DIY doors decoration

The decoration of door openings is a relatively new trend in the interior design, which is dictated by the desire of homeowners to arrange a home in an original way.

There are a great many opportunities for the implementation of the plan today, since the construction market is filled with variable finishing materials. And all that remains the owner of the house is to show a little imagination and perseverance. Design advice in this article will help to decide on the idea of \u200b\u200bdesigning a doorway in order to move away from the banal concept of “Punker-Bright”.

Choosing the form of the opening

Experts distinguish several forms of decoration of the opening door openings. To decide on the best option, it is necessary to take into account the height of the ceiling in the room, the interior style in the room, the width of the doorway, etc. Some designs are harmonious only in low rooms, and for others it is necessary to expand the space. Let us consider in detail the main forms of the doorway.

Portal

This design is the easiest to execute, since it implies an opening in the form of the letter "P". Often, for the implementation of this form, it is necessary to completely remove the door leaf, dismantle the box, clean all the structural elements on the surface and perform the finish by any method. Most often, homeowners use:

• wooden materials;
• plastic panels;
• stone;
• polyurethane stucco molding;
• clinker.

In this form, any decor will be harmonious. In addition, the portal is the optimal solution for the decoration of the doorway without a door that serves as an interior design.

Arched design

This is the most interesting form for the doorway from a design point of view. In addition, the arch has a wide variability of decorative performance and is appropriate for the openings in narrow corridors of the dwelling. This form allows you to visually expand the space, “facilitate” the interior and give it originality.

Among the most popular ideas for the design of the arched structure, one can distinguish the following:

1. The classic form - this option is suitable for rooms with ceilings, the height of which reaches over 3 meters. The correct radius of the rounding of the opening should be equal to half the width of the entire recess. For example, if the width of the door leaf is 90 cm, then the arch will occupy at least 45 cm up from the edges of the structure.
2. Archic opening in the modern style is the best option for decorating the opening of the interior door. When such a constructive solution, the bending radius should exceed the width of the opening, and the corners can be decorated with both sharp and rounded edges.
3. Romance - this type of arch has a direct set in the middle part of the opening, which is rounded along the edges of the structure. Thus, it resembles a portal, only with more elegant, smooth faces.

There are also other forms of arches that are less popular and more labor -intensive in execution: asymmetry with a slope of one side, trapezoid, ellipse, etc.

Ways to finish the opening

After the homeowner has decided on the shape of the doorway, it is necessary to choose the right finishing material and design style. At the same time, it is worth considering the harmonious combination with the general design of the room, since this design is a continuation of the interior style. Consider the most interesting methods of decoration.

Stone design

This option of finishing the doorway of the input door is most popular among the owners of the dwelling. This is quite logical, since artificial or natural material has advantages such as:

• wide variety of decorative elements;
• high resistance to mechanical and physical influences;
• originality and the ability to experiment with different types of material;
• universality, since the stone is harmoniously combined, both with the opening of the front door and interior structures.

The principle of finishing with such a material is similar to the technology of laying ceramic tiles. The only difference is that for the stone you do not need to use a special adhesive composition, which is obtained from a dry mixture and water. For stone decor, you can use "liquid nails" or glue-mixture, which can be purchased at any construction store.

The doorway opening with artificial stone is carried out in the following sequence of actions:

1. Initially, it is necessary to prepare the surface. To do this, remove the remains of the old finishing coating, align the existing irregularities and excavations, as well as the cracks and defects of the wall.
2. Then you can start processing the surface with a primer, which will increase the adhesion of glue and wall cladding.
3. Pre -lay out and group the tiles of decorative stone so that the material is completely ready for fixation.
4. If some fragments do not correspond to the size of the opening, cut them and emphasize the edges using coarse -grained sandpaper.
5. Then apply glue to the wall. If you use the adhesive composition “liquid nails”, then it is applied directly to each stone tile.
6. Attach the stone to the surface and press tightly with your hand. Work should start from the lower corner of the opening. If there is a door in the opening, then you should retreat from the edge to such a width that the platband will later take.
7. If the door leaf is not provided in the structure, then apply stone tiles in the corners of the slope as tightly to each other.
8. Depending on the type of selected decorative material, you can leave or not leave the gaps between fragments, which are subsequently filled with grout.
9. At the end of the process, treat stone elements with a hard brush to eliminate excess solution and dust.

The technology of laying decorative stone is presented in the video:

Finishing with plastic panels

Such a finishing material as plastic panels is well suited as the design of the doorway. They can simulate a different structure of wood, stone, marble, and also have a wide variability of colors. Decorating the opening with panels allows you to emphasize the strict shape of the opening, creating a contrast with the interior decoration of the walls of the room.

Other features of the finish by panels include the following:

• visual expansion of the doorway and raising the ceiling level;
• the material is practical in use, it is easy to care and clean it;
• the panels have a long service life, and are also not exposed to mechanical factors.

The technology of fastening plastic fragments is quite free -haired. To fix the panels you need:

1. Carry out preliminary surface cleaning.
2. Process the opening opening.
3. Then apply “liquid nails” to the required part of the wall and press the panel tightly with your hands.
4. Wait for the adhesive drying and clean the excess of the composition with a dry cloth.

Registration of polyurethane stucco molding

With an equally popular method of decorating door openings with your own hands is to decorate stucco molding. At the same time, a practical option is a polyurethane composition, which is externally identical to gypsum, but more practical and resilient. Such a finish is appropriate for the design of wide doorways, especially in rooms with high ceilings. Among other advantages of the material, the following can be distinguished:

• practicality in operation;
• ease of care;
• universality for decorating any surface;
• the possibility of painting in any shade.

Important! It is worth thoroughly calculated the dimensions of decorative elements if the finish is made in a narrow room. Otherwise, stucco molding can clurose and “heavy” space.

Clinker tiles

Often the finish of the internal openings of the door of the door is used using the clinker. Such material is usually used for outdoor design of the facade, however, to create a certain style, clinker tiles can be laid around the interior doorway. Among the main features of the material, it is worth noting the following:

• the clinker is extremely resistant to physical and mechanical influences;
• has a long service life;
• lack of need for care.

Thus, using the decoration of the doorway, you can give the living space of originality and embodied bold ideas into reality. Adhere to the conciseness in the decoration and take into account the parameters of the space to make the most practical and aesthetic opening.