The time of discreet plain ceilings has passed, the unique possibilities of such a material as drywall allow you to turn the ceiling space into a real work of art. Due to the ease of installation, low cost and the ability of drywall to take on a variety of shapes, suspended ceilings have gained incredible, but well-deserved popularity. Choosing drywall as a ceiling covering, you get the opportunity to realize any creative ideas on a vast space of the ceiling surface. If you have not yet decided how to decorate a plasterboard ceiling in the hallway, living room or bedroom, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the various finishes and win-win design ideas.
A few words about the advantages and disadvantages of plasterboard ceilings
Suspended drywall constructions have their pros and cons. The prevalence of this type of finish indicates that the advantages greatly outweigh the disadvantages.
Advantages of ceiling structures made of plasterboard:
- environmental friendliness and absolute non-toxicity of the material, which makes it possible to use it in any residential premises;
- the possibility of leveling the surface with any height differences;
- good moisture and fire resistance;
- convenience of hiding communications and ventilation systems;
- ease of installation and the ability to replace individual damaged modules without removing the entire structure;
- practicality - drywall can be repeatedly painted, as well as pasted over with wallpaper;
- compatibility with any existing types of fixtures;
- malleability and the ability to take any form, allowing you to realize any design ideas.
Some disadvantages of plasterboard ceilings:
- leakage protection from above;
- some decrease in the height of the room.
Suspended plasterboard ceilings can have one or more levels. Each of these options has its own design and design options.
One-level plasterboard ceiling
Despite the relative simplicity of the design, a single-level drywall construction deserves attention. Such a ceiling is an ideal solution for a living room or bedroom in an apartment with low ceilings. The minimum height to which the ceiling surface falls is 3 cm, which make up the thickness of the supporting profile. For such a ceiling, an overhead or pendant chandelier is suitable.
If you want to use point light sources, the surface level drops to a large height of about 10 cm and is determined by the height of the housing of the recessed luminaire.
The design possibilities of a single-level structure are more limited compared to multi-level ones, but there are still options.
- A combination of several colors. Can be used for visual zoning of a room, for example, dividing the living room to the seating and dining areas.
- Drawing on the ceiling. It can be beautiful patterns, an ornament or another image - the main thing is that the chosen decor is combined with the interior of the room. A pattern that fades onto the walls will help visually expand the room.
- Linings and plinths with gypsum stucco. The LED lighting built into the plinth will make the design of a single-level structure in the hall comparable in effectiveness to its multi-level counterparts.
- Wall murals depicting a three-dimensional cloudy or starry sky will make the living room or bedroom visually higher.
Design of multi-level structures
Multi-level plasterboard ceilings are especially popular, since it is this design option that allows the use of those made from GKL figures.It can be any geometric shapes, winding lines, stars, flowers, spirals, stepped transitions.
Interesting: despite the actual decrease in the height of the ceiling, well-designed multi-level structures allow you to visually increase the volume of the room.
Beautiful multi-level designs look very stylish and modern, in addition, they do an excellent job of masking wiring and any communications. Such ceilings are perfectly combined with spotlights and LED lighting, located at the junction of different levels.
Ideas for the living room
The living room is the main room in the apartment, so special attention is paid to its decoration. We offer you some interesting ideas for decorating a multi-level ceiling in this room.
- Combination of materials. The hall will look great combination of drywall and stretch fabric.
- Inclined ceiling surface - an original solution for lovers of a non-standard approach.
- A piece of the night sky or a lake surface. A higher surface level is formed with a glossy stretch fabric, LED projectors with fiber optics are used to create stars.
- A "floating ceiling" is obtained by properly selected lighting, consisting of a hidden LED strip or upward pointing spotlights.
- Zoning using different levels, limited by smooth lines - a spectacular technique for dividing the living room into several zones.
Ceiling decoration in the hallway
For a ceiling in a drywall hallway, it is especially important to have a sufficient number of fixtures, since very little natural light usually penetrates here. In addition, the false ceiling in the hallway with spot lighting allows you to visually expand a tight space.
It is good to complement a small or narrow hallway with a multi-level structure of a strict form. It can be a rectangle, a circle or a square, placed in the center and complemented by a hidden backlight along the contour. In the narrow long corridor the ceiling surface can be decorated with several squares or wavy lines - this will allow you to visually expand the space.
You can combine hanging and stretch surfaces by surrounding the glossy stretch fabric with a drywall cornice. Turning lights built into the cornice will achieve the effect of a “solar” ceiling.
There is an interesting design technique that allows you to create the effect of increasing space in a separate room, for example, in a hall. If you make the plasterboard ceiling in the hallway lower than in the living room, it will seem more spacious.
