Hidden cornices: design ways to make the floating curtain

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The interior will be harmonious with the proviso that it will be thought out to the smallest detail. When it comes to creating the interior of an apartment house, one of the main components of the attractive design is the design of window openings. The role of curtains can not be overestimated. They emphasize the style of the house, protect it from prying eyes, the sun's rays. But things do not always blind elements can harmoniously fit into the design. Most often, difficulties arise with eaves. Often it would be desirable to hide, to make invisible. In this case, you need to use a hidden eaves for curtains. He will make the functional part of the registration invisible, hide some shortcomings of the walls, will provide an opportunity to focus attention on the beautiful, bright curtains. To learn how to make and install a hidden ceiling cornices, discussed in detail in this publication.

Interior aesthetics sometimes implies the absence of spare parts

When the ledge is not visible, all the attention paid to the beauty of the curtains

Content

  • 1 Brief description of the construction, the advantages
  • 2 When should you use?
  • 3 Benefits
  • 4 Options hidden ceiling cornices
  • 5 Do yourself a hidden hanger
  • 6 choose a cornice
  • 7 How to hide suspensions ceiling moldings: Photo examples
  • 8 Video on how to make a niche for curtains plasterboard
  • 9 Photo: Beautiful examples in the interior

Brief description of the construction, the advantages

Cornice normally closed by a special niche. Its equipment, design features should be planned in advance - even at the stage of finishing the ceiling. In the niche you can hide all the objectionable features of the curtains, set the backlight to create the effect of floating curtains.

niche space does not require special finishing, it is still absconding curtains

Blind mounting curtains cornice fits any convenient design

Note! If you do not provide a niche in advance, in the future, would have to dismantle part of the decoration, change the tensile structures, or come up with a decorative element to hide the suspension.

The dimensions of the niche depends on the design that you want to place it

When should you use?

When you need to place a ceiling curtains behind the skirting board, in a special niche? On it there are two objective reasons.

  1. Functional necessity. This need arises in rooms with ceiling-fetched. On the surface of the film is prohibited to mount rigid structures, wall cornice options too, not all are suitable. The easiest way is still in the installation phase to provide a special niche. Its dimensions are determined individually.

    The threads of the curtains as if streaming from a stretch ceiling with a cornice open such an effect is not achieved

  2. Interior preferences. Standard rails have long since lost its popularity. They are difficult to fit into the modern interior styles. Today it is fashionable to decorate the window curtains aerial silk, flowing from the ceiling. This spectacular design method is particularly relevant to the style of minimalism, modern, loft.

    If the ledge does not match the style of the space, you can simply hide

Benefits

The main advantage - aesthetics. In how attractive, unusual looks floating blind, photos in this article will give the opportunity to see everyone. Closed suspensions disguise unattractive parts of the wall, visually adjust the height of the ceiling, make it possible to decorate the design of light illumination.

Concealed fixing curtains is appropriate in low-ceilinged rooms

The ability to adjust the distance from the window. Some apartments are set wide window sills. In this case, a wall mounting option curtains categorically not suitable. On the ceiling to place the fabric can be at any distance from the opening - for any width of the window sill.

Fixing curtain in the niche design eliminates the problem of choice of the cornice and accessories

Emphasis on the decor. Not exactly attractive fasteners will not detract from the beautiful flowing fabric. Even lighting, installed in a niche, not the pay strong attention. They are only slightly emphasize the textile composition.

With the help of illumination you can easily create a unique atmosphere in dormitory

Blackout curtains in the wall will make the room visually narrow wider

Options hidden ceiling cornices

There are two ways of masking:

  • in a special niche;
  • masking by a baguette designs.

A first embodiment involves the construction of a tensioning recess in the ceiling or ceiling made of plasterboard. The optimum niche Curtain size will be customized. They depend on a number of criteria: the width of the window sill, especially curtains, dimensions of the suspension (which may be several bands). The depth of the trench is usually a standard - from four to fifteen centimeters. The depth will depend on the characteristics of the ceiling structure.

Niche can be provided when installing a suspended ceiling

You can also make a separate structure that covers only direct himself cornice

If you do not want to install zakarniznye curtains, you can resort to the standard method of mounting - wall. In this unsightly suspension masked decorative baguette. Laths can close fasteners, interior decorating, effortless to install. Such a method of registration is relevant for classic designs.

Do yourself a hidden hanger

To close eaves easiest way to make a trench of plasterboard. To do this, you need to know in advance especially curtains, the length, the width of the cornice.

Calculation of niche width

You should also prepare some of the tools and materials:

  • construction tape measure;
  • plasterboard sheet;
  • long metal ruler;
  • knife with replaceable blades;
  • Roughing plane;
  • ceiling, guiding profiles;
  • screwdriver;
  • self-tapping screws.

First you need to prepare the drywall. Its cut into strips of desired size - from four to fifteen centimeters. Plasterboard cut with a knife.

Having preform can begin to install the ceiling, the guide profiles. Of these, you need to build a metal frame niches. The profiles are mounted on the markup. It can be applied to the ceiling of a pencil, a paint cord. When attaching adhere to one rule - a step anchors not less than 60 centimeters.

First, strictly by disposing the first marking profile

Then mount frame of the short webs and the lower profile

Then we form the sides of the box. For this use prepared sheets of plasterboard. Sheets fixed at not less than fifteen centimeters. Then similarly assemble the end faces. They treat plane. The bottom end of the duct is sutured.

The box is ready to putty, which is performed with reinforcing mesh

After that, you can do decorative design component. The box can be putty, paint, wallpaper paste.

After completion of the dirty work can be attached to the eaves

choose a cornice

Selection countersunk eaves usually consists in selection of the design on three main criteria: the weight of the blind, the length of the window opening, the number of lanes. Also, when choosing should take into account the material of which will be manufactured suspension.

First you need to decide on the design of the curtains, and then choose a cornice

A niche above each window - the time-consuming solution, but very original

Types of materials, a brief description of the eaves are discussed in the table below:

View of the cornice of the material used a brief description of
Wooden Suitable for absolutely any room. Especially well in tune with the styles of classic, Provence, country. Most often, the wooden models are installed in the children's rooms, bedrooms. For these rooms always sets high environmental requirements. Wooden hangers can withstand high loads.
Plastic Modern plastic long yellowing, is eco-friendly, Strong. Affordable price - another important advantage. Plastic models are generally selected for light curtains.
Metal Different design diversity, high strength, able to withstand enormous loads. Ideal for hanging heavy, multi-layered curtains.
String Ideal for light, air tyuley. They are a metal string. The design is very simple cornice, can last for a long time. The main condition - not to hang on the strings heavy drapes. the string begins to sag over time due to the high load.

The most commonly used option - plastic profile rail, which can be hidden in a recess depth of only a few centimeters

How to hide suspensions ceiling moldings: Photo examples

Close some flaws walls, hide the suspension is possible by means of conventional ceiling moldings. However, this requires basic skills for installation on the ceiling skirting. To begin to pick up the plinth itself. It should be wide, flat surface on top have to be able to fix on the ceiling.

If the curtains are hung on the ceiling cornice is easy enough to create the illusion of a hidden eaves with a normal skirting

For this purpose, suitable products from polyurethane foam, polystyrene foam or dyuropolimera

Note! Ceiling plinth has an important decorative role in the interior. Its design, color, decoration should be in harmony with the overall style of the room.

To securely hold the baseboard need to install a vertical surface in the form of strips

The design should completely hide the fastening elements of the curtains

The following is to buy the glue for fixing the polyurethane products. It is necessary to put on a plinth, fabric and tightly against the ceiling. Adhesive sets quickly, safely fix the product. The plinth is mounted at a short distance from the eaves. Same plinth should be placed around the perimeter of the room. Then it will design a seamless, harmonious.

View photo examples of such suspensions masking possible.

Video on how to make a niche for curtains plasterboard

Photo: Beautiful examples in the interior