Ceiling stickers: variations and specifications

Whatever the style of the interior of your house - refined or minimalist, with a lot of furniture and textiles or without it at all - the main “anchors” of the design of the room remain the walls, the floor and the ceiling. The overall impression of the room depends on their decor and design.

Modern designers offer a huge number of variations of the decoration of the ceiling of any room. The most interesting of them is the use of stickers (stickers, stylers) on the ceiling. This simple but effective way to update the interior is gaining in popularity.

The stickers on the ceiling are modern decorative elements of the new generation. By using them, even the most ordinary and boring room will begin to look like a work of design art.

In addition, the use of these elements will allow you to update the interior of the usual premises without major repairs and high financial costs.

The way of decorating the ceiling with the help of ceiling stickers is called “vinyl styling”.

In order to create a similar sticker, experts use thin plastic or film, where a special adhesive base is applied. Sometimes, instead of such a basis, manufacturers use double-sided tape. After that, the desired image (ordinary or luminous in the dark) is applied to the plastic or film.

Images of fluorescent stickers are applied using a specially designed paint, which is made on the basis of a special pigment - phosphor. The phosphor, accumulating sunlight in the daytime, shines in the nighttime.

Despite the huge variety of ceiling stickers on the market, it is generally accepted to distinguish several major decor groups.

Such stickers are printed on polyvinyl chloride film (from which they take their name) and represent a variety of shapes, drawings and figures. Vinyl stickers on the ceiling can have a smooth, embossed or even voluminous texture. Sometimes (for a special effect) a 3D printer is used to make them. Then the image on the ceiling gains depth and expressiveness.

These glowing in the dark elements of the ceiling decor will become a real decoration of the interior of a bedroom or a nursery. Phosphoric, neon or even mirror stickers will give the room a special mysterious atmosphere. The most popular fluorescent stickers are stars or planets that will create a real fairy tale in any room.

Let's try to understand in more detail the features and specific characteristics of ceiling stylers. Consider the advantages of decor, which attract a huge number of buyers, and its repulsive disadvantages.

The advantages of using stickers on the ceiling:

• A simple way to update the interior. Even the most modern and expensive repairs in time begin to become familiar and a bitbored In order to quickly and inexpensively update the interior of your room, use stickers on the ceiling.
• Wide scope. Ceiling stickers can be glued to a suspended or painted ceiling. Also stickers can be mounted on the ceiling, covered with wallpaper.

• Affordable and affordable prices. Stickers on the ceiling of any shape and type can be purchased at a fairly low price, which can not be compared with the cost of a new stretch ceiling or fresh painting.
• Durability. This simple, but spectacular decor does not fade in the sun, it will serve you for a long time, pleasing the eyes of all households.
• Easy to use. Adhesive ceiling elements are quite easy to mount and remove. If you wish, you can change the decor of the room with your own hands at least every season. The help of experts is not required.
• Deposition rate Sticking ceiling stylers will not take you more than 30 minutes, and the effect of their action will last at least several years.

• Will help hide any flaws.Stains, bumps or scuffs - all the imperfections of your ceiling will disappear under the new and bright ceiling styler.
• Will help to divide the apartment into zones. Especially true for small apartments and rooms. With the help of decorative stickers on the ceiling, you can easily divide any room into functional areas. So, in the small kitchen there may be a dining area, and in the small nursery - a playroom.
• Ease of care. In order to keep the ceiling stickers clean, it is enough to wipe them with a sponge once a week.
• Environmental Safety. Stickers are made from environmentally friendly materials. Therefore, do not trust the myth that ceiling stylers are harmful.

Disadvantages of using stickers on the ceiling:

• Ease of fire. Phosphor-type fluorescent stylers are quite easy to ignite. Therefore, for security reasons, they should not be mounted in the kitchen.
• Incompatibility with moisture. Ceiling stickers of some brands do not tolerate steam or moisture and are not intended for sticking in the bathroom. This characteristic of the decor should be consulted in advance at a specialist in the store.

Thus, stickers on the ceiling are one of the most popular, inexpensive and simple types of decoration. Despite the presence of a few negative characteristics, their positive qualities turn ceiling stickers into one of the most interesting and accessible interior solutions.

The design of stickers on the ceiling will amaze the imagination of even the most sophisticated visionary. You can choose stickers that fit any interior design and fit into various styles: high-tech, loft, country or pop art.

Butterfly stickers are great in the nursery., cobwebs or clouds, in the bedroom - stars, moon or planets, in the living room - flowers or a mysterious ornament.

Special joy stylers on the ceiling will bring your children. With the help of such a simple decor in the child's room, you can create a real "oasis" of happiness.

The technology of sticking ceiling stickers on PVC is quite simple and is available even for an inexperienced builder. They are easy to mount on the now popular hinged ceiling.

To avoid mistakes, it is worth using a simple instruction, following the necessary recommendations:

• First you need to prepare the surface, carefully washing and wiping it. Wait until the ceiling is completely dry. Do not work on wet or wet surfaces.
• Make the necessary measurements and determine the place where you will stick the styler (remember that the sticker does not transfer the re-pasting). Apply the markup (it is best to mark several control points with a pencil), and once again estimate the sticker to the intended location. If possible, ask one of the household members to “assess the situation” from below and verify the correctness of your work.

• Peel off part of the protective film (not all). Attach a portion of the sticker to the selected location, slowly and carefully peeling off the remaining part of the protective film, press the sticker tightly to the ceiling, gradually sticking it. To smooth the pattern, use a roller or a non-metallic spatula to help remove unwanted air bubbles and level the surface.

• Now that the sticker is completely glued, peel off the top protective layer and wipe the sticker with a sponge. Is done.

There is a large variety of creating interesting interiors through the use of stickers on the ceiling. The flight of your imagination is limitless.

The most common option - the starry sky. To create this kind of magic, you will need star stickers, stickers in the shape of the moon and planets. These stylers are usually sold in phosphor phosphor form and appear at night, illuminating the whole room with a pleasant glow. It is pleasant to dream of a dream coming, looking at such a starry sky.

Another common form of ceiling decoration is colorful, elegant butterflies. If you choose more caricatured images, then you can decorate the nursery with them, and more elaborate insects will become an interesting decor for the living room.

For children's rooms most often use the image of the favorite characters of cartoons and fairy tales of the child. Domestic wolf and hare, three pigs or Little Red Riding Hood will delight your baby, and modern heroes of Disney cartoons will create a mischievous mood in the room.

For subtle natures and mysterious characters, stylers in the form of indefinite ornaments are suitable as ceiling decorations. Graceful curls give the room a light and unobtrusive atmosphere.

When choosing the color scheme of the ceiling design, you should follow one of 2 ways:

• The stylers on the ceiling fully correspond to the general palette of the room, without getting out of the whole picture.
• Stickers can be turned into a bright, unusual accent in the design of your room by choosing a non-standard color that is completely different from the color scheme of the room.

How to glue the sticker on the ceiling, see below.