Drywall niche shelves in the living room (9 photos)

When arranging an apartment, everyone wants to get an exclusive version of the interior of the hall as a result of the repair. However, after installing the furniture, it turns out that the room looks ordinary and banal, "like everyone else." Of course, you can try to install the furniture differently, but still, the output is a typical, standardly furnished room. A good way out can be the independent creation of shelves and drywall niches in the living room. This material has long been used in the design of interior space. It is malleable, easily suitable for the construction of various structures and can successfully replace massive frame furniture.

Convenience of building drywall niches in living rooms

The living area in apartment buildings built in the second half of the 20th century and in many modern municipal high-rise buildings is so small that residents worry about every extra centimeter given when facing the walls in the hall for frame fastenings. To some extent, this loss can be compensated by making drywall niches in the living room. Thus, several positive results can be achieved at once:

1. Reduce the amount of wasted space, as shelves can be made in between structural elements.
2. Give individuality to the room, make its design special.
3. Save a large amount of money on ordering furniture for a personal project.

wall recesses, or niches, have been used by people since biblical times. Despite the passage of time, they still have not lost their relevance. Due to the plasticity of drywall, they can be given any shape and make structures of different sizes. In the living room, a niche can be used:

• as a stand for a large TV;
• as a frame for a sofa, while a backlight or a diode strip can be mounted in it, which will make it possible to use additional lighting in the room.

The corner rounded niche can be used to install a beautiful vase or figurine, while it will make it possible to beat the corner of the room.

Plasterboard shelves and their advantages

For decorative design of the room, shelves are often made along with niches. Usually they are designed in the general style of the room and therefore harmoniously fit into its interior, which is difficult to achieve from purchased pieces of furniture. You can make very elegant plasterboard shelves (photo), which will have a lot of advantages:

• they can easily withstand the weight of any household appliance in the hall;
• you can put flower pots on them without fear of spoiling the polish;

• with their help, shelves are convenient to mask flaws in the decoration of the room and hide communication pipes behind them;
• using shelves, you can visually expand the space or, on the contrary, narrow it;
• the backlight located in the shelves will emphasize the objects located on them in a favorable light;

• they can become the main detail of the interior, attracting attention;
• by installing drywall shelves in the room, you can solve the issue of space zoning.

Using mirror inserts, spotlights and the correct placement of shelves relative to the size of the room, you can make a visual adjustment to the room. This is especially true in elongated narrow rooms located on the shady side of the building.

In addition, in old-plan houses, where the living room is a walk-through room with a large number of doors, creation of shelves of different shapes can help draw attention away from doorways and present the living room in a favorable light.

Drywall in the interior design of the hall

The hall in the apartment is a place that can be used for receiving guests, for family dinners, for relaxing and even for sleeping. This is especially true for small families and apartments in which several generations of the family live together. Therefore, the arrangement of niches, partitions and shelves in this room is especially important. The living room must accommodate a large number of people, which means that it cannot be overloaded.

• By mounting the bookshelves on the wall in the hall facing the street, you can simultaneously hide the heating radiators and insulate the wall.
• If the room is used at night as a sleeping area, then a niche can be made around the sofa and, by placing a backlight in it, it can be used as night lighting, and the shelves next to the sofa will play the role of bedside tables.

• A TV and a built-in electric fireplace, as well as an aquarium, will perfectly fit into the niche organized opposite the sofa.
• If the design of the room is arranged according to Feng Shui, then you cannot do without drywall. Its use allows you to make all the sharp corners in the room rounded.
• Gypsum plasterboard niches with rounded shapes look spectacular on the wall. The lighting located under the shelves allows you to create a feeling of the structure floating in the air, giving it weightlessness.

Tips for installing drywall shelves and niches

Having decided to make a niche or a shelf from gypsum boards, it is necessary to take into account that this material by itself cannot withstand a lot of weight. Therefore, it is necessary to create a strong frame with a frequent profile step, on which drywall will be attached. In addition, if it is planned to install electrical equipment in the structure, then it is necessary to conduct wiring inside the frame in advance.

When installing a niche that has elements with a rounded shape, apply wet method of bending drywall, as this allows you to give the part the necessary shape and not damage it in the process.

For lighting shelves, LED strip is well suited, which is very easy to install and practically does not take up extra space in the frame.