15.06.2018
The owners of apartments with high ceilings have an ambiguous attitude towards their home. On the one hand, they welcome a space that allows them to be creative and apply their desired interior design. On the other hand, high ceilings are a problem, since it is important not to make a mistake with the choice of furniture and material for final finishing. In this case, it is necessary to choose the right lighting fixtures, colors, accessories, and decor. All this needs to be taken into account and put into practice in order to visually maintain pleasant proportions in the rooms and provide yourself with comfort.
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In the photo: Bedroom interior in a loft-style apartment
Strengths of high ceilings
High ceilings are an advantage in themselves, as they create the impression of a room being doubled in size. This is partly true if the advantages and capabilities of such a room are taken into account.
The advantages of tall apartments include:
- Penetration of light. Due to high ceilings, window and door openings are of considerable length. This means that during the day more light will penetrate into the house and you can save on electricity. Therefore, additional lighting will not be needed.
- Airspace effect. Regardless of the size of the rooms, high ceilings create the effect of free space. Even a small room will look more spacious.
- Free layout. High rooms allow you to apply any layout to them due to the open space. For example, a table in the kitchen does not have to be installed near the window. It can be placed anywhere in the room, since the level of daylight is quite high due to the large windows.
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In the photo: Living room interior in a modern style apartment
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Large interior items
The design of apartments with high ceilings involves placing huge pieces of furniture, mirrors, paintings, and sconces. They will not change the overall appearance of the space due to their dimensions. A high-rise kitchen is suitable not only for floor furniture, but also for hanging cabinets that reach the ceiling level. This way you can wisely use the empty wall area, combined with free space in other areas.
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In the photo: Kitchen interior in a minimalist apartment
Idea No3: “Pictures, frames, graphics”
According to designers, if the ceilings are higher than three meters, artistic elements should be an integral part of the decoration.
Why? They will fill your apartment with life, nobility, and elegance.
But you shouldn’t exaggerate with their number. This requires a special approach.
By hanging pictures at eye level, you can visually get rid of excess ceiling height. Place the graphics wherever you like, and be content with transforming the space with the help of art.
Choosing catchy accents
Textiles in window decoration will help give a tall room more effect. Here it is worth using long tulle with ruffles in several layers. A good solution would be to choose a forged cornice. To prevent the living room from seeming too elevated, emphasis should be placed on lighting fixtures. Here you need to choose a large chandelier in combination with less massive pendants on long cords. Moreover, different levels of room lighting are important. This means that the chandelier and other lighting fixtures should hang in different lengths. This way the room will be more evenly and efficiently illuminated in complete darkness outside the window. In addition, this solution is quite interesting and thoughtful in terms of design.
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In the photo: Dining room interior in a neoclassical style apartment
Kitchen Design
— Why did you decide not to combine the kitchen with the living room?
— We dismantled the wall and installed glass accordion doors along its entire length. When folded, they completely open access to the kitchen, that is, visually we get a common space. If necessary, they can be closed - in my opinion, a convenient and reasonable solution.
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Variety of ceiling design options
High rooms allow the use of many original options for ceiling cladding and its decorative design. In this case, you should visually lower the ceiling to get a sense of proportionality in the room. You can visually lower the ceiling if you use contrasting paint on it. However, it is necessary to take into account the color scheme of the flooring that matches the ceiling. In addition, you can use decorative beams that create the effect of an attic space. A good solution would be to choose stucco as an elegant addition to the ceiling.
Ceiling in the kitchen-living room
The suspended ceiling in the kitchen, as in the living room, plays a decorative role. LEDs or halogen lamps installed on it will make the common room original. Of course, here too you can hide some flaws or settings.
Free choice of colors
Any range of shades is suitable for apartments with high ceilings. Here it is important to focus on the style direction of the interior and select the appropriate tones. When choosing colors in high rooms, you should not use many light shades. This will create the feeling of an assembly hall, a cold and not very comfortable room. It is better to give preference to natural, muted colors that are in harmony with multi-level lighting, the general color palette of curtains, curtains, walls, and furniture.
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In the photo: Bedroom interior in an Art Deco style apartment
Designer's advice
Furniture arrangement plays an important role in the interior.
I recommend using all the usable space, creating cozy zones, rather than placing furniture around the perimeter of the room. In our case, the chairs stand separately and are turned towards the sofa at an angle in the “dialogue position”. To create additional coziness, we added identical shelving along the edges of the sofa - this symmetry creates a very calm and intimate atmosphere, which is conducive to communication. This is especially important when there is no TV in the living room. View all projects
Fashionable ceiling design 2022 - choice of materials
For practical and elegant ceiling design, the construction market offers a wide range of modern materials with high decorative characteristics. Their choice is based on taking into account the characteristics of the room. If the height is sufficient, tension, rack, and panel structures can be used.
For rooms with low ceilings, preference should be given to finishing options that do not reduce the volume of the room. This could be painting, wallpapering, whitewashing.
When choosing a beautiful ceiling design 2022, pay attention to materials that are constantly noted in the list of fashionable modern finishes:
Water-dispersion, water-based paint
This material is environmentally friendly. It attracts with its low price, is easy to apply, and allows you to diversify the color spectrum of the coating. Among the disadvantages is a short service life. After 2-3 years, the ceiling surfaces must be repainted.
Drywall
Excellently levels out any roughness, unevenness and height differences. It is necessary to choose options with vinyl or polymer coating, which provides good moisture-resistant qualities.
The material is environmentally friendly, but after installation it requires applying putty to the joints and painting. It is attached to a frame, so it is not suitable for low ceilings.
Tension fabric
They use panels made of dense, durable PVC film. You can choose an option made of mesh material that is impregnated with polymers. The advantages of suspended ceilings include obtaining perfectly flat planes and the ability to easily disguise defects in the rough ceiling.
On a note! Stretch ceilings are resistant to moisture, have good sound and heat insulation, and have a long service life. Among the disadvantages is the rather high cost.
Foam boards
Such panels are attractive due to their light weight and the ability to be mounted on an adhesive layer. They are wear-resistant, have good heat-insulating characteristics, and do not deform under temperature changes. Disadvantages include fragility and low vapor permeability.
Tree
This environmentally friendly material never goes out of style. It allows you to create a feeling of coziness and comfort in any room, has good sound and heat insulation, and attracts you with the unusually aesthetic structure of the resulting surface. Among the advantages of wooden ceilings is a long service life. Select material impregnated with special compounds to prevent fire and fungus.
MDF boards
The construction market offers high-strength wood-fiber sheets with a variety of decorative surfaces that can imitate wood, leather, stone, and have a wide range of colors. For installation, a frame made of wood or metal is required.
Plastic
This material is attractive due to its low weight and good moisture resistance. It does not deform during temperature fluctuations and is durable. It is easy to care for.
Plasterboard ceiling in the living room
Thanks to false ceilings, you can bring real chic to your living room interior. In addition, we will also have the opportunity to create many levels to get an interesting shape. Using a suspended ceiling, you can separate zones or simply create original highlights.
Illuminated ceiling in the living room
As you know, light in the living room plays a very important role. A suspended ceiling is a convenient solution that can be used in most homes. The most popular among them are structures that can be made of plasterboard, as well as metal, wood, wood or plastic panels. Stretch ceilings made from special flexible films are very popular.
Thanks to a suspended or suspended ceiling in the living room, you can get an extraordinary character of interior lighting, especially if the surface is made in several planes and combined with effective spotlights. Using suspended ceilings made of plasterboard or fiber-plasterboard, you can also form slopes, arches and arcades.
Modern ceiling designs are so diverse that you can choose the most suitable option for your home or apartment.
Bathroom storage
In a small bathroom or toilet, you need to use the space to maximum advantage. It’s easy to make these rooms more functional and comfortable if you install storage shelves under high ceilings. You can fold towels on them, put detergents and cleaning products. To make it more convenient, it’s a good idea to additionally use small containers or baskets to hold cosmetics, hygiene and body care products.
Wardrobe
If you don’t want to send your bed to a height, but there is not enough space in the room for clothes, high ceilings will save the situation again, because the wardrobe can also be organized upstairs! Hang shelves for things and hanger bars from the ceiling and place your things there. To reach them, buy a suitable portable ladder, stepladder, or hang the ladder on a bar so that it can be moved to the desired point in the wardrobe. Thus, there will be a separate area for clothes, and there will be more space in the room. The only inconvenience is that you will have to wash things more often or put special covers on them so that they do not collect dust.
