Plasterboard ceilings attract with their uniqueness. Today, this design of the upper floor is the focus of interior designers. Stylists make different projects to make the rooms of the dwelling special and cozy.
Consider the types of plasterboard ceiling structures, as well as their design.
Features of the
Drywall is understood as a sheet of lightweight building material. The core is a lightweight composition based on gypsum with various additives, due to which it gains flexibility. On both sides it is pasted over with special construction paper or cardboard. Hence the name - drywall.
Due to its special composition, the material is lightweight. This factor allows it to be used in unlimited quantities, decorating the top floor with structures of various complexity. At the same time, drywall does not create a large weight load on the ceiling.
It is produced in the form of sheets of different sizes, which differs from wall counterparts. The format provides for a simple stacking of sheets on a metal or wooden frame: Regardless of the size, drywall does not bend for many years in use.
Depending on the complexity of the structures, sometimes the technology provides for gluing gypsum plasterboard sheets onto special gypsum mastic. In most cases due to plasterboard structures, communications can be hidden, which is especially important for the aesthetic perception of any room in the home.
An important feature is the weight of the drywall.
In order to improve technology, modern trademarks impart certain properties to the sheets (for example, fire resistance, moisture resistance). Due to this, the design possibilities are significantly expanded. Such varieties can be used in places with high humidity, as well as old-style high-rise buildings, where dampness, fungus and mold are a problem.
Acoustic varieties are notable for the fact that they rid household members of the noise from neighboring apartments. In addition, the use of drywall in ceiling structures adds warmth to the room, which is especially important in the cold season.
Compared to other varieties, this material can be used for the ceiling in industrial and residential premises. For example, GKL is equally good and practical in the office, children's room, bathroom, hallway, corridor, bedroom, glazed loggia, study, living room, home library.
An important feature of drywall is the ability to take the desired shape. It is flexible, which allows you to bend it to give any curly line up to an acute angle.
Advantages and disadvantages
Plasterboard ceilings have many advantages.
Let's note the main ones:
- They are aesthetically pleasing. Decoration draws out any interior design, making it unique and decorating any room in the home.
- The use of drywall does not limit the designer's creativity. You can bring to life any author's project. No analogue of ceiling ceilings has such possibilities.
- Installation of plasterboard structures does not require preliminary preparation of the base. You do not have to level the ceiling, getting rid of unevenness and priming it for the desired grip.
- Installing plasterboard ceilings will not take long. The installation technology is quite simple, so you can master it yourself without involving a specialist from outside. This will save your budget.
- Plasterboard ceiling designs allow you to beat the disadvantages of the ceiling, demonstrating them as features. So you can emphasize the originality of the floor, choose a special finish.
- Drywall is compatible with any type and kind of fixtures. You can use different light sources without the fear that they will melt the material. Both classics and modern high-tech lighting fittings suit him.
- Depending on the design of the structure, you can fit it into any interior style. Plasterboard ceilings are harmonious in any space and layout, including an open plan with the combination of all rooms.
- Due to the lightness of the base, gypsum board ceilings are not limited in the number of levels and the complexity of the design. With their help, you can visually change the space, the height of the walls.
- They allow you to zone the space. Using special design techniques, you can designate the location of any functional area of the room. This is especially true for open-plan apartments.
- Plasterboard is successfully combined with other finishing materials to decorate ceilings. You can combine it with stretch fabric, PVC ceiling panels.
- This design looks especially elegant if it has decor. Drywall can be painted in any color, decorated with artistic painting, glued elements of plaster stucco molding, molding, baguette.
- Such ceilings have several basic types. This allows you to choose the most successful option, taking into account the footage of the room, the degree of its illumination, the height of the ceiling.
- The use of plasterboard structures provides for an independent choice of height. You can hide a noticeable difference in the height of opposite walls.
Plasterboard ceilings are highly appreciated among professional craftsmen. Such designs are equally appropriate in the design of the ceilings of city apartments, private or country houses, dachas. They are durable and in most cases do not require repair or adjustment.
However, in addition to the pros, they have several disadvantages:
- Even the simplest design hides the original ceiling height. If plasterboard structures are made in small rooms of the old type (Khrushchev, Brezhnevka), they visually become smaller.
- If you have a complex design project, you may need the help of another person. This is especially true for large design elements.
- Seam processing should be done with great care. It is important to take care of the exact calculation in advance, otherwise cracks and deformation of the structure may appear during operation.
- This design is undesirable if the height of the walls is initially less than 2.5 m. The choice of design should be deliberate. Otherwise, you can overload the room with an abundance of complex elements.
When performing complex structures, a drawing with precise dimensions is required … It may take some time to create individual elements, so it is unlikely that it will be possible to make such a design in a day. The matter can be complicated by the marking, which will have to splicate the elements of the guides and drill a lot of holes in precisely designated places.
The negative point is the fact that it is not recommended to use a wooden frame for such structures … Over time, it can cause deformation of the ceiling structure.
Sizes and shapes
The dimensions and shapes of plasterboard structures depend on the footage of a particular room. It can be a box for the entire area with a gap for embedding the backlight, or a certain accent to highlight the required space. There are no hard and fast rules here: everything is decided at the design stage.
The sheets themselves, used for the ceiling, often have a width of 1.2 m and a length of 2, 3, 6 m … This allows you to make the ceiling as efficiently and accurately as possible.
Often, sheets with parameters 200x120, 250x120, 300x120 cm are used to decorate plasterboard ceilings. The thickness of the plasterboard ceiling is usually 8 - 9.5 mm … It is a lightweight type of standard counterparts and thereby reduces the load on the ceiling, saves the profile, since it provides a wide step between the profile strips for the frame system of suspended structures.
Arched analogue has a minimum thickness (6.5 mm), due to which it can be bent into any shape or wave. This option is used in rooms with low ceilings.
As for the form, it depends on creativity and design approach. For instance, the simplest options are geometric shapes: circle, square, triangle and oval shape.
The smallest dimensions are typical for highlighting the central luminaire. It can be a circle with a diameter of 1.5 - 2 m, a square or rectangular box to highlight the dining space 2x2, 2x3 m, accentuation of the guest area 3x3, 3x4 m and more.
If you use creativity, the possibilities of a suspended plasterboard ceiling are unlimited. Any shape can be cut out of drywall, for example, a flower, butterflies, the sun, abstract asymmetric motifs.
If you glue these shapes in a different shade of the color palette on top of a high level, you get an original design with a relief. Sometimes in one hinged composition you can see several different shapes (for example, in a square box there are several rectangular inserts with built-in lighting).
Constructions
Today there are the following types of plasterboard ceilings:
- single-level;
- two-level;
- three-level;
- multilevel.
Each type has its own characteristics. For instance, the simplest designs are single-level options … In most cases, they have a simple design. Such ceilings are often a plasterboard box with a stretch fabric in the form of a special elastic PVC film or textile material. Usually, a plasterboard edging is located around the perimeter, a film is stretched in the center.
The varieties from the two levels are more interesting. Here you can already convey a different pattern, even if it is simple. Usually, when constructing in this design, one level rises above the other by several cm. When installing, the lower level is first mounted.
The size of the different levels is kept the same so that the product has a presentable appearance.
Three-level and multi-level design options are used in complex structures. Such ceilings look good in spacious rooms.for which a ceiling without decoration is a simplified design element. Here, as nowhere else, it is important to show something special, aesthetically attractive. Shapes and lines can hint at a certain style of the interior, which will create an effect of harmony. when arranging a room in the desired style.
According to the manner of execution of the structure of plasterboard ceilings there are:
- linear;
- framework;
- curly.
By effect, they are divided into zonal and floating. Linear designs are one of the simpler design options. In them, the levels are separated by lines that can be located along, across or diagonally. Frame ceilings are ordinary boxes with one or two steps.
There is usually an accent within the frame. More often it is a stretch fabric with a glossy surface texture.
With its help, a certain mood is introduced into the interior, due to the reflectivity they visually increase the volume of the room. The use of film brings solemnity and elegance to the design. Drywall softens the gloss texture, together they look stylish, expensive and modern.
The combination with plastic panels, which is produced by a synthetic component, looks a little easier. Installation will require more attention here.: working with plastic does not mean tensioning with a heat gun, but joining using a suture or seamless technology.
Curly ceilings are the most variable in design. Drywall can be bent in different directions … This allows you to create smooth, curved, spiraling lines by fixing the material to profiles attached to the ceiling with special fasteners. Often, these structures look like certain figures fixed to the ceiling.
Zonal designs - design with a certain accent, with the help of which one or two sections of the room are distinguished with different purposes. As a rule, these are small accents. They can be complex, moving from one zone to another. or isolated.
This technique is used when it is necessary, for example, to separate the dining and guest areas in an open plan.
Interesting types of drywall ceilings include abstract and soaring varieties.… The first ones fit well into most modern trends. The latter are unique in that they create the appearance of a drywall element hanging in the air.
This technology is somewhat different from the classical one. It allows you to periodically rotate plasterboard pieces on the axis to which they are securely attached.
The uniqueness of the design of plasterboard suspended ceilings is the ability to combine several types of design in one structure … For example, tiered ceilings can have straight or curved details framing a single or double accent to zone the space.
The floating ceiling can be rectangular, square or round. Sometimes soaring varieties have an insert with built-in lighting inside.
Color
Plasterboard ceilings are not limited in color. However, each shade has its own effect on the perception of a person and creates a certain mood. For this reason, they try to choose light tones of the color palette for decoration.
Conventionally, all solutions can be divided into 4 colors:
- natural;
- neutral;
- pastel;
- saturated.
Today's favorite is white … Designers emphasize its relevance: it brings lightness, airiness, positive, light into the design of any room.
Stylists point out that white alone will look boring., therefore, you can use a mix of glossy and matte textures to decorate the ceiling. For example, you can decorate the ceiling with plasterboard with a glossy film or satin stretch canvas with a pearlescent type of surface.
White color can be combined with a gray tint. However, in order for the interior to acquire an emotional color, you will have to add color tones to it through furniture and accessories.
Black color rather complicated: even with a small inclusion in the design of plasterboard ceilings, it creates a feeling of heaviness. For this reason, the amount of dark color should be kept to a minimum.
If the room is full of light and you want warmth, you should pay attention to shades of beige and milky group … Their distinctive feature is to add a sense of home comfort to any interior.
Light and delicate pastel colors create harmony … You will feel coziness and comfort if the ceiling is decorated in light peach, pale orange, coffee shades.
If you want freshness, you should pay attention to bleached mint and turquoise tones … However, like all paints, they are best combined with white. This will make color contrasts more pronounced.
Pink paints are good for women, in men, they are associated with discomfort. Blue and blue colors of the palette bring freshness, but if there is a lot of cold color, the atmosphere in the room will not be cozy.
Deserve special attention shades of beige and brown … They are equally good for all household members, look harmoniously with almost any furniture, wall and floor decoration.
To show the versatility of the interior, it is undesirable to select ceiling shades that match the color of the walls, floor and furniture. A light ceiling will look better.
If you want to decorate the structure with a brown tint, it is important to include white contrast, since it makes any design visually brighter and lighter, which is important for a different type of interior.
Lighting
We will separately dwell on the lighting of plasterboard ceilings. This is one of the important aspects of the design of structures, on which durability and aesthetic perception depend. Regardless of the technology and additional inserts, the system data - chandeliers and small lighting fixtures - can have central and auxiliary lighting.
By the type of attachment, the devices are external and built-in.
Exterior lighting is mostly pendant and surface type chandeliers. The first ones are nothing more than the usual chandeliers on suspensions, chains or cords. Their distinctive feature today is lightness: often such models are lighter. Wherein the number of luminaires on one model can be any.
Due to their small size and sufficient power, they cope with the task of high-quality room lighting. Lately spotlight on single type luminaires hanging low enough … Their laconicism emphasizes modern design trends. The ceilings in which they are used are simple in design.
Near-surface analogs are distinguished by fastening directly to the ceiling without additional cords. Sometimes they even resemble flat panels. They are more laconic in form. Such models are used for plasterboard structures with insufficient wall height..
When the ceiling is high, you can decorate the chandelier.
The best fixtures used for plasterboard ceilings are LED lighting fixtures. This backlight can compensate for the lack of natural light. She can simulate daylight, which is especially important for a modern person.
Such products can be classified into several varieties, which include:
- panels;
- cord;
- spotlights;
- spots;
- tape.
All models are united by the use of LEDs that are harmless to the eyes and human health. Such luminaires are economical. They consume a minimum of electricity, convert almost all of it into light, so they do not heat drywall during operation. They shine brightly enough, do not blink and do not emit a buzzing sound, like luminescent counterparts. Their price is comparable to the price of energy-saving varieties.
Panels perfectly replace chandeliers. Their shape can be round or square. Soffits are small spotlights framed in a gold or silver body. Due to this, they successfully fit into any stylistic design of plasterboard ceilings.
Spots are different from flat spotlights. These are small lamps with legs, which have a system for adjusting the angle of inclination of the light. They are notable for the fact that you can direct the light flux in any direction to illuminate the desired area..
Cord and tape are one of the most interesting and original systems for lighting plasterboard ceilings. Especially noteworthy is the flexible tape, which can repeat any curly line of the plasterboard structural element., with the light forming the effect of the volume of each level.
Style and design
Let's dwell on the style and design of drywall systems. Unlike other ceiling materials, they do not contradict any of the existing interior styles.
Classic
This group includes styles of classic, neoclassic, classicism, Italian style. The main criteria for directions are symmetry, severity of forms, matte texture. but despite the seeming severity, it is important to show some kind of palace solemnity.
You can decorate the ceiling with white or beige plasterboard with a tension insert, choosing, for example, a satin base for the panel.
To add elegance to it, it is necessary to complement the design with a beautiful chandelier. with small lamps on a lace base. In this case, the design can be framed, but with original corners. The chandelier can be emphasized with a decor in the form of an imitation of plaster moldings, or you can combine drywall with a glossy film, decorating it in the corners with a gilded lace ornament.
In order for the ceiling to best fit into the classic interior styles, it is better to make a box in the form of a geometric figure.
Dark shades are excluded, abstraction is unacceptable. The true classical direction does not accept excessive decoration and complex patterns in the form of photo printing. In this case, it is important to rely on the luxury of furniture items, of which there are many in such an interior.
Decorating a plasterboard box with a ceiling plinth or baguette will look better than patterns of Roman or Greek gods and large angels for artistic painting.
Modern
In the modern era, the demonstration of new technologies is of great importance. The use of synthetic materials is encouraged in the interior of the rooms. It is lightness, simplicity and at the same time elegance without unnecessary decor. Since glossy surfaces and metal are often found in such interior compositions, this can be reflected in the design of the plasterboard ceiling structure.
Conventionally modern types of design can be divided into minimalistic and brutal. The first is inherent exclusively in functionality. The second show the possibilities of the material used through simple decorative techniques.
For example, when installing a ceiling in the style of minimalism or Bauhaus, there is no need to complicate the design with an abundance of levels: it is important to demonstrate the airiness of the space due to the shade and apparent simplicity.
If we're talking about direction modern, art deco, art nouveau, gloss is especially emphasized here … In this case, geometric inserts will be appropriate, for example, a round shape with an edging of their ergonomic backlighting. High-tech, brutalism, bionics have their own rules.
Each direction of modern stylistics is expressed in special forms. In one case, it is important to focus on the properties of the material, while others welcome a visual change in perception due to 3D effects.
For colors other than beige, peach, sand, brown and neutral tones small touches of wine, blue, lilac shades are welcome here.
Trendy
These areas today occupy leading positions. Their striking representatives are loft and grunge. It may seem that it is impossible to make plasterboard ceilings for stylistics in the spirit of industrial facilities. However, designers successfully prove the opposite. The hallmark of such areas are the communication systems located on the ceiling, as well as beams. In this case, when decorating, the white color is changed to a concrete shade..
Since the beams will be heavy, their imitation is bought for decoration. Creative models are selected as lighting fixtures in the form of coarse fans or bundles of spots for wrapping on a metal pipe.… Often, the backlighting is repeated on the walls.
It is important to deliberately showcase the wires … Complex structures are inappropriate here: they will disrupt the appearance of separately inhabited corners.
Everything should look as if you are here recently. The texture is preferable matte. Imitation of lime is allowed. Grunge is more picky about decoration. Therefore, you can choose spotlights or a discreet chandelier for decorating the ceiling.
Vintage
The splendor of luxury of different eras is conveyed by the directions of the Baroque, Empire, Rococo, Venetian, Victorian styles. On such ceilings, there must certainly be a stucco molding or some kind of demonstration of palace solemnity.
Ceiling decoration is given special importance: in these areas there cannot be much of it., because it is important to demonstrate luxury in everything.
Ceilings should be high, art painting is encouraged, as well as medallions, in priority amethyst, white, gold, sapphire shades.
It is important to show the play of shadows, the curvature of the lines, the combination of central lamps with floor lamps and carved poles. For the Venetian direction you can use a satin stretch coating with a characteristic silky sheendecorating plasterboard elements with it.
The Versailles style is based on the principles of the Baroque. History and uniqueness should be felt in each line of the design. Its basic shades are pearl silver, gilded, turquoise and lilac.
Vintage is characterized by an abundance of light colors on the ceiling. The matte type of texture and frame types of construction are especially successful here..
It's important to show gentleness an abundance of detail is welcomed, you need to pay maximum attention to creating multi-level solutions.
Ethnic
The design of ceilings in the traditions of different nationalities is subject to the characteristic features of each style. For example, the Arabic style needs delicate geometric patterns, lines and ornaments. In this case, you need to decorate the ceiling with rich lighting and color palette. It is important to emphasize the richness and complexity of the composition.
In addition to the Arabic style, the branch includes:
- African;
- Egyptian;
- Indian;
- Scandinavian;
- German;
- Chinese;
- Japanese;
- English.
If we look at the African ceiling design, a number of features can be noticed. Sometimes the design implies the use of false beams for a dark tree at a distance of 50 cm from each other, you can decorate drywall with water-based paint or plain wallpaper, if the design idea requires it. An imitation of a bamboo or reed stem is encouraged.
For Chinese and Japanese stylistics, contrasts, proportionality and centering are important. It is not customary here to emphasize the ultramodernity of materials and technologies.… Each design element carries a certain energy. To create the illusion of heaven overhead, ceilings must be multi-level.… The shape of the structures is often rectangular, imitation of a wood texture is allowed, and contrast with the walls is important.
For an interior in the Greek style, it is worth focusing on white, cornflower blue, light green, lemon, nut shades. The ceilings in such rooms should be high.… Their design is often distinguished by the presence of a box in the form of a square or circle. A plinth in the form of a meander tape or imitation of gypsum stucco is desirablefrom which the columns go.
Unusual styles
This branch includes cocktail directions. For example, these are shabby chic and boho. The first style is characterized by the use of white; elements inherent in different eras should be seen in the design of the ceiling. The design can be simple (practically without finishing) or decorated with light stucco molding, light false beams, stretch fabric.
It is important to create a sense of elegance and luxury; you need aesthetics.
Boho is characterized by some uneasiness. It combines two branches of design: oriental trends and the world of bohemia. This is a kind of individual surroundings that convey the inner world of the individual, his emotionality. Conventionally, it can be classic, hippie, ecological, glamorous and luxurious. In the first, it is important to show the focus on nature and color saturation.
Hippies are characterized by variegation and floral motifs. Ecological boho focuses on the texture of natural materials. Luxurious and glamorous demonstrate chic and gloss, therefore brightness and variegation are appropriate in them.
Adequate unusual lighting required … If there are not many things in the room, you can create trim from several levels or a floating colored ceiling.
How to choose?
Having learned the details of individual design directions, we will consider the nuances of the purpose of the room. This will allow you to understand how the ceilings differ for different rooms of the dwelling, as well as to make the right choice of the design project.
Open plan
In such apartments, all functional areas are combined into a common space. You cannot sharply divide them. Better to use one structure with two plasterboard accents in a single design.
The design will look harmonious with smooth curly lines and the transition of one accent to another. This will allow you to perform the zoning technique gently and appropriately. It is allowed to design using two or even three shades, while the main one should be white, the other two are related tones of varying degrees of saturation.
Bedroom
Don't over-complicate the ceiling. Here is the right relaxing atmosphere. Use light shades of the palette or white … Choose a small backlight: it is harmonious in any room, with a minimum of decor, it will stretch any ceiling design. Add beige or milky, ivory to the white.
You don't need more than two levels in the bedroom: there is a risk of creating a negative perception. Mix a glossy texture with a matte texture, it shouldn't be too much, as it creates emotional tension. Eliminate vibrant and complex images in photo prints.
Living room
In this room, more importance is attached to the decor: it is important to show the uniqueness of the composition through color contrasts, multilevels and auxiliary materials (for example, stretch canvases, plastic ceiling panels). The color can be light or saturated, warm shades and soft, eye-pleasing colors are needed.
Each level should be emphasized with a separate highlight (for example, in the form of spotlights around the perimeter of the box or tape hidden behind the molding).
Children
In children's rooms, there are usually a lot of accessories and three functional areas: sleeping, working and playing. These rooms are usually small, so there is no need to highlight more than one accentso as not to overload the overall style concept. Since the ceiling is made for a long time, it is worth highlighting a sleeping or work space.
For work, you need to choose a laconic solution in the form of a simple box with backlight. If a zone is allocated above the bed, a lot of freedom is allowed. For example, it can be an insert-hatch in the form of a window into open space with built-in LED and fiber-optic illumination. The transition of elements to the wall is allowed.
Kitchen
Simplicity is welcome here. Just like in the children's room, the place is overloaded with small items besides the main furniture. Two levels will be enough … In this case, the lines can be curly or strict. Dynamic inserts allowed, highlighting the bar counter, cooking area, dining space.
Fresh green inserts are in priority; in the modern sense, an unusual combination of light gray and wine tones is allowed. For classic trends, it is worth using the contrast of white, beige and gold.
Hallway and corridor
These rooms often lack natural light, and they are also limited in footage. It is good if the ceilings are of the right height. However, if it is not there, you have to correct this nuance due to the play of light and a stretch translucent film attached to the drywall box.
Complex compositions are inappropriate here. It will look better, for example, a single-level ceiling with a rectangular stretch insert with the image of the sky. Due to the light, you can visually stretch the height of the walls.
If you need to visually make the room more voluminous, you can use a glossy film with a low reflectivity.
Attic
Plasterboard structures are the most original in the design of the attic floors of wooden buildings. It can be a separate room for different purposes. For such a design, a special design project is selected, since it depends on the location of the windows on the roof slopes. If the roof allows, the structures are decorated with a stretch canvas.
To a greater extent, they use monochromatic pastel and beige colors, as well as white. They try not to include complex shapes in the design.: here they are often replaced by beams, characteristic of the ceilings of the attic of private houses. The use of chandeliers for decorating structures is allowed only if the ceiling is very high.
Care Tips
Over time, drywall construction can acquire a yellowish tint, which is associated with smoking in the house. In addition, dust will settle on the surface, and pollution is not excluded.
In order for a plasterboard ceiling to serve for a long time and be aesthetically attractive, you need to take into account a few simple rules for caring for it:
- Initially use a moisture-resistant material for decoration.
- Wipe the surface with a dry, clean, lint-free cloth without applying pressure.
- You can vacuum the ceiling with a regular vacuum cleaner. This is especially true for removing dust from corners. Pre-wash the brush or select one separately for this, remembering to wash with soap.
- Complex configurations are treated with a dry cloth, wiped especially carefully near the lamps.
- If a yellowish coating appears near the lamps, it is masked with a special coloring felt-tip pen, which is bought at a hardware store.
- You can try to remove difficult stains with a damp cloth or napkin. If there is a lot of water in it, you risk ruining the drywall. You can use a drop of dish detergent.
- If there is a lot of dirt, paint over the entire surface with special paint.
- Do not smoke indoors, as you will not be able to remove unpleasant plaque from drywall, you will have to completely repaint the coating.
- If there is a stretch film in the design design, it can be wiped with a damp cloth or semi-dry sponge, or vacuum cleaned.
- When caring for the film, do not allow it to touch the base of the ceiling.
Beautiful examples in the interior
Enjoy the most beautiful and stylish plasterboard ceiling design ideas presented in the photo gallery. They will allow you to choose the best decorative solution for yourself.
For information on how to make a plasterboard ceiling, see the next video.