The design of the room must be thoughtful. All elements must perform a specific function, as well as emphasize the advantages of the room and hide its shortcomings. One of the solutions that allows you to hide the shortcomings of a room and at the same time not only add aesthetics to the interior, but also perform a number of practical tasks is suspended ceilings.
Stretch ceilings allow you to hide defects in the ceiling such as differences in slabs and the presence of uneven surfaces (chips, for example). In addition, a suspended ceiling allows you to avoid finishing the ceiling and hide the wiring inside the structure.
There are a large number of options for suspended ceilings, each of which has its own advantages and disadvantages, and are also better suited for certain rooms.
Fashionable ceilings for 2021-2022 (+ new items)
Today, designers are moving away from the usual classics in the form of simple, white ceilings.
When creating interiors, original motifs and elements play a dominant role. We have collected several proposals that will allow you to choose not only the most beautiful, but also the most fashionable ceiling for 2021-2022. Mirror effect. It is not necessary to install the mirror on the ceiling; it is enough to place it on a small area of the ceiling.
Sculpted ceiling. Using a sculpted ceiling is a great way to create a ceiling that is not only stylish, but also unique.
Textile. Quite expensive? Yes. Difficult? Yes, but it's worth it. Fabric ceilings are always popular with the world's leading designers.
Geometric patterns and drawings. The combination of several geometric shapes and laconic lines is a bold and original solution for the living room or kitchen.
What should you abstain from?
Not all trends have survived; many are now considered a sign of bad taste. One of them was gloss. Its main advantage was the visual increase in space.
Worth paying attention! Experts say gloss isn't expected to make a comeback in trends anytime soon.
However, its serious drawback was its cheap appearance. The addition of a glossy ceiling to the interior did not look too expensive. It looked great only in simple interiors with a lot of expensive decorative elements.
And even plasterboard ceilings should be avoided, but only those that have a complex design. Some of their options are acceptable for installation today, but in most cases they do not look very attractive.
Scandinavian and minimalist interior design are at the forefront, and such decor has no place in homes decorated in the above styles. The only exception is when the ceiling has different levels due to technical requirements.
Forms of tension fabrics
Using different types of stretch fabrics, you can create a wide variety of shapes.
Direct
The most traditional and classic option, which, despite its simplicity, looks very elegant. The straight ceiling plane forms strict and clear interior lines.
The photo shows a living room with a straight white stretch ceiling.
Conical shape
A decorative element in the form of a conical shape with a drop-shaped or truncated end allows you to place accents on the ceiling space or hide various defects. A cone with original lighting or a chandelier will become a unique art object for the entire room.
In wave form
This design can have different sizes and colors, and differ in synchronous, cut or smoothly decaying wave periodicity. Such wavy patterns give the room a specific style.
Arched
Semicircular ceiling shapes will give the interior more softness, calmness and coziness. Arched vaults create a smoother transition between the ceiling and the walls.
Dome shaped
Tension products in the form of a dome can completely change the perception of the ceiling plane and add three-dimensional volume to it. This form looks especially surprising and impressive in a glossy design.
Types of ceilings for apartments by type of fastening
Ceilings vary in design, material texture, color and geometric shapes. Nowadays, hanging-type designs are at the peak of popularity. Let's look at the advantages and disadvantages of their most popular types.
Stretch ceiling
Various types of suspended ceilings do not lose popularity, and designers continue to delight us with new and interesting designs. Among the diversity of this type of ceiling covering, several types can be distinguished. One distinctive type is sculptural ceilings, which consist of two or more suspended ceilings, one of which serves as a backdrop for an advantageous contrast.
Use backlight or LED strip as lighting fixtures to highlight the unusual design. You can also highlight suspended ceilings with a 3-D effect, which are ideal for interiors in a modern style. The most important thing here is to maintain balance and dilute the interior with glass, tinted and glossy surfaces.
Floating ceilings are suspended ceilings with a transparent membrane stretched over a frame. In their normal state, such ceilings do not stand out in any way, but if you turn on the soaring glow, they begin to play with new colors, look modern and bewitching. With a mirrored ceiling, the room can also create a feeling of lightness, freshness and infinity.
Suspended ceiling
Drywall is an ideal material for realizing creative ideas. With its help you can create a beautiful ceiling. Drywall will hide all the joints and unevenness of the panels. It also provides good acoustic and thermal insulation. This material allows you to create niches in which you can hide cables, wires, etc. Drywall consists only of gypsum and cardboard, so it is not dangerous to human health.
Suspended plasterboard ceilings also have some disadvantages. Firstly, it reduces the height of the room. Due to the fragility of this material, extreme care must be taken when handling it. Installation requires experience and special knowledge.
Attention. In the living room or bedroom, standard gypsum boards (plasterboard) are used. In the bathroom we use moisture-resistant drywall (plasterboard or gypsum fiber).
False ceilings
The base used is plasterboard, chipboard, fibreboard and MDF. This inexpensive solution will help realize various design ideas, as well as hide surface unevenness and hide wires, pipes, etc. inside. The soffit can also be multi-level. Used as a suspended ceiling, it can turn a room into a real work of art.
Custom ceiling
Tiled ceiling
A suspended ceiling gives the room lightness and airiness. When the lamps are placed under the ceiling, a dramatic shadow effect is created, giving the room a feeling of mystery and intimacy.
Options for the presence of a gap between the wall and the canvas
There are two main types.
Gapless
Such models fit tightly to the wall without the use of decorative tape, which creates an absolutely perfect appearance for the ceiling.
With a gap
The gap formed during installation between the wall and the canvas makes the appearance of the structure unfinished. Therefore, it is very often decorated with decorative tape, braid or ceiling plinth.
Comparative characteristics of ceiling coverings
All ceiling tiles have their advantages and disadvantages. The advantages and disadvantages can be analyzed to select a ceiling covering that will maintain the quality and visual appeal of the interior.
Table. Advantages and disadvantages of modern types of ceilings.
Ceiling type Advantages / Disadvantages
Stretch ceiling | Luxurious appearance, smooth surface, clean and quick installation, moisture resistance. Ability to handle large amounts of water in case of flooding. | High price, complex installation using specialized equipment, easy mechanical damage. Options with foil are sensitive to temperature changes. |
Drywall | Possibility of installing multi-level covering. Does not require foundation preparation. Ventilated space under the ceiling. Retains heat, absorbs noise, and is resistant to mechanical damage. | Low resistance to moisture. Framing required. Additional finishing required. Difficult to install and require special skills. |
Felling trees | Natural and ecological. Creates a cozy atmosphere. Retains heat and absorbs noise. | It is afraid of moisture, loosens when temperature and humidity fluctuate, which leads to the appearance of cracks. |
Wallpaper | Low price. Can be assembled by yourself. | Seams are coming apart, corners are peeling due to changes in humidity. Short-lived. Foundation preparation required. Burns out. |
Suspended ceiling | Long service life, easy to maintain, resistant to moisture and high temperatures. | "Eats high." High price. Fragile. |
Finishing ceiling | Does not require surface preparation and does not significantly reduce height. Allows you to build large volumes. | Difficult to install. |
Choosing a ceiling covering is a responsible decision. Only by carefully thinking through the project and choosing the right material, you will be able to use all the advantages and compensate for the shortcomings of the room, creating a unique and stylish design.
Ceiling design options
Any renovation begins with the ceiling; the interior design of the entire room largely depends on its completeness, design and construction. Today there are a lot of options for finishing the ceiling. They are selected based on the preferences of the owners, the purpose of the premises and, of course, cost. When it comes to saving money, classic budget options are chosen - painting and whitewashing, wallpaper or polystyrene panels. Suspended ceilings are relatively inexpensive, but at the same time more practical and aesthetically pleasing. And, of course, when the cost of repairs is not so important, luxurious stretch ceilings can be an acceptable option.
Let's try to describe each type of finish in detail to help you choose the best option.
Ceilings with a beautiful design (photo)
If you are not satisfied with time-tested options, let's talk about those methods of finishing ceilings that are considered the most fashionable today. For example, there is a mirror surface, it visually expands the space and looks very original.
It is not necessary to cover everything with mirror tiles - you can limit yourself to a selected part of the surface. Also trendy today are sculpted and fabric ceilings; both of these options are expensive and difficult to manufacture, but the effect looks really chic.
Concrete ceilings, which are offered by many of the world's leading designers, look very beautiful. They are often combined with other finishing materials such as wood, plasterboard or glass.
Soaring
See also photos of soaring ceilings.
It looks very elegant, and thanks to the floating design effect it optically increases the height of the room. Floating models create a very beautiful play of light.
The photo shows a living room with a glossy soaring gray stretch ceiling.
Combined
See also combined ceilings in photographs
A fairly popular design option that allows you to harmoniously combine several different materials and textures at the same time. Combined patterns create a holistic composition and thereby emphasize the style of the room.
Perforated
The perforated ceiling gives the room depth and volume. Perforated surfaces give the ceiling depth and volume.
A glossy stretch ceiling with perforation is used in the hallway.
Texture
Installation principle
The preliminary stage is the development of the design of the future ceiling. IT is required for complex options - multi-tiered, with unusual shapes, “starry sky”.
Before starting work, measurements are taken using tape measures and levels. The fabric is made from them in production - the strips are cut, welded and, if necessary, a harpoon is welded.
Then the places where the baguette will be attached are marked on the site. To avoid damaging pipes or wires that are located in the thickness of the wall, use a metal detector. The profiles are secured using self-tapping screws and plastic dowels with a hammer drill, drill or screwdriver.
The next stage is stretching the fabric. The film is straightened and heated with a heat gun. There is no such need for fabric. The material is fixed in the corners, and then around the perimeter, tucked into the baguette with a special spatula. Multi-tiered structures are installed in several stages. And if the “starry sky” ceiling type is chosen, a platform for the generator is first made above the main level. Fiber optics or LEDs are drawn from it. Later they are attached with silicone glue or passed through prepared holes in the canvas.
The installation time depends on the complexity of the structure and the area of the room. A single-tier ceiling in a medium-sized room (15-20 square meters) will be ready in 2-4 hours. The time increases if the height of the room is more than 3 meters or many lamps are required (installation of each takes from 20 minutes). Multi-tiered structures with complex lighting can be installed within several working days.
Stretch ceilings are a popular and modern type of decoration. They are durable and incredibly versatile; they will fit well into a classic office, a cozy nursery or a luxurious hall. It is possible to install a tension structure both during a major overhaul and after its completion, and installation of a typical project takes only a few hours.
Another 150+ Photos of suspended ceiling design
Colors
Any room can be transformed with the help of finishing color. The same applies to the ceiling.
A white ceiling is a classic, universal option. It suits any living room style. Modern surfaces are practical, do not collect dust and are easy to clean.
Black stretch ceiling is an original solution for large rooms. It looks luxurious and deep, but to balance the light you need to take care of bright lighting in the room and give preference to a glossy finish.
Pastel ceiling colors are not uncommon.
The color of a stretch ceiling is often chosen so that it matches the overall color scheme of the room. It can be of different colors. For example:
Burgundy ceilings.
Violet.
Red.
Blue.
Brown.
Two-color canvases installed at different levels create a visual effect of spaciousness and lightness in the room. They can be contrasting or pastel shades.
You can also use two colors on one level.
They can also be used to connect levels. An example is the Yin-Yang stretch ceiling.
A common choice when combining two colors is a black and white ceiling.
Positive qualities and disadvantages
A very important element of any modern interior is the design of the ceiling in the living room, not just a simple one, but a stretch one!
They are very beautiful. Thanks to their use, the individual design of the room will be complete. In addition, they are quite practical, because they are very easy and simple to care for. But in modern times there are people who insist that ceilings of this type are made of unnatural materials, which is why it is not an environmentally friendly material and, accordingly, harmful. But is this really true?
You can consider their main advantages:
- They will last a very long time;
- Easy to install;
- Aesthetic;
- Waterproof;
- Very reliable;
- They are offered in a wide variety; absolutely everyone can choose them for their apartment or house.
You can also consider their disadvantages:
- If the neighbors above flood, the ceiling needs to be changed;
- It is difficult to select lamps for such ceilings;
- Accidental mechanical impact can damage the material.
Conclusion. Such ceilings have much more positive qualities than disadvantages.
You can compare a whitewashed ceiling and a suspended one for a general understanding of the picture. Of the above-mentioned positive qualities, in comparison with a whitewashed ceiling, the latter is inferior to a stretch ceiling only in its cheapness. In addition, stretch ceilings are beautiful, they can hide unevenness on the surface of a standard ceiling, they are moisture resistant, and you can create structures of several levels.
Levels
Stretch ceiling systems allow you to install several levels. This allows you to not only hide wires and wiring, but also install multi-point lighting. However, in the case of low ceilings, you should stick to a single-level arrangement so as not to further reduce the height of the room.
In rooms with high ceilings, two or more levels can be used. The first option is the most common, as it does not overcomplicate the design, while making the room more original. This technique allows you to use fabrics of different textures or colors, visually changing and enlarging the space.
More complex options with several levels should only be used in large living rooms.
Selecting lighting
Thoughtful lighting is important when creating the perfect design. Spotlights placed around the entire perimeter will help make a room with a suspended ceiling look elegant and add an element of solemnity. Chandelier shades should be directed downward, otherwise there is a risk of damaging the ceiling surface due to temperature exposure.
Using ceiling lighting you can achieve the effect of zoning a room. Built-in lamps will help visually increase the height of the walls.
Additional advantages of suspended ceilings include the ability to choose not only overhead, but also recessed lamps, as well as a large number of different LED strips and spotlights of various diameters.
Backlight
The role of additional lighting is played by spotlights or LED strips. The first ones are mounted on a plane, the strip is mounted around the perimeter, at the junctions of two levels or behind the canvas.
LED lighting for suspended ceilings
Ceilings with LED lighting seem to float in the air, and the soft strip of diffused light looks simply stunning with the fabric.
LED ceilings that appear to float
Also very popular is the “starry sky”, in which the corresponding effect is achieved due to LEDs built into the plane.
A very popular “starry sky”.
For a more realistic effect, you can use Swarovski crystals to create stars that are attached to the surface and illuminated with LEDs.
Swarovski crystals with LED lighting.
Contemplation of the night sky with its twinkling stars, falling meteorites and northern lights calms the nervous system.
Spotlights everywhere
LED strips are best for the living room, starry skies are an option for bedrooms and children's rooms, and spotlights are great for general lighting.
Create a fireworks extravaganza in your interior
Starry sky
Combining fiber optic cable, LEDs and spotlights allows you to create an amazing effect - simulating a real starry sky in almost any room.
Just imagine: the mysterious twinkling of stars, three-dimensional planets (of course, not real ones, but made using 3D printing), comets... and all this in your bedroom or living room!
This option is considered almost universal. In addition, the controller will allow you to adjust the brightness of the glow and adjust the type of glow: we recommend using this particular option for the star ceiling.
By the way, it is not at all necessary to choose a dark background: you can easily install such lighting on any canvas. Recently, the combination of a printed ceiling with clouds has become popular, which turns into the night sky when it gets dark.
Chandeliers in the shape of comets or spaceships will help complement such an interior.
An interesting technique: Who said that you need to limit yourself to decorating only the ceiling? Try lowering part of the illuminated canvas onto the wall. It will not only look unusual: the room will seem much larger due to the light reflections.
Read more about ceilings in the “starry sky” style here.
Properly caring for the ceiling
The advantage of using suspended ceilings in the interior is that they do not require special care. It is enough to periodically wipe their surface with a clean dry cloth. To restore the glossy surface, you can use polish.
Matte surfaces are best cleaned with steam or warm water and laundry soap.
For fabric ceilings, wet cleaning is suitable if the surface is very dirty, but the concentration of the soap solution should not be too high.
To ensure that the ceiling lasts as long as possible, you should adhere to the following recommendations:
- PVC suspended ceilings should be removed during renovations in the apartment, and the fabric surface should be covered with a protective film,
- Do not remove dirt from the ceiling with a brush.
What sizes are there?
Size table.
Dimensions | Fabric | PVC film | ||
Satin | Gloss | Matte | ||
Length | up to 100 meters. | up to 10 meters. | up to 10 meters | up to 10 meters. |
Width | from 2.1 to 5.15 meters. | up to 3 meters. | from 1.3 to 2 meters. | from 4 to 5 meters. |