Many owners of modern houses and apartments try to give their home an originality and individuality, try to escape from stereotypes and stereotypes. Using the arch in the interior of the house allows you to achieve this goal. The arch is able to transform your home, show it on the new side, it will also emphasize the sense of style and elegance of the hosts of the room.
Using the arch in the interior allows you to divide the space in the room or, on the contrary, to combine different rooms, they are able to replace the doorway.
What form of arch should I choose? The answer to this question can only give your imagination, the arch can be placed in the most unexpected place. In professional terminology, arches are divided into two main types.
The first type is "passive" arches. The shape, decor and design of such arches are simple and concise, the arch has the correct traditional arc shape.
The second type includes "active" arches - they amaze with the variety of their forms. According to the outline of the arch forms, the keel-shaped, lancet, horseshoe, creeping, semicircular, box and others are distinguished.
The most common types of arches to date are:
- "Classic" - this type includes arches with the correct radius;
- "Modern" - there is an upswing in the arc arch;
- "Romance" - the middle part of the arch is straight, and its edges have curvatures with the desired radius;
- "Ellipsoidal" arc of the arch is executed in the form of a regular or irregular ellipse.
Using an active arch in the interior makes it possible to combine walls that are in different spaces and walls that have different shapes. With the help of an arch, you can combine a wall with a rounded shape, with a straight wall; Walls that do not stand on a straight line and even walls with different thickness and height. Using certain architectural tricks, you can turn the arch into a separate piece of furniture. In the arch piers, you can mount spot lights, shelves for storing books, statuettes and other souvenirs, you can make a bar counter from the arch between the kitchen and the dining room.
The successful use of arch spaces in the house visually expands the space of the room. To achieve this optical illusion, the entrance to the arch should be done already than the exit.
Using arched openings in different rooms
Corridor and hall. Arch will allow you to bring grace and perfectly discharge the monotony of the passage room. Improve the visual perspective from the hall will allow an arch that opens a view of the neighboring rooms: living room, dining room. If above the rectangular entrance door you add a through arch aperture - you will make it an example of high classics.
Kitchen, living room, dining room. Thanks to the use of the arch of the house, a sense of spaciousness is achieved. Arched openings allow you to smoothly translate the view from the kitchen into the dining area, or from the living room to the dining room or kitchen. However, it is worth noting that the wider the arched opening you use, the more attention must be paid to the harmony of the color scheme and the style of decorating the neighboring rooms.
Loggia. Quite often when the apartment is overhauled, a loggia is attached to the room, but when the wall is dismantled, a massive beam remains, which does not allow you to fully enjoy the feeling of spaciousness. But you can easily turn this very beam, which, in no case, can not be dismantled, at the base of the spectacular arch.
Arch-alcove. Use alcoves began in the French boudoir, French ladies considered a very refined arrangement of the bed or bathroom in the alcove. In the Arab East, with their help, they separated the cozy corners located in different zones of the house.
The choice of arches should be based on the style in which the design of your house or apartment is made.
Classic
Classic arches came to us from the interiors of palaces and castles. Regardless of the height of their location: a portal that supports columns, a vault element or a full arch - they have a more solid, and more often a more massive appearance than any other arched openings. In the design of classic arches use elements that came from ancient architecture, as well as castle stones, a reception that came from the Baroque times. The arch in this style most often has the correct radius of the arc.
Country
Decorating with stone and wood is the defining element that distinguishes arches made in country style. Most often, the shape of the opening is borrowed from the classics, except for too pathetic details. Using this method, it is possible to design both open arched openings and the outer part of the openings of interior doors.
Art Nouveau
The Art Nouveau or Art Nouveau style is characterized by the bizarre lines that resemble plant bends, asymmetry and dynamics. Arches in this style are "active". If you want to use in the interior of the house arches of this kind - then be sure to consider the volume of the room. In a room that is too small, such an arch can become superfluous and overload the space. Gypsum stucco or wood is perfect for making curved lining of such an arch, and for structural elements use gypsum board.
In the style of rococo use ellipsoidal arches
In modern design, non-standard forms of arches are widely used, such as semi-arches or an arch in the form of a semicircle.
Semiarka
In conditions of lack of space, often the only solution for the doorway is a sloping opening, which has a rounded shape or, more simply, a semi-arch. But using semi-arches in the interior of a house or apartment can be much larger. The main difference from an ordinary arch is the asymmetry of such a design.
Circular arch
This kind of arch is the most dynamic. This is an ultramodern interior solution that will emphasize the originality of your nature. A greater effect can be achieved if you add such an arched opening with spotlights or even curtains.
Apparently, there is no shortage of a variety of arches. So you have a wide field for creativity to make your home bright, cozy and comfortable.