When finishing the living room, special attention is paid to the ceiling. The walls are hidden behind furniture, the windows are hidden behind the curtains, and the ceiling is visible completely.

No one will notice expensive beautiful wallpaper on the walls if the ceiling in the living room cracked at the seams and begins to peel off. The ceiling immediately catches the eye when a person enters the room.

Beautiful ceilings in the living room will surprise your guests, and well -located lighting will create coziness.

What the design of the ceilings in the living room depends on what

Modern ceiling decoration options allow you to create an original design and choose interesting lighting.

When choosing a option of finishing or decoration of the ceiling, primarily the size of the living room and the height of the ceiling are taken into account. Multi -level structures look good in spacious rooms and the height of the ceiling of at least 270 cm.

When installing suspended ceilings in living rooms with an area of \u200b\u200b18-20 m² and a room height of 250 cm, bulky complex designs look inappropriate, it seems that the ceiling presses on you. For such rooms, a glossy stretch ceiling is suitable, which visually increases the height of the room.

About 15 years ago it was believed that the ceiling should be white. Flower ceiling wallpaper quickly went out of fashion and two options remained - whitewashing, or staining.

Modern finishing materials allow you to choose a ceiling of any color subject to certain conditions. The ceiling can be dark tones only if it is a glossy stretch ceiling. The matte ceiling of dark color, and even in insufficient lighting, will create a gloomy atmosphere in the living room.

Types of ceilings in the living room

Adhesive and main ceilings

Adhesive ceilings - pasting the ceiling with wallpaper for painting, or ceiling tiles - the cheapest option for finishing the ceiling. The finishing of the ceiling with embossed tiles or structural wallpaper visually reduces the height of the room.

The main ceiling is called a painted or whitewashed ceiling. Before painting, the ceiling should be leveled and spaced to give it an even smooth surface. This option is considered classic and is suitable for any interior, but leaves no room for the expanse of imagination.

Adhesive and main ceilings look neat, but not more. There is no need to talk about an exquisite original design here.

Dropped ceilings

To create a unique living room design, suspended ceilings are widely used. The living room, decorated with suspended ceilings, looks rich and original.

Of the existing types of suspended ceilings for the living room, drywall ceilings are suitable, stretch, or combined.

The advantages of such ceilings are that they help create an interesting design of the living room using additional backlight, the possibility of installing the ceiling in several levels and a variety of colors.

The two -level ceiling in the living room can have various forms - it all depends on your taste. Regardless of what you choose - clear straight, or wave -shaped lines - in any case, such a ceiling is able to decorate your living room.

Features of stretch ceilings and drywall structures

In appearance, the design of the ceiling made of drywall can not always be distinguished from the stretch ceiling if the ceiling made of drywall is made qualitatively, and the stretch is made of matte white canvas.

In terms of design capabilities, drywall ceilings do not differ from stretch. Very often they create a combined ceiling - part of the structure is made of drywall, then a stretch ceiling is installed.

Advantages of stretch ceilings

In terms of installation, stretch ceilings are installed much faster than gypsum plasterboard ceilings.

Stretch ceilings in living rooms can be matte or glossy, various colors, and with a pattern - photo printing. The variety of color scheme of paintings and the possibility of photo printing sometimes make it difficult to choose the color of the ceiling in the living room - everything is so attractive and interesting.

The living room with a low ceiling will win if you order a glossy canvas for a stretch ceiling. Even if you opt for dark dark colors, the room with the window will be reflected on the glossy ceiling. Visually, the ceiling height will almost double.

Drywall ceilings in the living room

The photo clearly shows how interesting the design of drywall can be.

The lack of drywall ceilings compared to stretchs is a longer installation and further finish period, and the ceiling deformation with increased humidity in the room. If the stretch ceiling withstands the flood from the neighbors from above, then the ceiling made of drywall in such a situation will become unusable.

A complex structure, its putty and coloring, it takes at least a week on the device of the ceiling made of drywall, while stretch ceilings are installed for several hours.

Lighting the ceiling in the living room

Suspended ceilings allow you to use a variety of lighting options. Installation of spotlights helps in lighting certain areas and creates additional comfort. LED backlighting complements the design of the ceiling and can serve as a source of lighting when bright light is not needed.

Various options for lighting the ceiling in the living room. A photo.

A combination of spotlights.

Using LED backlight.

Lighting with a chandelier, spotlights and LED backlight.

Stretch ceilings in the living room. Video.

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