What is it called?...

Started by MikeT, December 19, 2009, 08:53:37 AM

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MikeT

I would like to make the walls in my stairs more interesting by cutting out insets in the drywall for displaying things-something that would fit between the stud bays and would be finished in drywall.  But I do not know what the real term is.....any ideas?

I can't get the right terms to search Google for images...

devildog

I think they'd be called "built in wall shelves" I googled it and thats what came up.
Darrell
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem.
Ronald Reagan, President of the United States; 1985


devildog

I have been wanting to do the same thing but for a safe, to keep cash and a pistol in and hang a picture over it.
Darrell
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem.
Ronald Reagan, President of the United States; 1985

Redoverfarm

Quote from: MikeT on December 19, 2009, 08:53:37 AM
I would like to make the walls in my stairs more interesting by cutting out insets in the drywall for displaying things-something that would fit between the stud bays and would be finished in drywall.  But I do not know what the real term is.....any ideas?

I can't get the right terms to search Google for images...

We had a thread once started addressing "built Ins".  Here is the thread.  Some good ideas

http://countryplans.com/smf/index.php?topic=3919.msg46058#msg46058

devildog  without hyjacking this how much snow did you end up with?  I saw something on the news about Hillsville but didn't catch the whole story.


MikeT

I did Google "built in book shelves" and in the images tab, this is the only image that matches what I envision:

http://www.alvarorodriguez.co.uk/images/large/recessed-shelves-1-1.jpg

Are these really called shelves?  Is there another name for these things?


devildog

Mike T ,I dont know of another name.

Redover, I dont know, I still live in florida, but I watch the weather up there and see there suppose to get quite abit.

Darrell
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem.
Ronald Reagan, President of the United States; 1985

curlewdave

 ???  There's got to be another name for those niches, and it'll bug me all day...

MikeT

I'm a couple of days ahead of you...

trish2


Do any of these words work?  I did a MS Word thesaurus search on 'niche'.

Niche, bay, alcove, compartment, nook, hidey-hole, cubby-hole, cubicle


MikeT

Niche..I would have not come up with that!  Thanks.

With one search, here is a helpful link:
http://www.trim-tex.com/installation/buildaniche.htm

glenn kangiser

Quote from: curlewdave on December 19, 2009, 09:46:28 AM
???  There's got to be another name for those niches, and it'll bug me all day...

hmm I don't know if Dave would've either.   :)

I have a wall with a hidden walkway behind it in the great room.  I want to put in one of those pictures with the two holes  for your eyes  :o  so you can look to the left and right and  be like those old mystery movies.    I don't know the name for it either.  Hmm hmm Maybe they were just cartoons... [waiting]
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MountainDon

wall niche




good design detail on an interior wall.    ;D
Just because something has been done and has not failed, doesn't mean it is good design.

diyfrank

I was going to do something like this with 4" walls.  d*   6" is the way to go.
Thanks for posting that thread link Redoverfarm.  :)
Home is where you make it

Don_P

We got about 12". I just put the tractor over the side  d*. Well that's one way to get outta plowing for awhile.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_corner_(architectural_myths)


Redoverfarm

Don that almost happened to me.  My driveway is elevated so in an attempt to get as wide a path as possible . Learn to push as must away as possible to be ready for the next one to have a place to go with the snow. If you don't before long there is no road.  Anyway I was able to climb back out.  It is better to be over the side than on it's side. ;D

BTW we are at 24" now and still no letting up.

devildog

Thats alot of snow!!!! The locals told me that area didnt get but a few inches here and there and it usually melts off quickly. Maybe I need to rethink this whole hillsville thing.. Naaaaaaaaaaa , thats one of the reasons id like to move back up north.
Darrell
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem.
Ronald Reagan, President of the United States; 1985

Okie_Bob

I don't know what they are called but, you can see three that I put in my stairway by going to
www.bobanddanalakehouse.blogspot.com then scroll down to the 9th pic and it has a date of 8/3/08. There are little lights
at the top of each ? whatever they are called and we alternate different things we want to show off in them. Look pretty neat
at night with the lights on.
Very simple to build like I did or you can actually purchase ready made...whatever you call them .... to mount between studs.
Okie Bob