Two-level ceilings in the hall: Materials, interesting combinations, design ideas (135+ Photos)
Two-level ceilings in the hall look magical. There are cheap ones among them, there are expensive ones, there are those that you can hang with your own hands, and there are also those with whom you can not do without a specialist. For each there is a combination to taste - the main thing is to have an idea, a desire to experiment with design, a fantasy that can be let go in flight.
Content:
With the necessary share of creativity, you can work on creating a two-level ceiling. Consider where to start.
The work goes consistently:
- first you need to read about what are the materials - each of them has its advantages, disadvantages, features, varieties that need to be sorted out;
- then you need to think about what goal you want to achieve by doing in living room exactly two-level ceiling - highlight zoneadditionally decorate the room;
- select a combination of materials, focusing on the vending texture, cost, complexity of work;
- develop the final design with the help of graphic editors - choose the color, shape, estimate how the material will fall.
Among these ceilings are both cheap and expensive.
And at the end, deciding what the nuances should be, you can either hire craftsmen who will embody the idea, or go to the hardware store and purchase materials along with the tools to assemble the structure yourself.
Materials
Material classification is simple: it includes only four points:
- foam plastic is the cheapest, with the lightest;
- drywall - the most difficult, requiring the presence of the frame;
- fabric - refers to stretch ceilings, but is much more expensive than the rest;
- film - also applies to the tension, but significantly different from the fabric.
To choose from this short list, it is necessary to go deep into nuances and features.
Choose a harmonious combination of materials
Two-level foam ceilings
Polyfoam is not the most common material, because only impeccable taste and great skill can make it aesthetic. In most cases, it looks cheap and you have to try to avoid this trouble.
But it has its advantages:
- Ease of attachment. To fix the plasterboard ceiling, requires a complex structure of hollow metal pipes. To fix the tension, we need a team of workers with a heat gun. And for the foam will have enough light hand in combination with a universal glue - even a person who is far from repair will be able to cope with it.
Beautiful and stylish living room in gray tones.
- Low weight. With foam, there are no problems during transportation, even if you need to raise it to the tenth floor, and the elevator broke down.Also, no calculations are required - the ceiling beam will withstand even the most complex structure of it.
- Ease of processing. To form a beautiful two-level ceiling of drywall, it takes either a lot of experience or a lot of time, plus a tool.
Polyfoam can be cut with a simple stationery knife, and polished with fine emery paper to get a similar result.
- Chemical Resistance. Polyfoam can be painted, it is possible to coat the result with varnish, it is possible to impose means that will make it shine metallic or look like a rock - it does not hurt him at all.
- Water resistance. Even if the climate is humid, the air is always saturated with water, it will not hurt foam plastic - it cannot bubble, rot or mold.
The cheapest material is foam
- Soundproofing. Of course, with the effect that drywall has, the effect of foam does not compare, but it will help to slightly dampen the noise from the neighbors above.
- Price and size. Almost the main plus - you can buy a lot of stuff for a penny and work with it, gaining experience. It helps that the material is produced in sheets of different sizes - it is easy to choose a suitable one among them.
- Ease of care. It is enough to wipe the foam from time to time with a damp cloth to keep its original color and brightness.
Of course, there were some drawbacks:
- Water resistance. This is a plus, but also a minus. The foam does not let moisture in at all, which is why the humidity in the room rises significantly.
- Combustibility. The material burns, black smoke is suffocated from it. At the time of the fire will increase the smoke room.
- Fragility. Polystyrene, even when treated, will easily crack, crumble if sufficient force is applied. One blow - the surface will lose its appearance.
Custom idea for ceiling decoration
But the main disadvantage of the foam is still not stability, not fragility and not flammability, but the fact that you can give it a decent look only after long, difficult work. He needs to be shaped, glued, plastered, sanded, painted, varnished - only if everything was done carefully, the result would be worth it.
From plasterboard
Drywall - the most used material for the manufacture of two-level ceilings. Concerning polyfoam it is expensive, but relatively stretch is cheap. It has specific advantages that explain its popularity:
Drywall - the most used material
- Elevation accounting. If your living room is notable for irregularities, difficult communications, cracks, hollows, drywall will help to hide all this more reliably than a stretch ceiling.
- Flexibility. Stretch ceiling is a flat canvas. Drywall is much more flexible, you can knead it, pull it in all directions, make complex constructions from it, adjust it to any design ideas.
- Fire resistance. Foam burns and smokes, stretch surfaces too. Drywall is completely resistant to flame, in case of fire unless it is smoked.
- Environmental friendliness. Drywall in the recycling process does not harm the environment.
- Resistance to mechanical stress. If the tension surfaces are torn from a single inaccurate touch, and the foam crumbles, then the drywall withstands shocks.
- Easy installation of lamps. Drywall is easy to drill, easy to lay in any form. Embed in process light fixtures not difficult.
- Soundproofing. The material gives the best sound insulation among all.
In the process of recycling does not harm the external environment.
But drywall also has disadvantages:
- Lack of resistance to water. In the living room it is not so important, because there are no permanent sources of water in it, but if the climate itself is characterized by high humidity, this may affect the service life. With increased humidity, drywall will warp, go waves, stains, it may even rot.
- Lack of resistance to biological threats. A two-level ceiling on a frame can be a haven for ubiquitous cockroaches, moldy, or suffer from fungus. You can, however, handle it with appropriate compositions.
- The relative complexity of the finish. To make the plasterboard ceiling look good, you have to either hire experienced workers or spend a lot of time.
- The complexity of care. Drywalls suffer from moisture, because it can only be cleaned with dry methods.
The material gives the best sound insulation among all
For drywall, you must first prepare a framework of thin metal pipes, using a drill and screws. Then you need to cut the elements of the levels so that they are mounted on the frame, like pieces mosaics. Then you need to secure them, process the seams so that they are not visible.
The process is labor intensive and requires investment.
Film stretch
Stretch ceilings have three types and each of them has its own specifics.
The film version distinguishes from the rest underlined smoothness.
The most famous - film. It is distinguished from the rest by the underlined smoothness. Bright, like a mirror, the surface reflects everything that happens below.
This option has advantages:
- Aesthetics. Few finishes can be compared with a perfectly even stretch ceiling.
- Moisture resistance. The tension film simply does not deteriorate if there is high humidity in the room. If the neighbors from above suddenly start flooding you, the water will stop and do not move on - of course, the film itself will be damaged, but the walls will not be affected.
- Price. Regarding other types, film is the cheapest.
- Relative ease of installation. Stretching the film for a qualified team of workers is a matter of a couple of days, while you have to tinker with the fabric.
- Variety of colors. Any material based on plastic differs in brightness and variability of coloring. The surface can be one-color, two-color, with patterns, you can even print a large photo on it - the design can be any, only the master's imagination limits it.
- Ease of care. It does not require anything more than foam - it is enough to hold a wet cloth over it, and it will again find the same shine as the first day.
Regarding other types, film is the cheapest
The film does not accumulate dirt and dust, after installation there is little garbage.
But there are also disadvantages:
- Lack of resistance to mechanical damage. Enough not too strong a blow - even just touching a sharp object - and the surface is torn, leaving a torn hole with jagged edges. It is difficult to remove it, again you need to call the masters with a heat gun.
- The absence of resistance to low temperatures. Of course, in the living room of a residential house the temperature is unlikely to drop to zero, but if this happens, the surface will crack and lose all its elegant appearance.
- Installation difficulty. Alone, especially without experience and special equipment, it is impossible to stretch the film. You will definitely have to turn to the construction team.
Red and white living room in modern style
The stretching of the film should be carried out before the furniture is delivered to the room. During installation, the temperature will increase, it can damage things.
Stretch of fabric and satin
The fabric appeared on the market as an alternative to film, relatively recently and has not yet had time to win such a staggering popularity. They offer it in two versions - this is either a simple fabric with a texture similar to that of an ideally placed texture. plasteror matte satin, which has a specific brilliance and chic look.
Fabric as an alternative to film
In addition to external signs, they have practically no differences and the advantages are the same:
- Resistance to mechanical damage. Of course, if you specifically beat on the fabric, it will break. But the accidental blow to it is not dangerous, as well as sharp objects.
- Cold resistance. Even if one day the temperature drops, the fabric will not lose its qualities and will not look worse.
- «Breathable surface. Fabric is the only material that allows the space above the ceiling to exchange air with the rest of the room. It does not trap moisture.
- Aesthetics. The fabric looks like a perfectly smooth plaster, satin - like the same plaster, only matte, with a pleasant pearlescent. It is beautiful.
Option from sateen
But the lack of tissue, too short:
- Price. The most expensive material for a two-level ceiling.
- Installation difficulties. A heat gun is not needed, but you need to upholster the entire room around the perimeter, and if something goes wrong, you will need to redo it.
- Difficulty of care. The fabric can not be washed, it requires dry care. Usually suggest to use a vacuum cleaner, which remove the dust.
- Lack of resistance to fire and biological problems. The fabric may mold, become covered with fungus, and may burn in a fire.
But for some interiors, fabric is what you need. It fits perfectly to the classic design, looks good in a minimalist Japanese interior. Despite a slightly smaller variety of colors than the film, it can be a great solution for your living room.
Important nuances for design
After reviewing the materials, we turn to more interesting things - to design. And it defines the first goal. If you are going to make a two-level ceiling in the living room, you can achieve the following:
- Divide the room into zones. If you have a small apartment and the hall in it fulfills several appointments at once, this is advisable. Highlight leisure zone with tv, to separate it from the rest of the room - or sofa from the book shelf. In this case, you need to make a level drop so that it is located just at the junction of the two zones.
- Decorate and draw attention to the top of the room. It is advisable if you like. minimalism as far as of furnitureand you prefer to decorate the room with its immediate decoration, rather than small accessories. In this case, you need to think about how this decoration should be: a flower, a fantasy blot, an animal, a fish, whatever.
Minimalism style made in wood
- Make the ceiling a continuation of the interior. Not to attract special attention to him, just to develop a general idea. In this case, you need to look at each specific room. In style high tech a metallic-colored film will fit in well, and in a classic one, a fabric with intricate plasterboard stucco will look better.
Any other goals also suggest a choice of colors, textures and combinations, which also need to understand.
return to menu ↑Combination Features
A two-level ceiling is always some kind of contrast. The level difference in itself looks spectacular, but combinations of different materials look much more interesting:
- Plasterboard figure and tension surface. A common combination, as a complex construction of drywall, surrounded by a glossy or matte smooth surface always looks good. A circle on the edge of which there are lamps, an oval on which there is an image, a triangle, a square - it will look exceptionally impressive.
This option will be the highlight of the room.
- Plasterboard rim and stretch surface. A flat surface surrounded by a protruding plasterboard ceiling, into which you can embed lamps, is also a common combination that will look even better if you make an image in the center of the stretch ceiling.
- Different types of stretch ceilings. Glossy film, surrounded by a cloth, fabric inserts on a glossy surface - as a result, you can get an interesting pattern. Making it, of course, will take time.
- Perforation. The most interesting and complex combination, which implies that one ceiling is stretched over the other, and in the one that remains visible, shaped holes are made. Lamps can be placed on the top layer, and a pattern can be made on the bottom, which will look extremely interesting.
Perforation is a relatively new trend, and therefore original.
Clear lines in the interior
Texture
Polyfoam and drywall are just dull and this is all limited - maximum, they can be painted in different colors or give a resemblance to a wooden or stone surface with the help of an appropriate color scheme. With stretch ceilings, everything is much more interesting. They can be:
- Smooth. The bright mirror surface of any color is the classic film ceiling that everyone is used to. Reflects everything that happens below, makes the room visually larger, expands the space and looks spectacular.
- Plain matte fabric. The texture is similar to the plaster and looks about as well. You can paint, you can leave as is. If you leave, it will make the room more comfortable and more comfortable - the matte texture is more pleasing to the eye.
- Matte Satin. Satin is also white, but it is distinguished by a specific brilliance, which looks particularly impressive if you add some paint on top. A beautiful solution with a pearl shimmer, also visually enlarge the room.
Match your ideas with technical capabilities.
- Art painting. It is possible only on the fabric, and if you find a good professional artist, it will look like in a real art gallery. It can be a geometric pattern, it can be a floral pattern, or it can be a real picture — it’s best to place it in an environment of a bright glossy surface.
- Photo printing. Variant of artistic approach, but simpler than painting. It is usually made to order, it can be done both on a glossy surface - then it will be bright, colorful - and on matte, then it will be muffled. There are ready-made paintings that can be bought without prior order.
The main thing is to choose a good one, since not every interior is suitable.
- Starry sky. It is made with the use of satin, behind the ceiling have small lamps that mimic the glow of the stars. Very beautiful, cosmic solution that is suitable for the living room, you are made in dark colors.
- Metallic shine. Suitable for high-tech style, performed on film. It can be silver, steel, gold, bronze - the main thing is to fit the main interior. Variety - mirror shine. It does not allow to completely simulate a mirror, but it turns out somewhat similar.
Space in your home
You can always combine several textures, instead of making a two-level ceiling monotonous. You can, for example, draw a picture with the help of a painting on a fabric insert in the middle, and cover the rest of the ceiling with a glossy film. Or simulate with the help of photo printing the surface of the sky and make clouds-inserts of drywall.
The main thing - in the process of inventing design to correlate their ideas with the technical capabilities, as well as the rest of the interior room.
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Significance of color
Color is a variable whose significance cannot be overestimated. Wrong, he is able to devalue perfectly matched material with texture. There are three significant nuances in terms of color.
An interesting solution in the African style
The first is how harmonious the two different levels are:
- Monotony. The same color - in this combination it is impossible to make a mistake, but it is the most boring. You can dilute it with a pattern, pattern or carefully selected lamps, but in itself it is unpretentious, great for those living rooms where the ceiling should not attract attention as much as possible.
- Shades. One level of bright, saturated color, the other either lighter or darker, but - a shade of the same color. It is also difficult to make a mistake here, and the combination looks more interesting than monotony. In addition, it can perfectly fit into the interior, supporting the main range.
- Contrast. The brightest, most attractive combination is where the colors are opposite to each other. Black and whiteorange and purple yellow and blue —See what contrasts are, by looking in any color table. This combination gives tension, attracts attention, adds a zest to the interior. But it is appropriate only where there are no other highlights. Contrast does not take root in the interiors, where even without him there is something to see.
In yellow
From the combination of colors, you can make a separate ceiling with patterns and drawings. As for them, the main task of the rest of the surface is not to attract too much attention, to get into the main tone. Best suited to light pastel colors or dark, devoid of brightness.
It is important that they are combined with the picture as a whole.
The second important nuance is how harmonious the ceiling is with the rest of the interior. As a rule, the way it is combined with the walls, allows you to beat the same room in different ways:
- Light top and light bottom. Make the room visually narrow already, stretched in height. This is true for low ceilings in a small living room - at the same time it seems higher and more spacious.
- Light top with dark everything else. Makes the room only higher. The feeling of space does not increase, it only seems that the ceiling is not so low.
- Dark top and dark bottom. They make the room lower, visually expand it. Good for small rooms with too high ceilings, which in their original form resemble a pencil case.
- Dark top and light everything else. Makes lower ceilings, but does not expand the space. Well suited for a high spacious room, which because of this seems too big and echoing.
Classic never goes out of fashion
In this interior, all attention is riveted to a bright spot.
This allows you to hide the shortcomings of the room, while not hiding them, which remains an elegant way out.
Light cold tones
The third important nuance is the color gamut of the levels by itself:
- Light pastel colors. They are distinguished by neutrality, allow you to focus on any part of the room, are considered useful for the psyche and pacifying.
- Light cold tones. Blue, lightgreen, light yellow of a certain shade. Visually expand the room, make it even look brighter. Well suited to the classic style.
- Light warm tones. They make rooms more comfortable, but a little less.Peach, warm shades of pink, yellow - they are pleasantly combined with small elements of dark colors in the interior.
- Dark cold tones. Visually enlarge the room, but make it somewhat uncomfortable. Such a ceiling will put pressure on the shoulders, unless its height is too great in itself.
- Dark warm tones. Variations brown, shades of red, orange make the room smaller and more comfortable. It goes well with small accents of bright colors and lighter tones.
White will visually expand the room.
It is not recommended to make a pure black ceiling - the color negatively affects one’s well-being, if one does not include it in the interior, carefully diluting with bright accents.
To make pure white is possible. It will quickly get dirty, but it will expand the room..
return to menu ↑How to summarize the work and put it all together?
Having decided what the ceiling should look like in general, one can begin to work out a more detailed study of the nuances:
- First you need to once again remember what will be the general idea of the interior. Inspired by the textures and materials, and you can forget about current needs. At the final stage, it is important to remember how the room should look.
- Then you need to think over and draw the design of a two-level ceiling - you can by hand on paper, or you can in a special program that allows you to get an idea of the interior in advance.
- Chalk lines on the living room floor - this will help to understand how the structure will look in reality, which zones will be highlighted and where the light will lie.
You can fulfill any of your ideas.
Then you can make edits to the final project, mark transitions of the level and place where the lamps will be, and then either hire a brigade or start purchasing tools.
Two-level ceilings
Making the ceiling bright and beautiful
