Living Room Ceiling Design: Types of Construction, Shapes, Colors and Lighting Ideas.

Recommendations for choosing a ceiling

For successful decor, it is necessary to take into account a number of design features of the room:

• For a small living room in apartments such as Khrushchev, single-level structures or multi-level models with partial placement on the ceiling surface are suitable.
• In a long and narrow hall, square or rectangular ceilings will be appropriate. They will visually expand the space.
• Multi-level products with a complex design will be best suited for decorating a living room with a high ceiling.
• For a harmonious and organic look of the ceiling structure, you need to take into account the correct placement of lamps and lighting fixtures.

Types of ceilings

The main types of ceiling structures.

Suspended

They are divided into several types:

• Slatted. Slats of different colors always look very original and allow you to decorate the living room in almost any style.
• Made of plasterboard. Universal products made of gypsum board are a rather popular type of finishing. With their help, you can implement countless design solutions.

Stretch

Such French models have a variety of textures, due to which you can give the living room a modern and unusual appearance.

The photo shows a glossy stretch ceiling with patterns in the hall.

PVC panels

They have a huge variety of colors and textures, can have different lengths and widths.

Wooden

Universal wooden finishing is environmentally friendly, easy to install and goes well with any style solution of an apartment or country house.

• Clapboard.
• MDF panels.

Mirror

It looks simply magnificent and forms a very elegant design. This model can be used both over the entire area of the room and in fragments.

Venetian plaster

Consists of lime and marble chips. These two main components allow you to create a surface with the characteristic pattern of this stone.

Wallpaper

Vinyl, paper, liquid or other types of wallpaper not only perfectly hide minor defects and imperfections of the ceiling surface, but also provide an opportunity to create an interesting ceiling design.

The photo shows a small living room with a ceiling finished with liquid wallpaper.

Glass

Visually expands the room, creates an unusual light effect and a feeling of weightlessness. The best choice would be stained glass.

Painted

A budget and at the same time quite high-quality finishing option that allows you to create a perfectly smooth and neatly decorated ceiling surface.

Coffered

It is made up of beams arranged together to form niches of various shapes. Coffered structures create interesting visual effects in the hall and change its geometry.

Ceiling structure options

There are three main types.

Single-level

A flat ceiling surface located in one plane, despite its simple appearance, can create a completely original picture in the hall. According to Feng Shui, a single-level model is an ideal option, since it does not have sharp differences.

Two-level

Visually changes the geometry of the space, zones it and hides flaws. These models can combine different materials and create incredibly interesting designs.

Multi-level

It is distinguished by its special functionality, it perfectly harmonizes with all the elements of decor, emphasizes certain parts of the room and simply gives the living room a very stylish look.

Types of texture

The following types of surfaces are distinguished:

• Matte.
• Glossy.
• Satin.

Ceiling colors

The color palette sets the mood for the entire interior and creates a certain atmosphere in the hall.

Black

Presentable black color gives the room intimacy and integrity, and transforms the space beyond recognition.

The photo shows a black and white two-level ceiling in the living room interior.

White

Traditional type of ceiling decoration. White visually increases the height of the room, makes it much lighter and more spacious and forms a light and airy design.

Green

Depending on the saturation of the shade, green can create a calm and peaceful or, conversely, a bright and juicy interior.

Beige

Unobtrusive beige color can add luxury to any living room.

Blue

Adds calmness, freshness, additional space and a feeling of boundless spaciousness to the room.

Brown

This color always looks respectable and expensive. It brings coziness and warmth to the interior of the hall.

Gray

A classic shade that is very often used for decoration. Gray will be an excellent solution for creating a calm and unobtrusive design.

The photo shows a glossy gray stretch ceiling in the hall.

Blue

Cold and restrained blue brings coolness to the room and gives it visual depth.

How to decorate the ceiling?

Interesting ideas for ceiling decor.

Floating

With the help of LED strip located along the perimeter of the ceiling structure, it feels as if it is floating freely in the air.

The photo shows a single-level suspended floating ceiling in the hall.

With beams

Decorative beams made of natural wood or cheaper artificial materials divide the ceiling into certain zones and are a wonderful full-fledged element of decor.

Combined ceiling

A variety of amazing double combinations of materials allow you to create unusual combined multi-level structures in the hall.

Patterns and designs

Original patterns and designs located on the ceiling not only add uniqueness and unusualness to the interior, but also make it more complete and emphasize the style.

With photo printing

Products with photo printing have many different compositions, which, due to their realism, create the effect of volume in the space and make it spacious and open.

With stucco

Heavy gypsum or light polyurethane stucco is an integral part of a luxurious, expensive and fashionable interior in the hall.

Two-color

A competent combination of colors will form an attractive appearance of the ceiling structure. Bright combinations will look extravagant and flashy, while more pastel ones will look calm and laconic.

Carved

Artistic openwork cuts allow you to create the illusion of three-dimensionality in space and visually change the size of the hall.

Shapes of figured ceilings

Various figures and forms attract attention, add volume to the ceiling plane and make its design truly individual.

• Geometric shapes. Circles, squares, ovals, rectangles allow you to correct the irregular geometry of the living room and visually increase or decrease its size.
• Curved figures. Radius ceilings in the form of a wave can create a symmetrical or intricately curved original composition.
• Flowers and vegetation. Such exquisite and unusual configurations always look very stylish and beautiful.
• Complex figures. Incredible complex irregular shapes can transform any interior into an individual design project.

The photo shows a spacious living room with a suspended ceiling in the shape of squares and rectangles.

Ideas for lighting the ceiling in the hall

Correctly selected lighting allows the ceiling not to lose its original and modern look.

With backlighting

Various backlighting, located in a niche or along the perimeter of the ceiling structure, creates a two-zone lighting and an interesting light-dynamic effect in the hall.

The photo shows a hall with a suspended plasterboard ceiling decorated with lighting.

Chandeliers

A classic lighting option that plays a central role. For low ceilings in the hall, flat chandeliers are suitable, and for high ceilings, pendant lights of various designs that best match the ceiling.

Spotlights

Perfectly zones the space and makes its geometry more consistent.

Spotlights

Can be used as both additional and main lighting. Soffits located along the entire perimeter of the hall make the interior more harmonious and create the illusion of a large space.

Spotlights

They have a directional light flow that can be used in the desired direction, thereby focusing attention on certain objects in the interior.

Built-in lights

Create a soft, unobtrusive emitted light, but at the same time provide maximum artificial lighting in the hall.

Photos in different styles

The ceiling will make the picture of the living room interior more complete and harmonious.

Classic

In the classic or neoclassical style, single-level or stepped structures in light pastel colors will be appropriate, complemented by luxurious chandeliers, spotlights, light bulbs, decorated with stucco or edging in the form of baguettes or baseboards.

Modern

Ceiling models with clear geometric shapes and straight lines will be an excellent addition to a modern style. Their color scheme depends on the general background of the room.

Loft

Simple models in monochrome shades, without unnecessary details and decor, will not disturb the freedom of the room, made in the loft style.

Provence

Natural wood products or materials imitating natural textures will perfectly emphasize the French style or rustic country, which simultaneously combine luxury and simplicity.

High-tech

Single-level glossy coatings or multi-level structures of complex shapes will become an integral element of the high-tech style.

The photo shows a black glossy stretch ceiling in the hall in the hi-tech style.

Minimalism

A ceiling made without frills will perfectly emphasize the comfort, unrivaled aesthetics and ergonomics of the minimalist style and will create an ideal balance in the hall.

Chalet

Natural types of wood finishes in natural colors, will complement the cozy and natural interior in the chalet style and create a relaxing atmosphere in it.

The photo shows a wooden ceiling with beams in a small living room, made in the chalet style.

Non-standard solutions in the living room

With the help of a variety of ceiling designs, you can create unusual solutions in the hall.

With a bay window

The bay window area can be originally highlighted with a suspended podium or interestingly illuminated with spotlights and thus make the bay window a special element of the entire living room.

With a fireplace

Ceiling models allow you to successfully emphasize the fireplace area, using various color and texture transitions or lighting.

Without a chandelier

Instead of a chandelier, you can use other types of lighting fixtures. They will provide no less high-quality lighting and at the same time will not steal the volume of the hall.

With a staircase

Competent placement of the ceiling structure will allow you to create a harmonious and comfortable design and interestingly play up the staircase as an additional element of the living room.

The photo shows a combined white and beige ceiling in the hall with stairs.

Living room combined with kitchen

The ceiling creates a clear zoning of the kitchen-living room, visually corrects the shortcomings of this room and simply creates an original and distinctive interior.