Ceiling Recommendations
For a successful decor, you need to consider a number of design features of the room:
- For a small living room in apartments, such as Khrushchev, single-level structures or multi-level models with a partial arrangement on the ceiling surface are suitable.
- In a long and narrow room, square or rectangular ceilings will be appropriate. They will visually expand the space.
- Sophisticated tiered products are best suited for a high-ceilinged living room.
- For a harmonious and organic look of the ceiling structure, it is necessary to take into account the competent arrangement of lamps and fixtures.
Types of ceilings
The main varieties of ceiling structures.
Suspension
Divided into several types:
- Rack and pinion. Reiki of various colors always look very original and allow you to design a living room in almost any style.
- From drywall. Universal products from GKL are a fairly popular type of finish. With their help, you can realize countless design decisions.
Tension
Such French models have a variety of textures, due to which you can give the living room a modern and unusual appearance.
PVC panels
They have a huge variety of colors and textures, can have different lengths and widths.
Wooden
Universal wooden finish is environmentally friendly, has a simple installation and goes well with any style decision of an apartment or a country house.
- Lining.
- MDF panels.
Mirror
It looks just great and forms a very elegant design. This model can be used both over the entire area of the room and fragmentary.
Venetian plaster
Consists of lime and marble chips. These two main components allow you to create a surface with a characteristic pattern of this stone.
Wallpaper
Vinyl, paper, liquid or other types of wallpaper, not only perfectly hide minor defects and imperfections in the ceiling surface, but also provide the opportunity to create an interesting design of the ceiling.
Glass
Visually expands the room, creates an unusual lighting effect and a feeling of weightlessness in it. The best choice will be stained glass.
Colored
Budget and at the same time quite high-quality finish, which allows you to create a perfectly smooth and neatly designed ceiling surface.
Caisson
Represents the beams arranged among themselves, forming niches of various forms. The caisson constructions create interesting visual effects in the hall and change its geometry.
Ceiling Design Options
There are three main types.
Single level
An even ceiling surface located in one plane, despite its simple appearance, is able to create a completely original picture in the hall. According to Feng Shui, a single-level model is an ideal option, since it does not have sharp drops.
Two-level
Visually changes the geometry of space, zones it and hides flaws. These models can combine various materials and create incredibly interesting designs.
Layered
It features special functionality, it harmonizes perfectly with all elements of the decor, emphasizes certain parts of the room and simply gives the living room a very stylish look.
Varieties of texture
The following types of surfaces are distinguished:
- Matt
- Glossy.
- Satin
Ceiling colors
The color palette sets the mood for the entire interior and forms a certain atmosphere in the hall.
The black
Presentable black color gives the room chamberness and integrity, and transforms the space beyond recognition.
White
The traditional style of ceiling decoration. White visually increases the height of the room, makes it much lighter and more spacious and forms a light and airy design.
Green
Depending on the saturation of the shade, green can create a calm and peaceful or vice versa bright and juicy interior.
Beige
Unobtrusive beige color can add luxury to any living room.
Blue
Adds calmness, freshness, additional space to the room and the feeling of limitless spaciousness.
Brown
This color always looks respectable and expensive. It brings cosiness and warmth to the interior of the hall.
Gray
A classic shade that is often used for decoration. Gray will be a great solution to create a calm and unobtrusive design.
Blue
Cold and restrained blue brings coolness to the room and gives it visual depth.
How to make a ceiling?
Interesting ideas for ceiling decor.
Soaring
Using the LED strip located around the perimeter of the ceiling structure, it feels as if it is floating freely in the air.
With beams
Decorative beams made of natural wood or cheaper artificial materials divide the ceiling into certain zones and are an excellent full-fledged decoration element.
Combined ceiling
A variety of amazing double combinations of materials allow you to create unusual combined multi-level structures in the hall.
Patterns and drawings
Original patterns and drawings located on the ceiling not only give the interior uniqueness and unusualness, but also make it more complete and emphasize the style.
With photo printing
Products with photo printing have many different compositions, which, due to their realism, create a three-dimensional effect in space and make it spacious and open.
With stucco molding
Heavy plaster or lightweight polyurethane stucco molding is an integral part of a luxurious, expensive and fashionable interior in the hall.
Two-tone
A competent combination of colors will form an attractive appearance of the ceiling structure. Bright combinations will look extravagant and catchy, and more pastel ones will be calm and concise.
Carved
Artistic openwork slots allow you to create the illusion of three-dimensionality in space and visually change the size of the hall.
Shaped ceiling shapes
A variety of shapes and shapes attract the eye, give the ceiling plane of the volume and make its design truly individual.
- Geometric shapes. Circles, squares, ovals, rectangles allow you to correct the wrong geometry of the living room and visually increase or decrease its size.
- Curved shapes. Radial wave-shaped ceilings can create a symmetrical or fancifully curved original composition.
- Flowers and vegetation.Such refined and unusual configurations always look very stylish and beautiful.
- Complex figures. Incredible complex shapes of irregular shape can turn any interior into an individual design project.
Hall Ceiling Lighting Ideas
Correctly selected lighting allows the ceiling not to lose its original and modern look.
Backlit
Various lighting located in a niche or around the perimeter of the ceiling structure creates a dual-zone lighting in the hall and an interesting light-dynamic effect.
Chandeliers
A classic lighting option that plays a central role. For low ceilings in the hall, flat chandeliers are suitable, and for high ceilings, pendant lamps of various designs, most suitable for the ceiling.
Spotlights
Perfectly zone the space and make its geometry more consistent.
Spotlights
They can be used both as additional and main lighting. Spotlights located around the perimeter of the hall make the interior more harmonious and create the illusion of a large space in it.
Spots
They have a directional light flux that can be used in the right direction, thereby focusing on certain objects in the interior.
Recessed fixtures
They create soft unobtrusive emitted light, but at the same time provide maximum artificial lighting in the hall.
Photo in various styles
The ceiling will make the picture of the living room interior more holistic and harmonious.
Classical
In the style of classic or neoclassic, single-level or step designs in light pastel colors, complemented by luxurious chandeliers, spotlights, bulbs, decorated with stucco or fringing in the form of baguettes or baseboards, will be appropriate.
Modern
Ceiling models with clear geometric shapes and straight lines will be a great addition to the modern style. Their color scheme depends on the general background of the room.
Loft
Simple models in monochrome shades, without unnecessary details and decor, will not violate the freedom of the room, made in the loft style.
Provence
Natural wooden products or materials with imitation of natural textures, perfectly emphasize the French style or rustic country, which at the same time combine luxury and simplicity.
High tech
Single-level glossy coatings or multi-level constructions of complex shapes will become an integral element of high-tech style.
Minimalism
A ceiling made without frills will perfectly emphasize comfort, unsurpassed aesthetics and ergonomics of a minimalist style and create the perfect balance in the hall.
Chalet
Natural types of wooden finishes in natural colors complement the cozy and natural chalet-style interior and create a relaxing atmosphere in it.
Custom solutions in the living room
With the help of a diverse ceiling design, you can create unusual solutions in the hall.
With bay window
The bay window can be originally distinguished with a suspended podium or it is interesting to highlight with spotlights and thereby make the bay window a special element of the entire living room.
With fireplace
Ceiling models can successfully emphasize the fireplace area, using various color transitions and textures or backlighting.
No chandelier
Instead of the chandelier, other types of lighting fixtures can be used. They will give at least a high-quality level of lighting and at the same time not conceal the volume of the hall.
With stairs
Proper placement of the ceiling structure will create a harmonious and comfortable design and it is interesting to beat the stairs as an additional element of the living room.
Living room combined with kitchen
The ceiling produces a clear zoning of the kitchen-living room, visually corrects the shortcomings of this room and simply creates an original and original interior.
Photo gallery
The ceiling in the living room allows you to realize any non-standard solutions that emphasize the overall style of the interior and give it an even more attractive and interesting look.