Ceiling design: the subtleties of interior design

Making the ceiling of the home is a key component of the interior of any room. Today, the design of the ceiling zone is akin to art: with careful and creative approach, it allows you to create a unique composition through which the perception of space is changed. Consider the existing design compositions.

The design of ceilings in an apartment or private house is subject to the characteristics of a particular room. At the same time, any little things matter, ranging from the area and ending with the width of the molding. Initially, conduct a visual inspection of the entire room, given its purpose. After make up the project, which should take into account a number of nuances:

• The shape of the ceiling will depend on the purpose of the room. For example, for the kitchen it can be simpler, for the design of a living room the design can be complicated with several accents.
• Color matters.It is selected based on the degree of illumination of a particular room. At the same time, we should not forget about the stylistics chosen for the interior: it is important to observe the balance of colors, choosing in each case exactly the range that is characteristic of a certain direction. In this case, the shade of the ceiling material should soften the interior composition.

A complex structure should not over-focus on itself. If the decoration of the ceiling zone will be used bright colors in large quantities, it will break the harmony of the situation, the atmosphere in the room will lose the feeling of home comfort.

• Often the limitation of the structure can be a broken prospect of a room. This aspect will increase the cost of coverage. However, there is an advantage: you can visually divide the space into separate areas, for example, through different levels. This will allow creating an unobtrusive organization in the room, at the same time changing the perception of the lack of ceiling design.

• As for the room footage, everything is simple: the smaller the room, the simpler the decoration. The size of the decor also matters. For example, you can not use a wide molding or plinth for stucco molding in a small room with a low ceiling for framing.It is also unacceptable to use miniature decorative elements in a spacious hall or apartment with an open layout.

• The design is selected in such a way that it has sufficient lighting, made with a special approach. Today, through lighting, you can give uniqueness to any ceiling design. If you come to the decoration creatively, choose the right shade, pattern, its size, as well as lighting, you can erase the borders of the ceiling, fill the space with light close to the natural, create a special atmosphere of mystery and even feel the closeness of the cosmos.

Plan-project involves the creation of a design with the light needed, which in some cases can be combined, combining built-in and overhead types of lamps, LED strip lighting. Sometimes, when creating a design, a ceiling material is specially pierced to hold the fiber-optic threads for special illumination. The type of ceiling also matters. In some cases, it provides for the preparation of the coating with its alignment to perfection, in others it is not at all necessary to prepare the base: the material is fixed on the frame.

Ceiling decoration was made possible thanks to the development of building technologies and the use of various materials. Depending on the type of material used and the customer's wishes, the ceiling design can be single-level, two-level and multi-level. To date, all designs can be divided into several types:

• suspended;
• tension;
• rack and pinion;
• cassette;
• podshivnye;
• glue.

Of these categories, rack and cassette varieties are least in demand. They look beautiful in public places, the combination of laths with mirror inserts creates a special atmosphere, but for a home this design cannot be called appropriate. This finish visually crushes the space, reducing its volume. In addition, it is characterized by low thermal insulation, although these materials are resistant to moisture.

Glue ceilings, despite the apparent simplicity, are in great demand. Today it is not just a PVC tile: there are so many materials that, if you wish, you can create a unique design that fully meets modern standards of creativity and originality.This is especially true of fragments of wood and metal of unusual shape, joined by seamless technology. They look good in the interior of the apartment and private house.

This design is more common in private and country houses. Far from understanding the classical trend, it is more suitable for interiors in an ecological style or an alpine chalet.

The most popular varieties are stretch and plasterboard ceilings. They can have 1, 2 and more levels, differ in complexity of forms and lines. Both varieties are notable for ease of installation, no need to level the base. If you wish, you can decorate the ceiling in both versions independently, without the involvement of outside specialists. Consider their differences.

The ceiling of plasterboard is a structure that is installed on the frame of the ceiling profiles. Gypsum plasterboards are attached to the profiles, creating a ceiling of levels of different shapes, or a symmetrical composition.Difficulty can be any: drywall perfectly bends, which allows you to give the ceiling design a lot of curly lines. The use of two contrasting shades in the design looks unique: it allows you to enhance the effect of different levels.

Despite the fact that this material is especially popular, more often in the design of the ceiling it is supplemented with a stretch film or sateen. At the same time for modern interiors try to focus on the glossy texture. For vintage or classic directions pick up a matte finish. A distinctive feature of drywall is the possibility of painting and moisture resistance, which allows its use in any room of the dwelling (right up to the bathroom).

These designs are made of films and textiles, which stretch on a special frame. The surface of the material can be matte, glossy and satin (with a characteristic silk coating). Glossy ceilings bring volume to the space, they visually increase the room, but the mirror effect contributes to the reflection of all the objects on the ceiling, which makes it difficult to decorate this canvas with photo printing.

To date, there are many ways to finish the ceiling. Consider the basic methods of decorating.

This material is presented today in a wide range. The tile from polyfoam, a tree, plastic and metal enters it. The most cost-effective option is considered to be porous, extruded and injection tiles in the form of squares of expanded polystyrene. Each type has its own manufacturing technology, which is reflected in the cost and thickness, as well as design (some categories perfectly imitate the texture of wood, marble and stone). This tile can be plain and seamless, with straight and curved wavy edges.

Wooden tile is characterized by simple patterns in the form of channels, creating geometric shapes. Varieties can be square and rectangular. Metal and plastic options may have mirror inserts.The first have a characteristic metallic glow and a rich color palette. The latter are used to trim the ceiling less frequently, but they are lighter than metal counterparts.

The decorative elements of the ceiling in most cases are a variety of cornices, moldings and polyurethane ceiling plinth. Today on the market of finishing materials, this finishing is presented in a wide range for every taste and budget. In this case, you can choose a model not only by color to match the finish of the overall interior of the room. Models provide a different pattern, including imitation of plaster stucco, width, as well as various methods of attachment.

In one case, an adhesive method is used to fix the decor to the ceiling, less often it is fixed on special brackets. The advantage of this decoration element is ease of installation: in most cases, you can decorate the ceiling with this decoration with your own hands. It does not take much time, and the design of the ceiling zone can be done after the installation of the main structure, leaving a gap of masking lighting devices.

This decoration in the design of the ceiling is used for creative styling for an industrial object. Today, this option is in demand more than ceiling tiles, stretch ceilings with photo printing and multi-level structures made of plasterboard. For the entourage you can buy false beams: they look realistic. A mandatory attribute of this design is the presence of pipes and wiring.

In addition, it is important to demonstrate the correct lighting. This may be a bunch of LEDs on the tube or spot spots with a tilt adjustment system. The rougher the light fixture, the better. Simple light bulbs on a metal frame without a plafond are welcomed, and the degree of illumination should be close to natural light.

This decoration is relevant for the ceiling of the attic floor, especially popular in the interior of private or country houses. In such structures, windows are often located on the ramp itself, which is the roof.The size of window openings is limited. An interesting solution when designing the attic for a nursery is to use translucent curtains on the windows, which are fixed on both sides, so that the textiles look beautiful. Sometimes the highlight of this ceiling, in addition to beams, can be lamps in the form of panels or a window opening in the form of a hatch.

This decor is used using tension structures made of film or textiles, including satin. The subject of the image depends on the wishes of the customer and the purpose of the room, the size of the print is subject to the footage of the room. Photo printing is applied to the canvas according to a special technology, thanks to which the image is distinguished by expressive lines and precision in the transfer of shades. With a good choice of the pattern, you can add a special mood to the atmosphere, give the space depth and a sense of home comfort.

Most often the themes of the drawings are floral motifs, images of the sky with clouds and stars, portraits of ancient gods, angels and pigeons. However, not every drawing can be called successful. For example, large prints located on the ceiling of small rooms and bedrooms visually reduce the space and create a depressing atmosphere. The uncomplicated ornament on the stretch ceiling that goes over to the wall looks much more interesting.If only a part of the wall is involved, this decor looks stylish and zones the space of the room.

This decor belongs to the category of particularly relevant, if it is performed by a professional with the skills of artistic painting. The subject of the image depends on the purpose of a particular room. More often, this design of the ceiling is performed starting from the wall, moving to the ceiling. For example, in the bedroom it can be branches coming from a tree located on one of the walls, as well as sakura petals, openwork curls or flowers, shoots or leaves of exotic plants.

For example, the same tree, whose branches extend to the ceiling, as well as flowers or lace, can be decorated with volumetric 3D butterfly stickers, arranging them in a chaotic manner. This finishing technique involves the inclusion in the decor of the painting of sparkling crystals or the selection of elements by means of light, which gives the ornament a completely different perception.

This technique is one of the most popular in the ceiling decoration. It allows you to beat the flaws of the base, using different materials to decorate different places. For example, the tension canvas can be placed only in the center of the room or in a certain part of it based on the characteristics of the furniture. If it is a living room combined with a dining area located in the bay window, the stretch fabric can decorate the main part of the ceiling. For the bay window, you can make a separate box and accent the ceiling with a separate lighting.

It is interesting to play around the design features of the ceiling with the help of ceiling tiles under a tree or metal. Besides the fact that it can be glued in the central part of the ceiling and arranged around the perimeter with a molding in tint or contrast to the main ceiling plinth, this material is also useful for framing other finishes. For example, the wooden tile looks beautiful above the place of the dining area, carrying out the unobtrusive organization of the kitchen. With a successful selection of elements, you can combine photo printing, tile and molding, for the chandelier you can choose ring shapes to decorate them with light.

Tile materials from polyfoam are successfully combined with a plaster stucco molding. The sculpted ceiling is harmonious in classic design directions. Wooden structures need a contrast, it makes the surfaces expressive. For example, wood is in harmony with metal in a creative direction.

If the wood is painted with light paint, then it looks better with plastic. The tile coating on the basis of metal with mirror inserts can be supplemented with a very beautiful lamp, a complex combination is inappropriate here.

The color of the ceiling depends on the purpose of the room, its footage and the degree of lighting. All criteria are subject to the general design ideas. The goal of each design is to add space to the room. Therefore, the priority is white and light shades of pastel colors.

The actual tones of the ceiling zone design are blue, bleached blue, light beige, milky, light cream and white and gray. If the space is spacious, in the decoration of the ceiling there are more saturated colors. For example, it may be lilac, gold, silver, sand, yellowish paint.However, designers note that when designing a design, it is necessary to add white color to any contrast that can soften a bright tone and fill the interior with bright spots.

The most interesting combinations of shades in the design of the ceiling today are:

• coffee with milk + light beige;
• wood + metallic;
• white + milk, olive, steel blue, beige, gray, woody.

Today it is the lighting that can make the ceiling special. Even the most beautiful and stylish design without the right light composition looks lonely. However, not everything is so simple: today it is customary to perform lighting in a special way, connecting lamps of several types in the design of the ceiling. Consider their main types, through which you can decorate the ceiling area. They are classified by type of attachment and type of lamp.

Suspended and surface-type chandeliers are included in this category. In fact, the first are models on suspensions in the form of a thick and durable cord or chain. These designs, as a rule, are distinguished by a large weight and have restrictions on placement. They can not be mounted in rooms with low ceilings. They are appropriate in the living room, study, home library, it is important that the room was spacious.

The near-surface lamps of the central illumination are nothing more than ordinary compact chandeliers that are fixed close to the ceiling. They may be different, but more often they are models with a characteristic flattened shape. The advantage of luminaires is that they can be used to visually beat the lack of height of the ceiling, and give the space of a particular room an adequate level of illumination. Some varieties are voluminous panels with powerful lamps that, through a closed upper layer, gently diffuse light to all corners of the room.

This type of lighting today focuses on the design of the ceiling. Often, the backlight performs the function of central lighting. With its help, you can give the space a clear organization, accentuate the desired zone, using lamps of different design and shape for the composition. This reception is particularly appropriate in the design of an open-plan ceiling. In addition, for each individual functional area, you can choose your own type of finish, through which you can not only illuminate the space, but also differentiate it.

Conventionally, this ceiling lighting can be divided into several types. All of them are based on LED light sources, which are currently economical and harmless. In the process, they do not emit toxins into the air, do not flicker and do not buzz. Diodes convert most of the energy consumed into light, so they do not melt the ceiling material if they are embedded inside the structure.

Depending on the conceived design of the ceiling, in the design they use spotlights, adjustable spots and flexible tape. The first often frame the box at regular intervals, the second are appropriate in the creative style (they are attached to the beams).The tape is remarkable in that it is able to exactly repeat the curved contour of any ceiling design, it can be embedded or hidden between the molding and the edge of the wall.

Most often they are combined with a diode tape, embedding in the design of the model type RGB with the change of color shades of light flux from neutral white to violet, including blue, pink, orange and many other tones.

The design of the ceiling is individual in each case. Consider several options for the design of the ceiling space based on the main features of the room.

• Living room. For this room, the only limitation may be the lack of space. This room is the hallmark of any home, so it is in it that you can show a great imagination using a combination of different materials. Beautifully in the living room look curly and asymmetrical lines, complex multi-level ceiling designs, decorated along the contour of different levels with separate lighting.Here are relevant models of two shades that can be performed in the tone of the furniture, as well as options with a metallic sheen.

• Bedroom. Here, the atmosphere should be relaxing, so it is important to ensure maximum relaxation of the eyes: bright lights and powerful chandeliers in the design of the ceiling are excluded. Preferred matte surface texture and simple forms of construction. Often, to maintain the atmosphere of home comfort and relaxation enough LED lighting around the perimeter of the ceiling.

• Kitchen. For this room, the main factor is the features of the walls. If the space resembles a square, they are trying to pull it out with a decorative rectangular insert of drywall or stretched canvas with a frame. It looks interesting design with a stretch fabric and plasterboard, through which the hood with backlight passes. At the same time in the decoration is not necessary to use the picture: for a complex decor enough point lighting.

• Corridor and hallway. It all depends on the layout. If the walls are sloping, they try to decorate the ceiling of the hall with the reception of asymmetric lines, distracting attention from the curvature of the walls, visually creating an internal imbalance of the entrance room. Through the curly line you can create the illusion of space.For a narrow corridor, characteristic of a small "Khrushchev", it is better to use a simple drywall box: the tension structure is inappropriate here. The square tile (even from expensive material) does not always look here: geometric elements visually split a limited space.

• Studio. In this case, it is important to observe a balance: since, due to the open layout, all functional areas are visible, the ceiling should not be multi-level. In this case, light projections are allowed for two zones of space (as a rule, guest and dining). Sometimes the ceiling is designed in such a way that the curly line starts from the dining area and smoothly passes into the guest. Modern layout allows a lot of possibilities for design.

To make the ceiling not only beautiful, but also relevant in this space, it is necessary to draw up a design project at the initial stage of repair. This will avoid the feeling of pressure on the walls, because complex structures often reduce the height of the ceiling. With a skillful and modern approach to decorating, you can make a stylish solution with zoning, hide the defects of an uneven ceiling, and visually get rid of low walls.

• Bathroom. In this space, they try to perform the classic design of the ceiling to match the basic finish, since the tiles that decorate the surfaces of the walls and the floor are a durable coating. For the decor, try to choose the appropriate options, decorating the surface of the base with ergonomic lighting. In the decoration, you can apply new materials that are resistant to the negative effects of moisture. Foam tiles are not acceptable here, but drywall is suitable.

To assess the versatility of the design idea in the design of the ceiling of the dwelling, refer to the examples of photo galleries. Among the mass of opportunities, everyone will find the most interesting ideas and options for decorating the ceiling.

A beautiful example of the design of a living room of a country house, which has wide windows and doors on adjacent walls. In the design of a high ceiling-roof, the key elements are windows, beams and stylish chandeliers on hangers. Upholstered furniture near the fireplace and carpet create a homely atmosphere.

Emphasizing the sleeping area with a complex asymmetrical design looks stylish and modern.The decoration used material to match the tone of the door and the bed itself. The highlight of each contrasting detail creates a volume effect.

The combination of mirror tiles with drywall allows you to accent the guest area, due to the luxurious chandelier and lighting around the perimeter of the two-level design, the space is filled with light.

The combination of drywall and wallpaper allows you to select a sleeping area at the head. Accentuation of the ceiling ledge with spotlights along the contour of the level ensures an adequate level of light, and the ribbon illumination enhances the different levels of the ceiling.

Separating the cooking zone with a separate two-level plasterboard construction with compact pendant lamps of a concise form creates a unique atmosphere. Using the built-in backlight compensates for the lack of light.

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