Build thin interior wall with "mirrors"?

[joasag]

I have started a project to build a walk-in closet in the bedroom. It will have a wall similar to the one in the picture below. To save space, I want to build the wall as thin as possible, it won't hold any shelves or anything like that.

Can I use 45x45 studs and 13mm plasterboard? I want to achieve a look similar to the picture below, but I'm unsure what wood to use for the "panels." I was thinking of buying studs, 28x70mm, but 70mm feels a bit too wide.

How large do you think each panel should be? The new wall will be 207cm long and the ceiling height is 240cm.

 

[RiKr]

Example for the mirrors
https://www.byggmax.se/15x69-planhyvlad-furu-p08315069

 

[vectrex]

Planed pine and, for example, 12mm joinery plywood in the panels.

Do not use studs and construction plywood if you are looking for a result like in the picture above.

 

[joasag]

What do you think about 21x69? https://www.byggmax.se/21x69-planhyvlad-furu-p08321069 I would rather like to have a typical moulding height on the mirrors. Does it exist? Because it should look nice along the floor where the rest of the room will have regular mouldings, but this wall will have the mirror as the "baseboard".

 

[JonasSun]

Hello,

We have made similar mirrors with MDF. Available in different thicknesses. Turned out very well. However, you won’t get any wood grain.

 

[joasag]

Threw together the following sketch in Sketchup, what do you think about the distance and size? This is with 21x69 planed pine.

 

[vectrex]

Threw together the following sketch in Sketchup, what do you think about the distance and size? This is with 21x69 planed pine.

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A bit unclear if you're planning to stud a wall or if the boards are supposed to be the only support for the wall?

If you're going to stud with 45x45, then add carpentry plywood and afterwards nail the planed wood, you can easily go down to 15x69 or even 12x69 if you want.

I would have studded a 45x45 wall and sheeted it with plasterboard on the inside and then carpentry plywood on the outside. Finish by shooting and gluing planed 15x69.

 

[joasag]

I'm skipping carpentry plywood; I don't need the "wood effect."
So the plan is to build a standard interior wall with 45x45 and 13mm gypsum on both sides. Then I'll attach the moldings to the studs (I'll use the same spacing on the studs as the moldings to have something to attach them to).

I plan to screw the moldings in place and then fill in the screw heads with putty so it's completely even. I don't have a nail gun.

 

[vectrex]

I'm skipping carpentry plywood, I don't need to get the "wood effect". So the plan is to build a normal internal wall with 45x45 and 13mm gypsum on both sides. Then I'm going to attach the moldings to the studs (I'll use the same cc on the studs as the moldings to have something to fasten them into).

I planned to screw the moldings and then putty over the screw heads so it becomes completely even. I don't have a nail gun.

You do as you wish, of course, but it will probably be less work to replace the gypsum with plywood on one side. If you use gypsum, you have to putty it evenly at the board joints.

 

[Anna_H]

If you use plasterboard, you have to smooth the joints evenly with joint compound.

Unless the plasterboard joints end up under the moldings...

 

[vectrex]

If the plasterboard joints don't end up under the moldings...

69 width hardly covers the filler groove. It's probably 5cm per sheet? So 10 in total then.

 

[joasag]

I was thinking of buying 2 pieces of 1200mm wide plasterboard as the wall is 2070mm long. Then it's enough if I cut both boards and only leave a bevel for the edge band. Then there will be a thin seam covered by the 69mm wide planed?

 

[KnockOnWood]

Maybe off topic, but I think it would be easier, nicer, and more practical with sliding doors in front of the wardrobe shelves and hangers.
They also take up much less space than your walk-in closet with a narrow walkway in.
And you can get sliding doors in many, many designs that should suit all tastes.


https://www.skanskabyggvaror.se/search?q=skjutdörrar

 

[joasag]

Maybe off topic, but I think it would be simpler, nicer, and more practical with sliding doors in front of the wardrobe shelves and hangers. They also take up much less space than your walk-in closet with a narrow passage. And you can get sliding doors in many, many designs, which should suit all tastes.

We had that before, and it was a lot of wasted space in the bedroom. Want to try this. I think it can look nice. But you are right, we don't gain much space from it.

 

[Kyleman]

Check with Shoji room dividers, very convenient and above all ready-made.