Decorative fireplace with own hands from plasterboard

Indoor decorative fireplace , made by own hands - a budgetary variant of furnish of space. You will need a small amount of drywall, profiles and screws. All this could remain with you after the erection of plasterboard walls or walls. So why not use the material in a new direction?

Decorative portal for the fireplace with your own hands: erection of the frame

Two types of profiles will be used for making a false fireplace : narrow UD and wider CDs. They will create a certain groove.

The first will be attached to the wall, the CD will enter UD this way:

Before proceeding with the installation, make a sketch of the structure.

1. On the wall and floor make a markup. To the floor we fix the elements with the help of a screwdriver and self-tapping screws.
2. For fastening to the walls you will need to tighten the profile, untwist and then fix it using dowels. Thus, it is convenient to obtain the required holes.
3. The next step is marking on plasterboard: cut out the elements with a special knife and saw.
4. Prepared pieces of plasterboard are attached to the profiles from the back side.
5. The remaining profiles must be attached to the wall.
6. Wide profile so cut that it went into the embedded parts. In this case, you need 9 pieces. Accessories are attached to the frame by screws.

We make a decorative fireplace with our own hands: sewing and finishing the frame

1. "Skeleton" is ready, now it is necessary to sew it with plasterboard.
2. The lower part is ready. You can start decorating it. To do this, you need a wide plinth of expanded polystyrene. Make a trim. To fix, you need a special adhesive or putty.
3. While the finish dries, proceed to the installation of the "pipe". The principle of operation is the same: profiles are mounted to the load-bearing structure, gypsum board is on them.
4. On the edges with the help of a construction stapler a perforated profile is put. Then a layer of putty will follow.
5. To design a false fireplace in the art-deco style, use special pads, which are then covered with a layer of putty. Elements are planted on glue and hardware.

The main work is done, you just have to cover the structure with a layer of paint.

Corner decorative fireplace with its own hands from plasterboard is done on the same principle, only the shape of the frame will change.