Setting up secret doors
or how to visually hide the door

Sometimes there are places in our house where guests are not allowed to enter. For example, a pantry, or a small office where we do not want to let anyone in, or a bedroom that we want to hide from prying eyes. The best option to avoid unnecessary penetration of guests into such places is to visually hide the door, build a kind of secret entrance, which only the owners will know about. There are quite a few ways to mask the door, and they will be discussed in this article.

Way to hide the door number 1. The door merges with the wall.

This option assumes that the door will not stand out against the background of the wall at all. The door is either covered with the same finishing materials as on the wall - painted over to match the wall, pasted over with wallpaper or vinyl film, finished with plaster. Or the wall is sheathed with decorative panels (wooden, plastic, fabric), among which the door is hidden. If a decorative frieze runs along the wall, then it is also used on the door. An interesting option is to use photo wallpaper on the wall where you want to hide the door. Accordingly, the door is also pasted over with photo wallpaper and in the general picture it is invisible.

With this method, platbands are not placed and the door must close flush so that the door frame is not visible. The ideal solution for such a hidden door is to install special invisible hinges, mechanisms and locks for secret doors.

Way to disguise the door number 2. Painting instead of a door

You can disguise the door by turning it into a work of art. Must be made from door leaf beautiful picture, and arrange the platbands as a frame. This effect can be achieved in two ways. The first is to stick photo wallpapers on the door leaf, the second is to paint the door leaf manually with oil or acrylic paints.

Way to hide the door number 3. Mirror instead of a door

In this option, a mirror is glued onto the door leaf, or the door is completely replaced by a mirror panel. The platbands are again designed as a frame around the mirror. Visually, such "hidden" doors are perceived as mirrors, and there is no desire to open them.

Way to hide the door number 4. We disguise the door as a closet

The bookcase door is quite common in medieval castles and western countries. For us, this is still a rare exotic, although today there are many opportunities to disguise the door as a closet. The easiest and at the same time expensive option is to buy a ready-made secret door-wardrobe with all the mechanisms attached to it. There are both sliding and pivoting wardrobe doors on sale.

A cheaper option is to hang shelves on the door leaf, arrange books - and the secret door is ready. Another option is to install a sliding wardrobe next to and along the doorway, the sliding doors of which, together with the shelves, will also hide a secret entrance.

Way to disguise the door number 5. Curtain

The easiest and most affordable option to hide a door is to hang curtains over it. One wide and long curtain will hide the door completely. Two curtains will create the illusion of a window. This method is also convenient because if you want to show the door, then you can put on the curtains and make a beautiful drapery.

A hidden door is a design that is completely invisible because it blends into the wall. These doors are ideal for any interior, being a great addition. Today, few people can boast of such a curiosity, mostly those who have something to hide have secret doors in houses and apartments, or it can be an entrance to a room where the owner does not want to let guests in for any reason.

For example, you can mask the entrance to a small Personal Area or a bedroom. Such doors are needed so that guests do not find out your secrets. There are several options for making a secret door invisible:

• hide the passage in the wall during repairs using the same building material with which the walls will be processed;
• order it in any specialized company that is engaged in similar production;
• you can make it in the form of a cabinet, a mirror, etc.

Consider which doors can be ordered from specialized companies. It is worth noting that there are many varieties of them. They are made from different materials, have different designs and levels of disguise, and each has its own principles of operation.

So, when contacting a company engaged in the manufacture of such interior elements, you can choose your favorite model from the catalog or place an individual order for manufacturing. Doors for painting are especially popular in our time.

They do not have handles, and you can open them with a push or by pressing a lever hidden from prying eyes, which is installed away from the structure and also masked so that no one accidentally presses it. This type of door has an excellent advantage, which is that they can very skillfully merge with any wall covering, be it wallpaper, painting, etc.

If your house has hollow walls, then it is best to install sliding hidden doors into the wall. Quite often, such structures are installed to save free space. You can open them manually or with the help of special automation. They can look like sliding interior doors, or they can be installed inside a room to separate its space.

Many use hidden ones, as in the photo. This is done in order to hide the cabinet from prying eyes. To do this, a mirror sheet is installed in the structure or it is finished with the same material as the walls are treated with. Not a single self-respecting hostess will expose her stocks, for example, cans of conservation, to the public. Therefore, they can be cleverly hidden with a hidden niche door.

. A similar design is easily assembled in any room. There you can store not only banks, but also other things or products. Many install hidden accordion-type doors in apartments. Their price is quite reasonable when compared to some other options. The door consists of several parallel panels. When it opens, the panels fold down to reveal a passageway. If the structure is properly finished, then the extra room can be perfectly hidden.

How to make a hidden door yourself

Masking with finishing materials. How to make the existing doors in the house or apartment become hidden? One of the options, which are particularly simple, is the processing of the door with a finishing material that covers the walls. So you can hide the entrance to the secret room, because against the background of the wall the door will not be noticeable at all. It is pasted over with wallpaper or painted with water-based or oil paint.

You can make it so that the entrance to the secret room is ideally hidden among the decorative panels that will be sheathed on the walls. A very good option is to stick photo wallpapers on the wall. As a result, the door leaf against the background of the general pattern will be impossible to see. In this case, platbands are not installed, it is necessary that the door closes flush, which will help hide the door frame.

Masking with a picture. Hidden door panels can be made real works of art. To do this, beautiful wallpaper is pasted on them, and platbands are used instead of a frame. If you know how to draw beautifully, then the door leaf can be perfectly painted using acrylic or oil paints on your own, or you can call a real artist for this.

Masking with a mirror. Here you can install a solid mirror panel or stick a mirror on the door. In this case, instead of a frame around the mirror, you will also need to install platbands. The door leaf, hidden in this way, will be perceived as a mirror, no one will think of opening it.

Closet disguise. This way to make the entrance to the secret room invisible has already been described above, but it was a description of a ready-made door with all the necessary mechanisms. Since this is a very expensive pleasure and not everyone can afford it, there is a much cheaper option. It consists in the fact that the door leaf is hung with bookshelves, which are filled with books.

In our age, especially valued non-standard solutions in the decoration of the apartment. It can be a self-leveling floor with a 3D image, and stretch ceiling, as if floating in the air, and, of course, a hidden door. The latter option is interesting in that it can perform both decorative and practical functions. Installing a secret door would be appropriate if you want to create a stylish minimalist interior. Also, with the help of this design, you can make a room hidden from prying eyes. What options for secret doors are - read on.

Basic principles of how to make a secret door

Hidden doors allow you to make a truly unique interior. They absolutely do not stand out against the background of the walls or look like a decorative element of the room.

It is not necessary to decorate a ready-made door, you can order an option with a design that suits you, for example, a door decorated to match the color of your wallpaper.

At first glance, it may seem that a secret door is a difficult-to-install element that you cannot do with your own hands. However, with a little imagination and effort, you can install invisible doors yourself.

The main requirements that must be met when masking the door structure:

1. The door structure must be disguised as the surrounding finish. To create a favorable basis for decoration, the door frame with the canvas can be pasted over with drywall.
2. The hinges and sliding mechanism must be of a hidden type. Otherwise, these small details will betray the entire structure.
3. The door handle should also not be visible. You can use mortise fittings or a swivel mechanism.
4. To make the door as inconspicuous as possible, instead of the threshold, it is necessary to install a piece of plinth under it.
5. If you are masking the door with a mirror, a picture, or want to make it a single structure with the wall, then it must be installed flush with the wall.

These rules will allow you to make the door in the interior of the room invisible to prying eyes. Some options will simply compare the door to the wall, while others will make it a real highlight of the interior.

You can achieve the effect of invisibility of the door in a variety of ways, but it is important to fulfill the basic conditions for masking. Next, we will give you several options for installing an invisible door, you can use one of them, or, based on the basic nuances, come up with your own.

Hidden invisible doors disguised as a wall or closet

One of the most popular ways in which invisible doors are made is to mask the canvas with a box under the wall. This option looks the most natural and minimalistic. If you want to create an interior in the style of minimalism, hi-tech or modern, then this method is perfect for you.

How to disguise a door under a wall:

1. The easiest way to mask a door is to wallpaper it. It is necessary to use the same wallpaper with which you decorated the walls. If canvases with a large pattern are used for such decoration, then they should be adjusted to the pattern on the walls.
2. You can hide the door by painting it. This technique is appropriate if paint was also used to decorate the walls.
3. Interior doors can be masked with panels decorated to match the color of the walls.
4. If you use colored inserts in the interior, then the door can be decorated under one of them. In this case, the junction of the door and the wall will be almost invisible.
5. If you decorate the door with tiles, then thanks to the seams between the ceramic elements, the door leaf will be almost impossible to distinguish from a monolithic wall. This design is best suited for the bathroom. The tile must be chosen in such a way that it fits the interior in style.

When disguising a door as a wall, you should think carefully about how it can be easily opened. Sliding canvases can be installed even without a handle, and mortise handles or a special mechanism are suitable for opening doors.

Another interesting option with which you can hide the door to the pantry or to any other room is to install a cabinet on the door leaf. This option was most often used in ancient castles, and in order to open such a mechanism, it was necessary to turn one of the books. Now it is not necessary to complicate the design so much, you can order a standard opening door made in the form of a cabinet.

With the help of a closet, you can disguise the entrance to the pantry, which very often spoils the overall interior of the room.

All decorative elements in such a cabinet must be attached to the shelves. For example, you can use book layouts instead of actual literature.

A door decorated to look like a wall or wardrobe is the most invisible in the overall interior of the room. Such options are the most difficult to implement, but they look accordingly.

Secret door decorated with a mirror, picture or curtain

There are also simpler options for decorating a hidden door. They can be brought to life with your own hands, even without experience in carrying out installation work.

Simple options for decorating doors:

1. Decorating a door with a curtain is the easiest way to create a hidden door. This design does not look so modern and original, but with right choice textiles can make the interior more vivid and interesting. Usually curtains are used to mask the old door leading to the pantry.
2. Disguise doors under the mirror. Such a mirrored entrance design, in addition to looking very original, also performs the function of a full-fledged mirror, so it is especially appropriate to decorate the entrance to the dressing room in this way. The handle on the door must either be made of the same mirror material, or be mortise. Also, instead of a pen, you can use a fake frame.
3. Also, to hide the door, it can be decorated with a picture. Such an element of the interior looks very unusual and interesting. You do not have to spend money on a real oil painting, you can simply decorate the canvas with a box of photo wallpapers decorated with frames.

Secret doors decorated in this way look no worse than canvases imitating a wall or closet. To make the doors in the apartment original and beautiful, you need to apply only a little imagination and practical knowledge.

Pencil-door hidden in the interior

Another option for installing a hidden door is to use hidden sliding doors. In this embodiment, the compartment canvases go deep into the wall.

The door-pencil case when closed is very noticeable, but when it is open and hidden inside the wall, it gives the impression of a free passage. This design looks not only stylish, it also saves free space, as in open form does not form a dead zone.

There are two ways to create such an input structure. In the first case, the niche in which the door will hide is cut right into the concrete wall. This option of installing a pencil case is very complicated, and requires a lot of time.

Another way is to build a drywall pencil case. To do this, a part of the concrete wall is destroyed, and in its place a plasterboard structure is built, in which a niche is made for sliding doors.

Sliding doors that drive into the walls are suitable for both classic and modern styles interior. With their help, you can increase the space of the room, while separating it from other rooms. This type of hidden doors is the most difficult to implement. However, thanks to the original appearance he looks especially interesting.

Do-it-yourself secret door (video)

Hidden doors in the interior look very original and interesting. Installing such a structure with your own hands is easier than it might seem at first glance. Fantasize, apply the most unusual ideas for decorating your apartment, and you will get a unique and inimitable apartment design.

Some owners want to arrange a secret room in their apartment where they can disguise personal belongings, money and other things that they want to hide from prying eyes.

A secret door can be installed for such purposes:

Hidden door in the wall

To hide the door in the wall, you need to decorate it with your own hands so that it merges into the overall interior. It is better to sheathe it with beautiful panels of plastic or wood, but you can simply cover the material to match all the walls of the room.

At the same time, it is important not to install platbands, but to use special locks and hidden hinges as accessories.

Hidden closet door

The secret door in the form of a closet is the oldest and classic version which has lost its popularity. A closet equipped with shelves, on which all kinds of souvenirs and personal items are located, few people will cause any suspicion. So that when you open a secret door, things do not fall from the shelves, they are smeared with special wax.

It is possible to purchase a ready-made cabinet system that is already equipped with a door, but it is much cheaper and easier to make bookshelves on a pre-installed door.

Another of the very simple options in the interior will be the location of the cabinet, in the back wall of which there will be a room.

The use of cabinets is best method masking the secret door to the room. But using this method will only be appropriate if you have a home office or library.

Hidden door behind a mirror or painting

A mirror or a special mirror overlay will help to hide secret interior doors perfectly. It is better to hide the door in this way with your own hands in the corridor or in any room where there are mirror cabinets.

It's pretty easy to do this. You just need to fix the mirror on the MDF base, make a metal or wood frame and put a hidden handle.

You can also mask interior doors with the help of a picture. As a result, instead of a door, you can get a work of art in which the door leaf will be a picture, and the frame will be instead of platbands. To do this, it is better to stick photo wallpapers on the door or make a hand-painted canvas with special paints.

Thus, you can come up with an original interior and at the same time hide a certain room from prying eyes with your own hands.

Curtain to mask the door

One of the cheapest and easiest methods of arranging a secret door is a curtain. You can choose from simple fabric canvases, as well as intricate draped curtains.

In order to disguise the door in this way, it is necessary to use a cornice (which can be sewn into suspended ceiling or hang on special brackets) and a curtain or curtain. This option is best suited to hide the entrance to a niche, dressing room or for use in an inconspicuous corner of the room.

If the owners of the house want to hide something dangerous, then it is better to do this not behind a curtain, but behind a secure door with a good lock.

It may seem that secret interior doors are a rather complicated design to do it yourself. In fact, making it yourself is quite simple. To do everything quickly and correctly, you must adhere to these principles:

So that the door handle does not show, it is better to use a special in-depth model. An excellent option would be to use a sliding mechanism that will work by pressing or turning.

If your home has hollow walls, then installing hidden sliding doors would be a great option. This option will become especially relevant with limited space. You can open camouflaged doors using special automation or manually.

A great option would be to use hidden. Most often, the owners do this to hide their belongings from strangers.

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