Very often in kitchens in high-rise apartmentshorizontal tin vents are held. Of course, the interior decoration such elements are unlikely to be. Therefore, they are usually replaced by more modern and aesthetic plastic mines. However, this option often requires additional design. Not too well fit into the interior of kitchens and vertical designs.
What are plastic boxes and how can they be decorated
Today, many species are produced.similar mines. Plastic boxes can have very different shapes (round, square, rectangular) and sizes. Also available in different colors (white, "under the tree", monochromatic color). If you don’t find the right shade, you can buy any plastic ventilation box and decorate it yourself. Similar items can be:
- To paint in any colors.
- To paste over wall-papers or a self-adhesive film.
- Cover with plasterboard sheets.
- Sheathe PVC sheets of any color.
Of course, masking the box in the event thatit is small in size, it will not cause any difficulties. Both the horizontal and vertical versions can be simply hidden in the kitchen. With big mines the situation is much worse. To reduce their cross section is strictly not recommended. In this case, you just leave your neighbors without ventilation, and in the end, you still have to perform the restoration of the ventilation duct. However, you should not be upset and give up. Below we consider interesting ways to design plastic ducts and vertical ventilation shafts, using which you can turn these elements even into the decoration of the kitchen.
Use of furniture made to order
So, hide the ventilation box - for a reasonits pretty big size - in the closet failed. What to do? In this case, first of all, it is worth trying to beat this box with home furnishings. You may have to make kitchen to order. For example, you can buy very high furniture and disguise the box under the cabinet.
Corner ventilating box (photo below), evenvery large, easy to “hide” behind the lower and upper cabinets of suitable width. The remaining central part can be trimmed with the same tile as the apron above the table top. The upper part is decorated with the same material as the walls.
A horizontal old box would be bestReplace with a modern plastic flat model. In this case, the height of the headset is chosen in such a way that the ventilation passes from the top straight through the cabinets. If they are wide enough, perhaps the box may be completely invisible.
How to make the mine invisible with the help of finishing
Very often vertical and horizontal boxesmake out the same finishing material as the walls. This is another good way to make ventilation less noticeable. Sometimes in kitchens, plastic boxes are also installed, which are suitable in color to the color of the walls. In both these cases, either a picture or a flat-screen TV is often hung on a vertical box. If there is enough free space near the mine, you can arrange shelves for storing kitchen utensils on it. The main thing is to ensure that the ventilation box at the same time fit into the design of the room as harmoniously as possible. Also, very often, on vertical ventilation shafts, they hook and fill ladles, skimmers, beautiful cutting boards, etc.
Masking the horizontal shaft
Currently, as already mentioned, you canpurchase a horizontal ventilation box (plastic) of absolutely any section. In the event that you buy a flat and wide, it will be easy to hide under a hinged or tensioning structure. However, this option is suitable, of course, only for kitchens with very high ceilings. The thickness of even flat boxes is quite significant (at least 5 cm).
Select the mine
Beautiful kitchen with a ventilation box isis quite real. Moreover, during the arrangement of the premises, it is possible not to mask the construction under consideration, but to focus attention on it. In this case, the mine becomes an independent design element. Of course, this is a much more complicated method than the one described above. It is necessary to have a rather developed sense of style and perfect taste in order not to spoil the interior with striking ridiculous bulky detail. In any case, if in your own power you are not sure, you can always entrust this work to a professional designer. For those who are sure of themselves, we will describe several ways of decorating the box in this way.
Mirror Mine
Today on sale you can find the mostoriginal and unusual finishing materials. It is not necessary to buy expensive and requiring constant wiping mirrors. You can simply purchase a special film. Such mirror material used to be mainly used for decoration of clubs and restaurants. Now, such a film is often used to decorate living spaces. It is on sale in any building supermarket. Having pasted over it a ventilating box, it is possible to expand the room visually and to make it lighter. This method is usually used in the arrangement of kitchens in the modern high-tech style, or if the mine is located right at the door (on the side).
Using tiles and mosaics
Another very common optiondecorating these kitchen elements is the use of ceramics or smalt. Today on sale there is a tile-panel. With its help, you can create a completely unique design of the ventilation box, making it a real ceramic picture. In this case, the walls of the kitchen are usually finished with monochromatic tiles from the same kit. Of course, such art ceramics is quite expensive. If there is not enough money for such a design, you can show imagination and create a panel yourself from pieces of old tiles of different shades.
Very beautiful are also boxes decorated with small or tiled mosaic. You can also use its mirror version or metal.
Kitchen with ventilation box: loft design
At the moment, this direction is consideredvery fashionable. In a loft-style kitchen, both vertical and horizontal shafts usually fit in perfectly. Of course, only if they are properly decorated. A vertical box, for example, can be simply trimmed with a flat artificial stone “under the old brick”. In this case, it is not at all necessary to use the material of the color of red clay. Such a ventilation box - especially if the kitchen is decorated in pastel colors - will surely look coarse and pretentious. The shade of "brick" may well repeat the color of the walls. Even so, you’ll have a real loft.
You can achieve the same effect with horizontalbox You can make it a little different - to use not a plastic, but a tin shaft. However, this option requires the presence in the kitchen and other elements of Loft style. Otherwise, the box will look just inaccurate foreign parts.
Reviews of kitchen design with ventilation shafts
All methods described above are eligible forexistence and used in many apartments. Of course, the opinion of housewives of this stylish design is mostly positive. However, two other ways of decorating the ventilation shaft are most popular with most apartment owners.
The first is to design a verticalbox for a column with a fireplace. In this case, artificial or natural stone (granite or marble) is usually used for cladding. The electrofireplace is established in the lower part of "column". If there is no money for such heating equipment, the usual imitation is used. Today on sale you can find very beautiful and stylish false fireplaces.
Of course, in a similar way can be framedonly a large kitchen with a ventilation box. The design of a small room with such a massive column is unlikely to be harmonious. Therefore, a slightly different method is more popular with the owners of such premises. In small kitchens, the ventilation shaft often passes right next to the adjacent wall. In this case, they usually act as follows: they close the niche with plasterboard and hide a garbage can in the resulting “locker”, and arrange shelves for various non-essential cooking utensils.
As you can see, there is a huge amountways to decorate mines. Take advantage of them, and you do not have to perform the restoration of the ventilation box or constantly contemplate in your kitchen a bulky clumsy element that spoils the overall picture.
