Arches in the hall: types and finishes

A room such as a living room is often equipped with arches. These elements, located in different parts of the room, can give the interior originality and even make the hall truly unique. However, not everyone knows how to position the arched structure to achieve a similar effect. Many have questions about the appropriate type of arch, as well as the materials from which these products are made. The answers to all these and other questions will be presented in detail in the article.

Interior arched structures that can be placed in the living room are presented in several varieties. The main feature for this classification is the shape of the arch. There are several types of arches in the hall, each of which has unique characteristics.

• Square arch has rather strict perpendicular features. Using a similar structure instead of a door, you can visually make the ceilings in the hall higher.

• Round arch it is advisable to install in a large apartment, where the hall is spacious. An arch of this shape gives the interior lightness and airiness. Its flowing lines, widening downwards, will decorate rooms in classic styles. Sometimes they are even placed, taking up most of the wall, and help in zoning the space.

• Oval arch resembles an ellipse and is quite suitable for both large living rooms and small rooms.

• A non-standard solution for the hall is trapezoidal arch. Unlike a square design, the corners of this model are chamfered, due to which the opening resembles a trapezoid. For the full effect, these arches should be quite large. In large rooms, they can be placed as an opening between a balcony or a hallway and a hall.

• A smaller option is a semi-arch, which looks very elegant and is able to add spice to the hall due to its interesting shape. It does not always look like a half of a round arch, and it can also have an unusual concave silhouette and even be equipped with shelves.

• If you want to make your living room arch design truly unique, take a curly product as a basis. Purchased ready-made or custom-made, such arches are distinguished by the complexity of the lines and curves of the silhouette; they often attract attention to themselves in the interior.

Also arched structures in the living room delimit by the purpose of their placement. The common goal for all species is zonal division, however, the arch can be the border of different rooms attached to the hall.

• Most often seen combined with a living room dining area and / or kitchen. Arches of this type are usually quite large and often take up most of the wall. The dining table is positioned so that it can be seen through the arch, and the interiors of these two zones usually have common features and lines that repeat the arched curves.

• Even the rooms of the apartments as different in function as the living room and the bedroom can be combined with the help of an arch. Thanks to this design, an integral composition is created between such rooms. The arched opening is not as large as in the first case, it can be closed with a curtain

• You can visually expand the hall and provide it with an additional area by combining the space of the balcony and living room with an arch... This layout looks very modern, and also saturates the hall with a lot of natural light.

• Corridor space also delimited in a similar way from the living room. The purpose of such an arch is mainly to separate the two parts of the dwelling.

• An interesting option for placing an arch in the living room is to highlight such layout features as bay windows, stairs, and fireplaces. Especially often such details are present in private homes. Their selection with the help of vaults will not only give the room a coziness, but also can create additional small zones in these areas, for example, place a desktop under the arch near the bay window.

Particular attention should be paid to the material from which the arched product for the hall is made. In the interior of such structures, various types of raw materials may appear.

• Wood is part of durable and very aesthetic-looking structures. If the most expensive arches are made of solid wood and look truly luxurious, then cheaper counterparts are made from MDF or chipboard, which include shredded wood.

• Drywall arches very popular due to the fact that they are easy to create and unpretentious in operation. The material is very plastic, so you can even make your own vault for the opening. And also it is among the inexpensive, and will allow you to avoid high costs. It is used both in modern styles and as a basis for decorating arches in the classical direction.

• Sometimes it is permissible to create in the living room brick vault. Such material, being very durable and resistant to moisture, can last for many years. It will perfectly fit into urban styles and give the hall a special atmosphere.

• Unusual colors and shapes are typical for plastic vaults in the living room... Such material can be bright or include stylization for other types of raw materials. Although it is not the most durable, it is nevertheless able to maintain its presentable appearance for quite a long time when used carefully. The price for plastic arches will be very affordable.

The design of arched openings for the living room is largely determined by such a parameter as the style of the interior in which the hall is sustained. Based on this feature, arches can have a different design.

• For modern trends the hall needs the most simple and laconic opening, which is not equipped with many elements of decoration and decor. Sometimes even a simple minimalistic rectangular version of plasterboard is enough, which will give the room more space and air.

• If you are decorating the hall in classic style, then in the arch there is a place for such elements as stucco molding, ornament for gold or silver, molding, carving and even columns. In such arched structures, texture plays an important role, as well as expensive materials, for example, wood or natural stone. Complex shapes of openings and their large sizes are also welcome.

• Equally wide, but simpler arched pieces are characteristic for scandinavian style, which are usually performed in light colors. Such arches may have a slight relief, and their shape is most often either round or rectangular with a rounded upper edge. Often these white arches extend almost to the ceiling.

• High tech in the living room can be successfully embodied with a monochrome arch with rounded corners, which is decorated with interesting lighting. This design can be designed using LED strips equipped with standard or color light spectra. And also spotlights built into the opening are suitable. Other decorative elements in this modern concept include inserts made of metal or glass, as well as mirrored surfaces.

In addition to the direction of the interior, it is also worth considering the most interesting decor options, which affect the design features of the arched structure for the living room. There are a great many decorative ways.

• Decorating the arch with stucco molding implies the creation of design elements such as bas-reliefs, as well as patterns and volumetric drawings. They help to exalt the arched opening visually.

• If you want to equip the arch with an ornament, then for this you can arrange it design with wallpaper... They are inexpensive and come in a huge variety of colors, making it easy to find suitable options for many styles.

• To make the interior of the hall look complete, tile will be an excellent option for arch design. In particular, it is worth considering options stylized as natural stone.

• It is permissible to decorate the arch in the hall with paint in various cases. In a minimalistic design, paint will allow you to create a discreet, but neat monochromatic color, and in the case of a more complex concept, using paint you can draw interesting patterns on the arch.

• If you want the arch to be successfully combined with the rest of the materials used in the decoration of the hall, choose plaster for its decoration. You can add both stone chips and various pigments to it, which will make the arch unusual, but at the same time will organically fit into many concepts.

• In order to emphasize the luxury of the interior of the hall, the arch should be decorated using mosaics or decorative stones... By creating interesting drawings in and around the arched space, you will make the entrance to the hall truly unique.

If you still do not know how interesting it is to decorate your hall with an arched opening, pay attention to ready-made examples in which the arches look as harmonious as possible.

• You can make the living room a walk-through room of the house by equipping it with two arches, or by duplicating the arched structure in one of the areas of the room. At the same time, curly openings located in this way will look doubly interesting.

• When the design of the arch in the hall continues into the ceiling, the room looks truly holistic. Therefore, pay attention to the asymmetrical arch, the shape of which repeats the outlines of one of the levels of the stretch ceiling, and the backlighting smoothly passes from the vertical to the horizontal plane.

• To make the opening not only beautiful, but also functional, you can equip it with shelves made, for example, of glass. They will not only add elegance to the entire structure, but also allow you to organically fit an accessory into the interior, as well as place the little things you need in everyday life.

• A very interesting variation with shelves is the placement of compartments along the entire arch in the hall. Pay attention that the objects filling them correspond to the colors appearing in the interior of the room. This will give the hall not only originality, but also additional harmony with the arched vault.

You can learn how to make a drywall arch with your own hands from the video below.