People associate black color with nightclubs, supermarkets, billiard rooms, but cannot fit it into the interior of an apartment or private house. They think that this shade is not appropriate in a hallway or a compact bathroom. But designers have long broken stereotypes, and they successfully incorporate non-standard tones into the design of any room. A dark stretch ceiling easily hides any defects. It adds depth and a presentable look to the rooms and completes the interior.
Interior design features
There are a few features to consider:
- It is not advisable to use matte black canvases in small rooms with low ceilings; they will further reduce the area and height of the room.
- Glossy material, on the contrary, due to the mirror effect, visually increases the space and raises the ceiling, which is especially appropriate for a small bathroom, toilet, hallway or corridor.
- Products of this color are more suitable for more open and bright rooms.
Black ceiling in the bedroom
In bedrooms, black ceilings are most often used for monochrome interiors. Furniture in pastel colors harmonizes perfectly with rich black. For the bedroom, you should choose a matte canvas so as not to feel discomfort when seeing your reflection. Experiment with lighting: spotlights that imitate the starry sky add romance and coziness.
Types of stretch ceiling textures
There are several main types.
Glossy
When decorated with such canvases, any interior looks advantageous. The flawless glossy surface reflects objects and the flow of light emanating from lighting fixtures.
The photo shows a black glossy stretch ceiling in the living room interior.
Matte
These models make the interior rich and deep. They do not glare and have a more discreet and laconic appearance. Matte products are more suitable for large and tall rooms.
The photo shows a teenager's room with a matte black stretch ceiling.
Satin
It is an alternative between matte and glossy canvases. Fabric stretch ceilings slightly reflect light and create unobtrusive shimmer.
Usage
Black color cannot be called capricious, but it definitely requires a harmonious combination with the overall stylistic design of the room. Black suspended ceilings are best revealed in the interior of a modern apartment with high-tech or modern finishing.
The cool charm of Scandinavian minimalism also contributes to the optimal integration of black. The combination of contrasting tones is always winning.
To be part of the interior in the abode of liberated creative people - this is the frequent task of a black stretch ceiling. Avant-garde design solutions have always actively used the special magic of dark shades to reveal the eternal energy of life or highlight some hidden accents.
You might have the opinion that a black ceiling only works well in expensive and super-original interiors. However, here is a selection of design solutions from quite ordinary city apartments, where black gloss or matte on a suspended ceiling surface organically fits into a rather unpretentious environment.
Interesting detail:
Often designers do not use a contrasting solution, but a softening of the blue-black color on the ceiling. The search for tonal balance may lead you to using wallpaper with appropriate patterns or various kinds of photo wallpaper, appliqués, and interior details.
Design options
Tensile structures are classified into several types according to the number of levels:
- Single level.
- Two-level.
- Multi-level.
The photo shows a living room in brown and beige tones with a black single-level glossy stretch ceiling.
Advantages of coverage
For the kitchen area, it makes sense to use only PVC film, since it is the one that is impervious to water, easy to clean and looks great. Textile coverings for this type of room are less suitable because they are capable of absorbing moisture, of which there is a lot in the kitchen. In addition, it is much more difficult to care for such a cloth, and if stains from grease appear on it, which is also an invariable companion of cooking, you will have to carry out a thorough cleaning or even completely replace the cloth.
Therefore, only film coverings should be considered as one of the options for finishing the floors in this part of the house. They have their own characteristics and advantages:
- Completely impervious to moisture.
- They can save you from flooding from above - if there is a leak, all the water will collect inside the stretched film and will not leak out. After this, you can simply drain it and re-stretch the fabric.
- All existing defects in the base plane will be reliably hidden on the stretched ceiling.
- Installation takes very little time and in a standard room this operation will take only a few hours.
- If desired, you can install many built-in lamps at any point on the canvas - exactly where light is needed. For example, such lighting will perfectly complement the main chandelier if you place several lamps above the work surface.
- PVC, which serves as the basis of the stretched fabric, is fireproof and does not burn.
All these advantages are typical not only for black coatings, but in general for all tension structures.
Design and drawings on the ceiling
Various design solutions allow you to diversify the appearance of the ceiling and the room as a whole.
Galaxy
Black stretch models with images of the galaxy or space fascinate, attract the eye and create the illusion of infinity in the room.
With glitter
The smallest shiny inclusions shimmer and shimmer beautifully when light hits the surface.
With photo printing
Canvases decorated with photo printing will become a bright and fashionable accent in the interior and bring uniqueness and individuality to it. A huge selection of images and endless possibilities for flights of fancy allow you to realize and bring to life the most unusual design solutions.
The photo shows a black stretch fabric decorated with photo printing.
Backlit
Various lighting, goes well with black products. It dilutes their slightly gloomy and austere appearance, thereby creating an interesting and unusual effect in the room.
Black starry sky
Flickering and glowing small LED bulbs imitate and resemble in their appearance a black night sky strewn with myriads of stars.
Patterns and ornaments
Black stretch ceilings with patterns and ornaments add sophistication and aristocracy to the room. Such models can be placed in the center of the ceiling space or used to decorate a square or round area with a chandelier and create an original asymmetrical composition.
Perforated
It looks beautiful and very original and creates an unusual visual effect in the room.
Between beams
By using different materials and textures, a quite interesting and at the same time very practical ceiling design is obtained. Such designs will look most advantageous in spacious rooms.
The photo shows a living room and a black matte ceiling combined with wooden beams.
Red stretch fabric
This color is very active and looks rich, bright and incredibly bold. Proper use of it in the interior helps to create stylish and original accents. A stretch ceiling made in this color will be an excellent option in both glossy and matte versions, but it looks more impressive in the first one. You can look at the photos in the catalog and make your choice. This ceiling is distinguished by purity and brightness of color, and this will cause joy and delight among others.
Scarlet color - stylish and modern
Red is the color of an active position, movement, energy and dynamic life. It stimulates a person and improves mood. In fact, it is the color of the holiday, as it is associated with joy, happiness and fun.
Aloe goes well with white, this should be taken into account when designing the room
The numerous number of shades allows you to decorate any room, even the kitchen, in different ways and create different moods. Photos will help you verify this.
Scarlet linen is a beautiful accent
Combinations of black with others
This color can also go very well and harmoniously with various shades.
Black and white
Opposite colors that complement each other perfectly. White brings cleanliness and light to the interior, while black, on the contrary, absorbs it and gives the room clarity.
Red-black
Such an extraordinary and bold combination looks stylish, bright and even a little defiant and extravagant.
Yellow-black
Another rather bold, but at the same time very original combination. With this design, the main thing is to correctly maintain the proportions in order to prevent excessive diversity in the room.
For which rooms is a dark ceiling suitable?
The rich color overhead helps create an intimate atmosphere. In relatively large rooms, it is not necessary to make the entire ceiling black - it will be enough to highlight a certain area with this color.
Living room
The most solemn and at the same time laconic option for the hall is a combination of a monochrome dark top with white or black and white, gray walls. This simple color scheme is essential if you like the aesthetics of black and white cinema, chess or newspaper strips. The charcoal shade is also good for colorful rooms - it will make them more noble.
BY THE WAY . In most living rooms, a black ceiling will not be lonely, because they already have a huge dark rectangle - a TV.
Gray-blue walls contrast softly with the black ceiling - this living room looks cozy and not overloaded with color.
Bedroom and children's room
Keeping the top as dark as possible in this room will make you sleep sounder, especially if you complement it with a dark headboard and blackout curtains.
For children's bedrooms, dark shades should be used in doses. A stylized star map with sparkles on the ceiling will appeal to both primary schoolchildren and teenagers.
This bedroom will appeal to lovers of old photos.
Favorite place in the house - a room for creativity and relaxation
There is a spirit of freedom in this room with a sloping black ceiling.
Kitchen
In a real kitchen, black is inevitably present in the form of the oven and microwave windows, some parts of the hob, and so on. This may be enough to make the dark top look organic in this room. Many also like black tiles, sinks and faucets, although this color is one of the most impractical for the kitchen.
White walls extend slightly into the ceiling, so they appear higher
Only a matte ceiling is suitable for retro style
Bathroom and toilet
Water treatments will be even more enjoyable if you lie in the bathroom and look at the endlessly dark ceiling. It is worth making sure that the material from which the surface is made is not afraid of moisture, and that it can be washed if necessary.
A toilet from a functional room will become creative if all the surfaces in it are made black and the walls are decorated with memorable decor.
For a large bathroom with a high window and white walls, black ceilings are not contraindicated
Hallway
The black ceiling in the hallway will make an impression right from the threshold. Some designers make hallways dark so that, in contrast, other rooms appear lighter.
The glossy ceiling in the hallway increases the amount of light
This ceiling decoration is also suitable for other rooms - balcony, office, dressing room.
More examples of the use of this finish are in this video:
ADVICE. If the radical charcoal color is not to your liking, but at the same time you want to introduce rich tones into the interior, use dark gray, dark green, dark gray-blue, cherry and chocolate shades.
Interior design ideas for rooms
Black tension structures will transform and add originality to any room.
Kitchen
Such night-colored or anthracite canvases will shade and highlight the lighter elements of the kitchen decor and will go perfectly with various surfaces, such as kitchen doors, countertops or shiny tiles of the apron.
The photo shows a kitchen interior with a matte black stretch ceiling.
Bathroom
Most often, black ceiling models are used in combination with lighter tiles, mirrors, marble or chrome surfaces.
The photo shows a black suspended ceiling combined with white tiles in the bathroom interior.
Corridor and hallway
Such a deep and voluminous color, framed by the right lighting, looks especially elegant in the hallway or corridor and demonstrates good taste.
The photo shows an entrance hall with a black glossy ceiling contrasting with the bright walls.
Bedroom
Here, such products will create a calm and cozy interior, which is especially appropriate for the bedroom. If this design option seems too gloomy, then you can place it partially, for example, above the bed, as a niche above a closet or around a chandelier.
Living room or hall
Elegant and noble designs will add mystery and mystery to the interior of any living room.
The photo shows a glossy black stretch fabric in a spacious living room.
Toilet
Glossy models will be appropriate for a small bathroom; they will add volume to the room and visually make it larger and taller.
Balcony
Tension products will not only be original, but also a very practical and reliable option for a loggia or balcony.
Why choose a red lacquer ceiling for the kitchen?
Scarlet fabric goes well with spotlights.
A lacquered ceiling in this color looks harmonious in the kitchen: it awakens the appetite and promotes the desire to prepare dishes. Photos will help you make your choice. Red stretch ceilings are associated with positivity and joy.
Burgundy linen and bright yellow furniture - an extravagant combination
Important! The main thing is that the kitchen is not overly small, otherwise there is a risk of visually reducing it due to the choice of a red ceiling. But for medium or large rooms this option is a great idea.
A scarlet ceiling and walls a couple of shades darker are an excellent option.
Selecting the right combination of shades of film and walls is the key to the attractiveness of the room and a guaranteed good result.
Examples of photos in various styles
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- Minimalism. Laconic dark stretch fabrics will fit especially harmoniously into a minimalist design. There is no place for unnecessary things, everything should be thought out and clear, which is typical for such a strong color.
- Modern. In this style, black canvases will add originality and sophistication to the room. However, when using this color, it is important not to overload the room.
- Classic. Gloss in a classic style will look noble, strict and luxurious.
The photo shows a matte black ceiling in a modern-style living room.
How to get away from gloom?
The main thing is to use black without fanaticism. The walls and floor should not repeat the color of the ceiling; the optimal solution for them is light colors, but not pastels. The tone of the ceiling can be repeated in textiles.
Tip: a dark floor and black ceiling in combination with snow-white walls can visually expand the volume of the room and increase the space.
A black ceiling with wall and floor decoration in contrasting colors will look harmonious. It is not necessary to decorate it completely in black; it can be diluted with light or bright colors; white stucco molding and the same ceiling plinths look especially good.
Black ceiling with white plinth in the interior of a classic bathroom
Black ceiling in the living room
The living room should have a lot of light and free space so that the ceiling fits into the design. Don't get carried away with fancy chandeliers - they will distract attention and the ceiling will lose its charm. The living room can be decorated not only in black and white, but also experimented with bright and rich shades.
