Dizzying configurations
An ordinary single-level ceiling helps to quickly level the surface, but it looks quite standard and monotonous, so it is unlikely that such a primitive design will please its owner.
Beauty is always attractive
Fortunately, drywall has one great property: it bends quite easily.
This allows you to create not only straight, but also curved structures of the most incredible and bizarre shapes, located on several levels.
Drywall bends very easily, turning the ceiling into an interesting composition
The contours of the figured ceiling can be round, rectangular, star-shaped, wave-shaped or with abstract outlines - the range of options is limited only by your imagination
By leaving space above the plasterboard structure, they create voluminous, floating in the air and individual figures. The ceilings look interesting and original, smoothly turning into the walls and forming a single whole with them.
Ceilings that merge into walls look interesting.
No. 9. Ceiling stucco
Stucco molding is a non-standard, rather rare type of ceiling decoration in the living room, which fits perfectly into the classic style of the interior. To create a small masterpiece right in your home, you can use the help of professionals, but by following the instructions, you can try to do it yourself. Then it will be doubly pleasant to relax in the living room, realizing that all the beauty there was made with your own hands.
Let there be light
In addition to the main lighting of the hall from a chandelier or light panels, lighting is installed, without which the surface loses much of its design.
It is very easy to install backlight to help the main light
You can choose for it both natural shades of daylight and any other suitable colors.
Backlight types
- Open. Lamps located on the ceiling plane.
- Hidden. LED strip along the contour. Installed from inside the structure, creates diffused color.
- Combined. Combines both named types.
Typical hidden lighting option
In addition to lighting in the hall, open lighting will allow you to perform functional zoning of space or accentuate interior details, only for this you will need special spotlights for directional light.
Functional zoning of space
The possibilities for hidden lighting are wider. For example, you can make a floating figure with an additional internal cutout and lighting on the two resulting contours.
The combined type combines perfectly and looks no less impressive.
Modern technologies bring newness to the design of the room and create a whole color extravaganza.
We need light - use the remote control
Dynamic alternation of colors and shades, running fire, other special effects - to select the lighting style, just click the control panel.
LED strips with no color spots are suitable for high-end interiors, when a perfectly uniform lighting tone is required.
Stretch ceiling: design features
There are several types of suspended ceilings:
- Fabric type. Presented as polyester canvas. The material is impregnated with polyurethane, which increases its resistance to moisture.
- Polyvinyl chloride type. It has a high elasticity rate, is moisture resistant, and can withstand serious leakage.
Stretch ceilings are often used in combination with plasterboard structures, for example, here a black fabric is stretched inside a box with built-in lamps
In addition, they vary in color: plain and patterned. The quality of the latter is quite high. Modern technologies allow you to display any design on the canvas. This emphasizes the originality of the living room; all its elements are harmoniously combined.
There are three types of canvas:
- satin;
- matte;
- glossy.
The last type of canvas is great for small living rooms. Thanks to the ability to reflect light and create a mirror effect, it visually increases the height of the room, making it deeper and more voluminous. The glossy ceiling area is available in a rich color palette.
A glossy ceiling will fill the room with air and light
The mirror coating does not require special care, does not darken and retains its original appearance for a long time
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Every man to his own taste
A riot of color and paint is the main slogan, experiment. Choose colors according to your own taste; there are no specific strict rules for selecting specific colors. The main thing is that they are in harmony with each other.
The splendor of your ceiling depends on your imagination
Possible combinations
- different tones of the same color;
- contrasting combination of dark and light;
- similar in color scheme or sharply opposite colors.
Popular use of the same color but different shades
Quite calm, pastel colors are suitable for mature or elderly people; brighter and more saturated colors are suitable for young people and people in an active age; in mixed families, you can choose something in between.
Texture: cheap and cheerful
It happens that you really want to make a rich finish, but the budget is limited. What should I do?
Chic use of additional elements
Using imitation precious metals, rare woods, stone and other materials, you will allow your living room to acquire a truly luxurious look.
Sometimes minimalism comes in handy
This design method uses texture paint. It imitates not only the listed materials, but also the structure of marble, granite, silk and velvet surfaces, steel or aluminum, and Venetian plaster finishes, achieving the appropriate decorative effect.
The impression of a huge ceiling
Patterned painting, paintings, graphics
It’s nice to diversify a monochromatic surface with something. These can be fairly simple images in the form of geometric shapes, graphic symbols or patterns that can be easily applied using a stencil.
Geometric shapes, stencils
In the case of a patterned design, in addition to a stencil, they use a special relief roller; the application itself is also not particularly difficult. But more complex types of painting cannot be done so easily. These include images of people, animals, landscapes; they often like to draw the sky with clouds.
Additional interior space
A win-win choice for a classic design is a fresco with cracks drawn to stylize it as a noble antiquity.
Classic ceiling option
However, in all these cases you will have to resort to the services of a professional artist, which will cost a tidy sum, so this design option is chosen for expensive interiors.
Another type of ceiling-to-wall transition
Liquid wallpaper and suspended ceilings will provide a way out; we will touch on this issue a little later.
Stretch ceiling in the living room
Today you can find suspended ceilings in almost every house or apartment. They are typically used to hide or lower a slightly high fixed ceiling. This finishing option also plays a decorative role, because the LEDs hidden in it perfectly highlight and illuminate the space. A stretch ceiling is ideal for a living room; it will create a unique atmosphere in any interior.
In the living room, the ceiling is often a wonderful way to add variety to the interior. In addition to its undoubted decorative characteristics, a stretch ceiling also serves to hide unevenness in plaster or communications. It is also a wonderful way to divide a space thanks to the play of light that can often surprise. Thanks to this finish, you can create intimate lighting with LEDs.
Combination with other materials: expensive but cute
Although during finishing it is possible to imitate the texture of various materials, the original itself is often used.
Combination with other materials
Of course, this type of finishing will cost much more; this is real, not ostentatious, luxury. Aluminum and steel inserts are suitable for techno style; wood looks organically in classics.
Bizarre images only add intrigue
The use of glass, especially multi-colored glass – stained glass – is widespread. Reflective mirror glass is also popular. Other materials include leather, fabric, and plastic.
Make your ceiling stand out
Don't make a reflective ceiling with hidden LED strip lighting, otherwise all the insides will be reflected on the ceiling.
No. 3. Wallpaper
Wallpaper looks good not only on the walls, but also on the ceiling. Among the advantages of this option for decorating ceilings in the living room are low cost, variety of textures and colors , and an interesting effect that gives coziness to the room. Thick wallpaper, moreover, can hide some imperfections in the ceiling , but this will not affect the height in any way. An unusual effect can be achieved if you use fabric wallpaper, and paintable wallpaper will allow you to easily change the color of the ceiling several times.
Gluing wallpaper to the ceiling on your own is not so difficult - the main thing is to immediately find an assistant, since this work is much easier to do with two people. Thanks to the pattern of the material, you can visually correct some defects and make the ceiling a little higher. Thus, an asymmetrical pattern will hide cracks and irregularities, and striped wallpaper that extends from the walls to part of the ceiling can visually make the living room taller.
disadvantages to this type of finish. Firstly, this is not the longest service life, which for different types of wallpaper ranges from 5 to 15 years. Secondly, if the living room has a non-standard shape, installation becomes more complicated, to the point of being impossible and impractical.
Liquid wallpaper: why not?
In fact, liquid wallpaper matches drywall. Usually they cover only ceiling tiles, often combined with a smooth transition to the walls.
We use drywall as a base
The finishing of the drywall itself is made from other materials, resulting in an interesting combination of textures. Despite the name, the coating is uniform and seamless, with a smooth or textured structure.
High ceilings always look beautiful
The wallpaper contains various inclusions that give the surface an original look with completely different visual effects. This can be marble chips, gold and silver sparkles, silk or cotton fibers.
Simplicity of design to match the room
Liquid wallpaper is used to cover the surface in one tone, lay out relatively complex patterns or make an applique, that is, apply a pattern on top of a layer of wallpaper. However, the image cannot be compared with a full-fledged painting; it looks more like a mosaic.
Dividing the surface using curved lines
Coffered ceilings: what are they?
The coffered shape is similar to a lattice with separate cells into which it is convenient to embed lighting.
Sometimes you don't have to use wood to create a great design
Previously, wooden beams were needed to make it. Nowadays drywall allows you to make a cheaper imitation of wood, it looks very solid and impressive.
When finishing, various additional elements will be appropriate
However, there are certain limitations: such a surface will easily fit into the classic style, but a large pattern looks absolutely bad in a low room with small windows.
Decorative plaster
When choosing what to decorate the ceiling with, you can choose decorative plaster. This decoration method is used quite often. It produces an attractive surface that is easy to maintain and will last for many years.
Modern manufacturers offer a significant amount of such decorative materials for ceiling decoration. You don't have to choose white at all. You can use a rich palette, so for each specific room it will not be difficult to choose a non-standard solution that will organically fit into the interior and become its real decoration. Today, materials for finishing and decorating ceilings offer designers almost unlimited possibilities for flights of creative imagination.
Other design and interior elements
Here, first of all, the now popular stucco molding comes to mind; this is where the real freedom for the designer lies.
Original surface painting
Using molded elements you can make a rosette for a chandelier. A good decoration for the ceiling would be a baguette, various moldings, a cornice with the same stucco molding, accentuating the perimeter and delimiting the surface.
Visually breaking up the surface
Sometimes, when choosing a project, they do not attach special importance to all other interior details, but in vain.
The overall picture of the interior, where every detail is thought out
A holistic impression is created by the composition of the hall, designed in the same style, when the design and color are common not only for the ceiling and walls, but for furniture, curtains, and other items.
In conclusion
When choosing a finishing material for the ceiling in the living room, you definitely need to take into account the overall style of the room. Considering what interior style is chosen, it is worth selecting the type of finishing. Do not forget that different materials can be successfully combined with each other, obtaining interesting non-standard solutions. In addition, the most unconventional materials that are not included in this review can be used to decorate the ceiling - everything is limited only by desires and imagination.
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Drywall and suspended ceiling: is such a combination possible?
The undoubted advantage of tensioners is the ability to apply photo printing and create 3D effects.
Graceful and tasteful
Constructions made of plasterboard with a tension insert allow you to realize the most daring design ideas, and a variety of non-standard solutions for decorative finishing are truly amazing.
Lamps can even be placed like this
Tensioners are divided into film (PVC) and fabric. Film has a clearer image and a richer choice of colors and textures.
Rich canvas for textures
The LED PVC “starry sky” looks great with the effect of the northern lights, displaying the flight of a comet and other moving objects.
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The texture of the film is glossy, matte, satin, there are samples with embossed patterns for suede, leather, metal, and other materials.
Interesting form of beautiful design
The mirror gloss reflects the entire interior; the matte texture, similar to a painted ceiling without glare, creates a noble classic style and gives the room gloss and sophistication.
Folding option with light
Occupying an intermediate position in terms of light reflectivity, the satin ceiling resembles plastic; there is a translucent option for luminous ones.
We take into account the height
In practice, a common option is a direct, curvilinear connection of two film sheets of different colors or textures.
Due to heating during installation, PVC film almost always gives off an unpleasant odor at first. In addition, there is a danger of damage to the film web by sharp objects; fabric in this sense is much more reliable.
The texture of the fabric is only matte. Such ceilings are good when you need to create a three-dimensional image. It is made from two canvases with photo printing, the bottom one is transparent, translucent.
Hanging structure with lamps
In combination with curtain lighting, the fabric stretcher looks simply masterpiece. Fabric costs several times more than film.
No. 5. Stretch ceiling
This is one of the most popular and modern types of ceiling decoration in the living room. It can be matte or glossy, and the latter is great for living rooms with low ceilings, because the reflective surface creates the illusion of additional space. You can choose any color and pattern, including photo printing using the required image. In addition, thanks to a stretch ceiling, you can create a multi-level structure using different types of lighting, thereby zoning the space. Another advantage of this finish is the speed of installation and the absence of dirty work, as well as the durability of the coating, practicality and safety .
The main disadvantage of suspended ceilings is the high price, but it is more than compensated by all the advantages of the coating. Although it is easy to care for a suspended ceiling, it can be damaged by sharp objects and cannot be repaired. Do not forget also that the design of suspended ceilings takes away centimeters of room height, but thanks to the glossy surface this disadvantage can be compensated for.
Don't go wrong when choosing a design
Defects made from plasterboard are more difficult to correct compared to painted or wallpapered wallpaper, and the cost of remodeling will be significantly more expensive, so choose your design responsibly.
The main thing is to design everything correctly
Let's list the typical mistakes
Ceiling heights are not taken into account. At low temperatures, an incorrectly chosen design may look too bulky and visually make the living room smaller. In addition, the structure eats up part of the height of the room.
Bright room with a light surface
The color does not take into account the lighting of the room. Be sure to decorate rooms with windows facing the dark side in light colors.
And in general, the hall should be quite bright, unless, of course, you suffer from misanthropy. You can only make small dark accents.
A little emphasis with shapes
There is no coordination with the rest of the interior. Finishing elements must be combined both with each other and with the rest of the interior.
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Plasterboard ceilings
Surprise those around you with such beauty
For example, stucco molding introduces dissonance with abstract painting, and classic design will look inappropriate next to techno-style furniture.
Simple design - minimalism
Clumsy or too pretentious ceilings, lack of harmony between colors. It is difficult to advise anything more specific here, other than your own taste and consultation with a specialist designer.
