How to create a niche in the wall - recommendations for different rooms

Kondratieva Tatyana

Niches in the interior of the living room

Until recently, a forgotten way of decorating decorative niches is again in fashion. Existing recesses in the walls associated with the structural features of the structure or created from drywall during decoration allow you to visually change the geometry of the room and give the interior an individuality. This article will focus on how to create a niche in the wall.

Design features

Decorating a niche with wallpaper in the bedroom

A self-made niche is an alternative to bulky furniture walls, which previously could be found in the design of living rooms of many typical apartments.

Niche Tiled

Tip. In the design of the niche, you can hide the wiring when installing fixtures or a TV with other equipment in it.

Niche decoration with decorative stone

LED backlighting or built-in spot lighting will emphasize the expressiveness of this decorative solution in the interior of any room.

Niche on the stairs

Creating a decorative niche in a room has its positive aspects:

1. Using a niche, you can save free space in the room by abandoning bulky furniture;

Niches in the wall space design under the stairs

2. It is possible to create a functional capacious storage area in accordance with personal preferences;

Decorative niche decorated with photos from the family archive

3. When the equipment is located, a concealed wiring device behind the niche structure is possible, which will give tidiness to the interior;

Arch-shaped niches

4. In the design of the niche, you can hide communications - pipes, wires;

Decorative niches in the living room

5. Significant financial savings can be made by refusing to purchase furniture.

Decorative niches in the hallway

A drywall niche equipped with additional shelves of glass or wood resembles a custom-made rack.

Shower in a niche

Niches that are used as a decorative element can have a very different shape, due to the versatility of the use of drywall.

Important! The appearance of the niche should correspond to the stylistic orientation used in the interior, area and configuration of the room.

Niche Design

Niches from hl to walls - design options

Before proceeding with the construction of a niche structure, it is necessary to have a clear idea of ​​the desired result and the location of the niche in the interior. The result of an ill-conceived design may be that a recess or alcove will be blocked by objects of decor. Therefore, you must first consider the arrangement of furniture, and then choose the way to decorate the free area of ​​the walls.

Design options for niches in the hallway

If you decide to use a niche to place a TV in it, it is important to consider that the design of the niche should not overlap the plane of the screen - it should be visible from anywhere in the room.

Niche for decorative composition in the living room

There are several rules that are recommended to adhere to when designing a niche in the space of a room:

1. A niche can be used to adjust rooms with planning or technical flaws that require masking;

Decorating a bathroom with niche shelves

2. Using niches, the geometry of space can be adjusted;

Sleeping place in a niche

3. The recess in the wall should not be decorated in darker colors than the shade of the walls;

Asymmetric arrangement of shelves in a niche

4. The arch of the arched structure can be painted a tone darker than the main shade;

Built-in furniture in a niche

5. It is important to consider the combination of niche and wall decoration materials;

Walls and Niches - Two in One

6. Having mirrored surfaces in niches, you can visually enlarge the room.

Niche Lighting

Decorative partition with niches

When using illumination in a niche, a special atmosphere is created in the room. Usually this is the living room or bedroom, where lighting of varying intensity is welcomed.

Niche furniture

Illumination of niches may not be required in the kitchen or bathroom, as these have sufficient artificial lighting due to ceiling lights.

Small niche with a shelf in the bathroom

Also, niches in narrow corridors, hallways or flights of stairs inside houses will not be out of place.

Decorative form of niches

Important! Do not use lamps with strong power in niches, so that the interior decoration does not burn out.

Niche decoration methods

Niches in the walls of plaster

Niche design must be thought out in advance. The method of decorating it depends on this. You can use a combination of decorative finishing materials. For a room in bright colors, decorated with wallpaper or stucco, the niche recess can be made darker in tone.

Niche decoration image

If for decoration the same finishing material is used as on the walls, then it can be distinguished with the help of bordering with facing panels or moldings, which should contrast with the shade of the walls.

Niche near the fireplace

For the kitchen and bathroom, you can use a bright mosaic as the inner surface of the niche.

How to independently create a drywall niche

Niche shelf lighting

Punching a niche in a brick wall or concrete is troublesome, so it is best to use drywall to create an artificial niche. In addition, the price of this building material is affordable.

Instructions for creating a niche consists of the following sequence of actions:

1. At the initial stage, creating a decorative recess in the wall, marking is applied to the wall;

Important! The depth, width and height of a niche depends on its purpose.

2. Then, in accordance with the marking, profile guides are fastened (usually a ceiling PN profile with a section of 27 * 28 mm, having compact dimensions) along all external lines, as well as the ceiling, floor and adjacent walls, if this is planned by design. Thus, a frame is formed, to which metal profiles 27 * 60 will be fixed;
3. The joints are tightened either with self-tapping screws “bugs”, or with galvanized wood screws with a press washer;

Stages of manufacturing drywall niches

Important! In order for the structure to have the correct geometry, throughout the work it is necessary to control the fastening of the profiles using the building level.

4. Next, the frame is assembled in stages: first, the main verticals that need to be placed between the ceiling floor, then stiffeners perpendicular to the wall, then the belts that form the horizontal niches (very often for convenience, in places where there are no load-bearing verticals, they connect and install PN profiles so so that their free sides are located relative to each other at an angle of 90 degrees). The frame is filled with belts and rigidly fixed.
5. After creating a metal frame, it is sheathed with sheets of drywall using self-tapping screws;
6. At the joints of drywall sheets close with reinforcing tape;

Important! At the stage of forming the frame and covering it with drywall, it is necessary to make all the necessary holes for the backlight and to bring out the electrical wiring properly.

When the structure is assembled, it must be puttied, paying particular attention to the joints and recesses in the places where the screws are attached (when attaching the screws, they should be pressed into drywall).

About how to properly putty the walls with finishing putty, the video in this article will give comprehensive information;

7. When the putty dries, it is ground to obtain a smooth, even surface;

Finished niche with backlight

8. Finishing can be done with any finishing materials that can be used on the surface of drywall. It can be decorative plaster, paint or wallpaper. You can use facing decorative materials - artificial stone or tile.

Important! When creating a niche in the bathroom, it is necessary to use moisture-proof drywall (GKLV).

Options for using a niche in the interior

Wall and niche decoration

The easiest way to use a small niche is to use it as an original shelf for small items or souvenirs.

Niche can be used in different rooms:

1. In the hallway, in a niche, a mirror, additional shelves for small things, or hooks for hats and clothes can be located;

Built-in furniture in a niche in the hallway

2. In the bathroom, in the niche, you can also install a mirror or shelves for accessories - shampoos, creams;

Decorating bathroom niches with natural stones

3. In the kitchen, in a niche, you can store dishes or place decorative plates;

Niches in the kitchen

4. Niches will be appropriate on the free wall of the staircase in the country house, which will visually expand the space reserved for the staircase;

Decorative arch in the interior of the staircase

5. To visually expand the space of a small room, you can use a niche to create a fake window, draping it with textile;

Fake window

6. In other rooms, a niche can be an independent decorative element.

Niche in the kitchen

Niche-shelf in the working area of ​​the kitchen

Niches are especially relevant in small rooms, which are the kitchens in standard apartments, as they allow you to increase the functionality of the room and visually increase the area of ​​its perception.

Niche for storing dishes

For example, a horizontal niche will visually increase the width of the kitchen wall. With a vertical arrangement of the niche, you can "raise" the ceiling.

Placement in a niche of working equipment in the kitchen

A niche in the kitchen can be used to store numerous kitchen utensils. If it is planned to store kitchen equipment or heavy utensils, then at the stage of construction of the frame, a more powerful profile should be used that will cope with the load.

Niche wall decoration

You can install a washing machine or dishwasher, microwave or refrigerator in a niche. With the help of hinged doors you can hide the equipment.

Shelves in the kitchen in the niche for dishes

A decorative niche can be combined with a bar counter, increasing its functionality and appearance.

Niche stove in the kitchen

Glass, wooden or metal shelves in the niche will form its appearance, and will allow you to place many objects.

Niche in the living room

Niche shelving in the living room

For the living room, decorative and functional niches are used. The shape of the niche can be asymmetric, which will create a unique look of the interior.

Decorative niches in the living room for a collection of decorative objects

In the studio apartment, the niche can be located in the design of the drywall partition, which is used to divide the space into functional zones.

Decorative partitions with through niches

Niches successfully fit into the surrounding interior and replace bulky cabinet furniture.Due to the additional shelves installed in the niche, you can equip a spacious library or place a collection of figurines or photographs from the family archive.

Natural stone in the decoration of columns and niches in the interior of the living room

Natural stone in the decoration of columns and niches in the interior of the living room

Asymmetric design of a niche in the living room

One of the advantages of a niche in the wall is that its depth can be selected based on the purpose and requirements for the design functionality:

1. You can create one large niche, hang a picture in it, thus highlighting the accent wall in the interior;
2. You can arrange several small niches and put figurines in them, hang a photo or decorative lamps;
3. You can use a niche to accommodate equipment;
4. Niches of sufficient depth can be used to store books;
5. You can make a niche an independent element of the decor, using different shades and shapes of the recesses in combination with the backlight;
6. Using the configuration of niches, you can adjust the geometry of space;
7. The existing roomy niche can be used to organize a wardrobe or workplace.