall constructions can consist of many niches different sizes and forms. Plasterboard niches may serve a variety of purposes.

Particularly common:

• a niche for a TV;
• niche under the curtain;
• niches for hidden lighting devices;
• niches instead of bedside tables.

Stepped multi-level constructions made of drywall boards, complemented by lighting, will decorate any room, regardless of its style and functions.

Having decided to perform interior design with drywall, you can appreciate this finishing material that fits perfectly into your home.

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

Mounting the frame is not much different from a similar process with, for example. In order to to give 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 put on a pattern of the required shape. When the sheet dries, it will have the desired shape. Moreover, on sale you can find a special type of drywall, called arched. It has a minimum thickness (6.5 mm), making it easy to bend.

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

Niches are used for placement in them, paintings, aquariums and other things. In a niche you can organize shelf system using 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, bring hidden ones, and the cost of such solutions is low. The only negative is the stationarity, but in the case of a closet, this disadvantage is not significant, because conventional built-in wardrobes also cannot be moved from place to place.

Creating a drywall cabinet on your own is easy. It all starts, as always, with the creation of a frame, and at this stage it is already necessary know how the interior space of the future cabinet should be arranged: how many shelves and what height should be, where the hangers will be located, etc. If the length of the shelves is above 1 m, it is better to strengthen the frame. In this case, the wardrobe made of drywall will not be inferior in strength to its counterparts made of chipboard. Fittings and facade can be used the same as for conventional wardrobes- outwardly it will not be clear what the cabinet is made of, but at the same time it will cost you less than usual, and it will be much easier to equip 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. This 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 the space to another. On such a partition can be assigned completely different functions: in addition to zoning itself, it can serve decoration or a kind of showcase, demonstrating items from a personal collection, awards, etc.

To create such a partition, you need to have a very clear idea of ​​\u200b\u200bwhat should happen in the end, and be very responsible in the construction of the frame and the 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 - with its help you can create completely different ones. You can build a frame of the required shape and size, sheathe it with drywall and decorate the resulting structure with a cloth or. Such headboards can even go to the ceiling and be complemented by lighting, being a real highlight of the rest room. Can be dispensed with without creating a frame if you cover a sheet of drywall fabric or leather using a synthetic winterizer or foam rubber as a filler. If you want to use decorative buttons, then holes are drilled in the designated places on the drywall, and the nylon thread with which they are attached is fixed on the reverse side with a stapler.

No. 10. Plasterboard fireplace

Naturally, we are talking about a fake building that will not be connected to the chimney and in which it will be impossible to make 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, office or library.

In matters of creating truly original and unique designs on walls and ceilings, drywall is our everything. He cope with such 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 three-dimensional curvilinear structures on any surface.

Drywall Interior Design Ideas and Examples

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

With the advent of this finishing material, there was no longer a need to carefully level the walls with plaster. 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 (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, only the following can be distinguished:

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 still such a need, it is necessary to provide a frame in advance even before the installation of drywall in the places of the intended fastening of objects. Most often, for these purposes, wooden blocks are screwed to the wall.

The most popular surface in interior design, where drywall is massively used, is the ceiling. There are quite a few ways to create an interesting and successful design for this largest and freest 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 perfectly combined with, fabrics and lighting. In general, it provides ample opportunities for a flight of fancy.

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

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 smooth, you can also use wallpaper, decorative plaster, ceramic tiles, decorative rock or brick.

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

Ekaterina Domracheva