Stretch ceilings 13 photos for the hall

Stretch ceiling - an independent rapidly developing trend in modern apartment renovation. They are installed both in living rooms, for example in the bedroom, and in the bathroom, in the kitchen and hallway. Stretch ceilings in the hall look great, especially if it is of impressive size. If you have at your disposal a lounge area of ​​18 square meters or more. m, on its ceiling you can realize the most daring and original design ideas.

Advantages of suspended ceilings

Let's try to figure out what are the positive aspects of installing suspended ceilings for the hall:

• Roughnesses in the base ceiling are easily hidden under a stretched canvas. Therefore, it is advantageous to use stretch ceilings in Khrushchev.
• Under them, you can hide any communications, for example, wires from the backlight.
• Installation of a stretch ceiling does not take much time and does not require preliminary preparation of the base.
• When choosing a single-level design, the ceiling height decreases by a small value, about 40 millimeters.

What are stretch ceilings

Design ceilings can be very different. In a hall with an area of ​​18 squares, both multi-level and simple ceilings with pictures or glossy will look good. They can be made of various materials that determine their appearance and properties, have a variety of forms. Let's try to figure out what types of stretch ceilings are, and consider the options for their use.

Glossy Ceilings

The glossy surface will make the ceiling visually higher and the room lighter and lighter. All elements of decor and furniture will be reflected in such a ceiling, but the reflection will be a little blurred, which will make the interior soft and calm, despite the effect of the increased space. It is important to remember that glossy stretch ceilings made in dark colors (black or brown) can even create the opposite effect.

The photo shows a glossy stretch ceiling in the hall.

Mirrored

This type of ceilings differs from glossy ones in that in their surface the room is reflected without distortion. This option will be somewhat more expensive than glossy, but with its help you can get amazing effects.

A mirrored ceiling surface in combination with bright, chiseled illumination will allow you to achieve the space depth effect in the room.

Matte

The matte ceiling is suitable for those whose room area can dispense with the effect of additional expansion of space, for example, it fits well into a living room with an area of ​​18-20 square meters. m. Any chosen color of the matte ceiling will not be distorted under the influence of lighting.

A matte ceiling is a great choice for a living room decorated in a minimalist style, as well as a classic or scandinavian style.

Satin

The satin ceiling resembles a matte, but has a silky pearl shine and can change its shade depending on the intensity of lighting in the room. Its surface beautifully reflects and gently scatters light.

Ceiling with photo printing

Modern technology allows you to apply any image on stretch ceilings. It can be graceful monograms, flowers or a geometric pattern and even a photograph of the starry sky.

Stretch ceilings with a pattern are very popular, but when choosing this option, it is important to remember that too many patterns and a riot of colors can ruin the interior and make it tasteless.

The photo shows stylish stretch ceilings with photo printing.

Tiered ceiling

Ceilings in two or three levels, which combine different colors, matte and glossy surfaces and even drawings, can decorate any room, becoming an accent element of the interior. If the living room is large, from 18 square meters, on the spacious ceiling area, you can realize any idea.

It is important to consider that a false ceiling in any case reduces the height of the room, and a multi-level version will affect it even more significantly.

Stretch ceiling materials

For stretch ceilings, two types of material are used:

• PVC film
• fabric cloth.

Advantages of PVC stretch ceiling:

• The ability to withstand a significant amount of water in the event that you are flooded by neighbors from above.
• Resistance to deformation and ultraviolet.
• A wealth of design possibilities, more than 200 shades available.

Note! Glossy, satin and mirror ceilings can only be created using PVC film. At the same time, photo printing looks better on fabric.

Cons of polyvinyl chloride film:

• It is easy to spoil or damage the material, for example, with a flying cork from champagne.
• Installation is carried out using special equipment - a heat gun, - therefore, it requires an appeal to specialists.
• The seams on the film, which can not be dispensed with in a large room, can be noticeable and are the weak point of such a surface.

To create fabric stretch ceilings, a fabric impregnated with a special polyurethane compound is used.

Advantages of fabric ceiling:

• Strength.
• Environmental friendliness and vapor permeability ("breathable" material).
• Possibility of self-installation.
• The canvas can be repainted several times.
• Large canvas width - 5 m, suitable even for a large room from 18 square meters. m
• The original look. If you decorate the room with a fabric stretch ceiling with a beautiful print, you no longer have to puzzle over the choice of the pattern on the walls.

In the next photo in the hall, a simple fabric stretch ceiling was used.

Cons of fabric:

• High cost (1.5–2 times higher than that of the film).
• Limited design options.

How to install suspended ceilings

Various samples of suspended ceilings, in addition to all of the above, differ in the method of fastening. There are three of them:

• Harpoon fasteners. With this method, the so-called harpoon - a compacted edging layer is attached to the edges of the PVC film. Using a spatula, the edges of the canvas with the harpoon are inserted under the baguette into the existing gap and fixed. This method is very popular because it allows you to dismantle and then use the stretch fabric if necessary and create interesting spatial effects with it. But at the same time it is the most expensive.

• Wedge mounting. This method is called so, because the canvas (from any material) is fixed in the slots of the profile using a special plastic wedge. Wedge mounting is cheaper than harpoon mounting, but you cannot dismantle it and then stretch the ceiling material again.

• Self-locking fasteners. With the help of a self-clamping profile, the web is fastened most easily, it is enough to bring its edges into the cracks and fix them. Again, with this mount several times you can not use the canvas.

Cost

The price of the tension web with installation starts at 500 rubles per square meter in Moscow and from 300 rubles in St. Petersburg. In addition to the method of fastening, the price is affected by the quality of the material (it can be a Chinese canvas or European), its type (multi-level, with a photograph, etc.). Often, installing the canvas on a small area comes at the same price as on a large one.

It turns out that on average there are beautiful stretch ceilings for a hall with an area of ​​18 square meters. m will cost you in the amount of 7000 rubles. This is not a very high cost, given that such a ceiling will give comfort to an apartment, even if you have a Khrushchev’s house.

Generally installation of suspended ceilings in the hall or living room, and indeed in the apartment is an excellent solution, which you are unlikely to regret.