After completing the exterior work during the construction of a country house, you need to proceed to a difficult but necessary process - interior decoration. Typically, interior design begins with the question of how to finish the ceiling in a private house. The proposed article will help determine the choice of finishing material.
Finish options
There are many decent materials for finishing the ceiling in a private house. These are both traditional and modern materials that meet the most demanding taste.
The main options for finishing the ceiling in a private house:
- whitewash;
- staining;
- gypsum skirting boards with stucco;
- decorative plaster with skirting boards;
- suspended structures;
- lining made of wood;
- stretch fabrics;
- plasterboard constructions;
- wallpaper.
An important role in choosing the type of ceilings in a private house is played by the need to level the rough coating. So, if you mount a suspended structure, then it is not necessary to level the rough surface. Communications and wiring will be closed by a suspended structure.
Any of the options for finishing the ceiling of a private house has its advantages and disadvantages. Which decoration method to choose depends on the height of the ceilings, interior style, budget, taste and preferences.
Let us consider in more detail some of the materials from which ceilings are made in a private house.
Painting
One of the easiest ways to decorate the ceiling space. The classic option would be to paint the surface with white. But, this design is hardly suitable for a bedroom or living room.
Consider the color of the paint. So, dark tones visually reduce the height of the room. But painting with light paint, on the contrary, will make the room spacious.
If, nevertheless, there is a desire to use dark colors, then it is recommended to combine them with pastel colors on the walls. You can use decorative coloring compositions with various effects.
Plaster, plaster or styrofoam
Easily mounted on the surface of the slab of expanded polystyrene, or gypsum panels and skirting boards with stucco. This coating is usually white, but after installation, the panel can be painted in any shade.
A good solution would be to decorate the ceilings of a country house with decorative plaster, which can be smooth, textured, imitating marble or patterned panels. But, finishing with decorative plaster requires special skills.
Suspended structures and stretch fabrics
Due to the peculiar design of the ceilings of a private house, one has to think about how to close the wiring, ventilation and various communication elements. For this purpose, a suspended plasterboard structure is suitable. Light fixtures can be mounted to the surface. These are LED strips or spotlights. 
A correctly chosen suspended structure makes it possible to visually increase the space, use various design solutions.
You can combine suspended structures with stretch fabrics.
Wallpaper
On the surface, you can stick decorative wallpaper in the form of stripes. You can stick wallpaper of the same color in the bedroom over your head. And for the rest of the ceiling, choose a material of a different color scheme.
To paste over the surface with wallpaper, pre-level the work surface. The coverage must be even. Photo wallpapers are suitable for a nursery.
You can add decorative stickers to the wallpaper that imitate a glowing starry sky, or beautiful plants.
Nuances in the design of the ceilings of a country house
When choosing what to make a ceiling in a private house from, you need to take into account the features of the device of the draft surface of suburban buildings.
To sheathe the ceiling in a private house from the inside, you must perform the following additional work for the rough coating:
- install thermal insulation;
- lay hydro and vapor barrier layers;
- you need to take care of the insulation, and find quality material. Mineral wool, expanded clay, sawdust and other materials are used for insulation.
After installing the necessary layers on the floors, proceed to the interior decoration.
What are the best ceilings?
Sometimes it is difficult to decide and decide which ceilings are best done in a private house. After all, a well-designed ceiling space should be not only beautiful, but warm and practical, with a long service life.
The problem of ceiling finishing exists where the premises are not heated in winter. If in such a private house the ceilings are finished with wood or drywall, then in a damp and unheated room the coating will soon become unusable and begin to collapse. Therefore, if the house is used only in summer, then it is best to close the ceiling in a private house with a suspended structure. Plastic and PVC panels, beam suspended structures are also suitable.
It is necessary to select a facing coating that can withstand temperature changes. You can sew up the ceiling of a private house with a stretch vinyl film. Such a coating does not deform at sub-zero temperatures and will withstand the effects of heat.
If a country house is heated in the cold, and people live there all year round, then wood will be the best finish for it. Wooden ceiling covering, with proper care of the surface, will last a long time. In addition, this finish is safe, environmentally friendly and durable.
You can sheathe the ceiling of a private house with drywall. Such a coating allows you to hide almost any defects in the base surface. After installing drywall sheets, you can perform additional finishing. The surface can be painted, wallpapered, or decorated with plaster.
Low ceiling trim
Not always the ceilings of a country house are very high. In many private buildings, the height of the ceilings is small. To visually increase the height, you need to seriously approach the question of how to finish a low ceiling in a private house.
- when decorating the ceiling surface, choose only light colors;
- you can use a glossy finish if a stretch fabric is mounted;
- when mounting lamps in the coating, it is better to abandon bulky lighting fixtures with a pendant mount. Such lamps visually reduce the area of \u200b\u200bthe room and take away the already low height of the ceilings;
- in the bedroom, to visually increase the height of the room, you can make a coating that differs in color from the entire ceiling.
Furniture is of great importance for rooms with low ceilings. So, if the ceiling decoration is done correctly, but the furniture is high and massive, then there will be no effect that increases the height.
How to finish a wooden ceiling?
To decide on the choice of finishing materials for the ceiling of a private house made of wood, you need to take into account the features of the ceiling device:
- the floors of a wooden house are lightweight, and are made with the help of beams;
- between the beams there is a space that is filled with insulating material. The warmed space is closed by finishing;
- a wooden house shrinks, which affects the ceiling covering.
Finishing a wooden ceiling in a private house is best done with wood materials. Natural material is combined with any style of a country house, will maintain an optimal level of temperature and humidity.
Important: when choosing a tree for finishing ceilings, it is necessary to periodically treat the coating with special agents that protect against moisture.
If you mount a wooden ceiling for the bathroom and kitchen, then there is a possibility of mold. In rooms with high humidity, it is better to refuse to decorate the ceilings with wood. For the bathrooms of a wooden house, a stretch coating is suitable.
wood flooring
Lining made of wood is considered the most common type of cladding, due to the following properties:
- good soundproofing and heat-insulating properties;
- the ability to close defects in the ceiling;
- no surface preparation required;
- long service life, if you properly care for the ceiling. It is necessary to periodically impregnate the material with a special composition;
- fast installation;
- suitable for any interior design solutions.
The disadvantages of lining include the possibility of deformation during sudden temperature changes and flammability.
Usually, lining made of pine, linden and oak, larch is used for ceilings.
Plasterboard finish
Finishing plasterboard for the ceiling of a wooden house has such advantages as:
- well passes air, excluding the appearance of condensate on the surface;
- the ability to hide defects, and close the wiring with communications.
The disadvantages of drywall coating include the impossibility of attaching directly to a wooden ceiling. You need to pre-assemble the frame. After installation, additional work will be required. The surface is puttied and painted. You can cover the surface with wallpaper.
Conclusion
When choosing the material and method of fixing the ceiling for a private house, you need to take into account the height of the room, the presence of irregularities and surface defects. An important role is played by lighting, which also affects the visual increase or decrease in the height of the room.
When choosing a ceiling finish, you need to adhere to moderation in color scheme. The upper part of the room should be combined with the general style of a country house. Ceilings should become a real interior decoration of a private house.
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To figure out how to give the ceiling a unique look and at the same time make it as reliable as possible, you need to figure out what methods exist for finishing the ceiling today.
The most commonly used ceiling finishes
To do this, it is necessary to consider in detail the materials used in this process, their technical characteristics and performance, in order to once and for all decide how to finish the ceiling in the room. If you have any questions regarding the features of certain samples, you can always seek help from professionals who are ready to provide photo and video materials for their installation.
Film-type stretch ceiling, as one of the finishing methods
Arguing on the topic of what you can finish the ceiling in the room, we can say that the use of a stretch ceiling would be an excellent solution in this case. Their production is carried out using durable materials based on polymers, represented by polyvinyl chloride film (PVC). As a rule, only environmentally friendly materials are included in the composition of high quality stretch ceilings, and, speaking about their technical characteristics, it is important to note that they are an excellent sound insulator, and are also resistant to fire and moisture.
Among the advantages of a stretch ceiling, there are such as, for example, a rich selection of shades of color, a variety of textures and reliefs, as well as a wide range of their application. The warranty provides for a service life of 10 years, but in fact stretch ceilings can last about 25 years.
As already mentioned, only pure materials are included in high-quality stretch ceilings, so such systems can be installed without any fear in children's rooms and bedrooms.
When deciding how to finish the ceiling in a room using a tension structure, one should also not forget that during its installation, a part of the height, equal to about 20 centimeters, will be hidden.
Finishing the ceiling with plasterboard slabs, cassettes and slats
Speaking about what modern methods of finishing the ceiling exist, it is imperative to mention suspended structures, which have gained no less popularity today than stretch ones. This is due, first of all, to a wide range of their functionality. So, for example, a false ceiling is perfect if you want to hide some communications of the room, as well as eliminate visually noticeable defects or surface flaws. In general, ceiling finishes can be very different, which allows you to choose the right option for yourself.
At the heart of the manufacture of slatted and cassette suspended ceilings are zinc-treated steel or aluminum, and the material itself is of fairly high quality. These designs have earned their popularity also due to their high aesthetic performance, a wide selection of color shades, as well as the possibility of applying various images. The surface of the rails and cassettes is completely mirrored, which has a positive effect on the visual perception of the room, as its height visually increases. In addition, ceilings made of cassettes and slats tolerate high temperatures and high humidity well, so they can be mounted, for example, in a bathroom or pool.
Among the disadvantages of such suspended ceilings are a low degree of sound insulation, the relative difficulty in the operation of communications located in the interceiling space, as well as a very high cost. Despite this, their advantages still outweigh the negatives: such ceilings are easy to clean and dismantle, they can also be used to create multi-level systems without any problems and use them for finishing arches indoors, and their service life is very long.
Ceiling finish with lime, chalk or paint is an economical option
Many owners, in the process of choosing what to finish the ceiling with, opt for traditional and economical ones. One of the most commonly used methods is whitewashing the surface. It is only important to use this material in rooms where there is no high humidity, that is, in corridors, utility rooms and other utility rooms.
The basis of whitewashing is a solution that has a snow-white color, which includes lime or chalk. This shade can fit well into the interior of any character. However, do not forget that with excessively bright lighting, whitewashing loses its color intensity. In addition, this finishing material does not tolerate moisture and can be used in rooms with a high level of humidity.
As a replacement for whitewash, you can use ceiling paint.
As a rule, these compositions include:
- water-dispersion paints;
- water-based paints;
- silicone paints;
- latex formulations;
- silicate paints.
So, for example, silicone paint has an increased resistance to steam, which, accordingly, explains its high price. Typically, ceilings are painted in areas such as kitchens, bathrooms, garages and other utility rooms. A wide range of shades of color will allow you to decorate the interior according to your own design and give this or that room the desired design.
Considering the methods of finishing ceilings, one cannot fail to mention such an option as pasting the ceiling surface with wallpaper. Moreover, this procedure can be performed not only with the help of paper samples, but also with vinyl or non-woven wallpaper. In this case, glue acts as a fastener, but only paper and vinyl material can be covered with it, and this cannot be done with non-woven wallpaper. It is most preferable to use such a finish in those rooms where the level of humidity is high, and it is not possible to use other methods of finishing.
So, we can conclude that ceiling decoration is a process that can be done independently, it is only important to strictly follow all the rules for their installation and observe the necessary conditions characteristic of certain materials.
More practical are painted ceilings. The applied paint can be chosen in any color or shade, corresponding to the general decoration of the room. This budget-friendly ceiling finish creates a smooth finish that, depending on the quality of the paint chosen, can be washed.
In the cavity of the frame, you can hide the necessary communications. A common drawback of such ceilings is a general decrease in the height of the room, which is a significant disadvantage for low rooms.
Drywall
Finishing the ceiling with plasterboard has gained wide popularity due to the ability to create incredible designs, complex, beautiful and multi-level. Sheets of drywall can be easily cut to give the desired shape. By attaching them to the frame and sealing the seams, they get a monolithic structure with a smooth surface. By creating a variety of ceiling shapes, and using all kinds of lighting solutions for decoration, you can get ceilings of amazing beauty and complexity. To decorate the resulting surface, paint is most often chosen, but any other type of finish can be used.
The material allows you to make a room zoning or a smooth transition from the structure on the walls to the ceiling, creating a single composition.
Panels, rails and plates
For ceiling cladding, panels made of a variety of materials are used: plastic, aluminum, gypsum, mirror surfaces and others. Depending on the selected material, a smooth or structured surface is obtained. They are mainly used to create single-level ceilings. Simple installation and affordable price make ceiling paneling a popular way.
The ceiling plays an important role in the interior. The thematic design and the impression of the entire room depend on the quality of its design and the choice of style. There is furniture on the floor. The defect can be covered with a carpet. The walls are hidden behind cabinets and shelves. Pictures and decorative ornaments are hung on them. Finishing the ceiling, its quality catches the eye from the threshold.
When decorating rooms in new houses and overhauling apartments, I always pay special attention to the overlap. Designers draw it last, as the final chord of the interior. Finishing builders generally start at the top and gradually descend towards the floor.
Types of ceiling finishes and materials used
Modern technologies create new materials. Builders use them for decoration, including interiors in apartments and private houses. You can endlessly list the ways of decorating the premises. In old buildings, the traditional method of whitewashing with chalk or lime has been preserved. Materials and floor preparation are familiar to everyone. Any housewife can refresh her kitchen on her own in a few hours. Wash the floor and walls for much longer.
In addition, there are new and improved old ceiling finishes:
- Hemming, when finishing materials are screwed directly to the surface of the floor. This is done mainly with the help of self-tapping screws.
- Suspended mounted on a specially designed frame made of metal profiles and wooden slats.
- Stretch ceiling is attached around the perimeter. The material is stretched and clamped into a special aluminum baguette.
- Wallpapering is done directly on the surface. Various decoration methods are used.
- Slatted and cassette ceilings are made of aluminum strips and plates with a color and mirror finish.
Many types of design and materials are missing. The list of options for finishing the ceiling is endless.
Finishes requiring quality surface preparation
All defects are highly visible on the painted ceiling. The paint flows into the cracks, highlighting every unevenness. To prepare the floor in the apartment, I cover the plane with 2 - 3 layers of starting putty with stripping and a primer that improves adhesion. I use a ruler to check. After complete drying, I apply the finishing composition. Then the ceiling is finished with acrylic paints.
Wallpaper can be glued without finishing putty. They will hide small cracks and bumps. But all the bulges and depressions will be visible. The drawing will only emphasize them. When the question arises of how to finish the ceiling, and even in the apartment, without wasting time fixing minor defects, I advise “wet wallpaper”. They can be applied using a special device that evenly covers the plane. The textured colored surface will hide the roughness, give a decorative look to the room.
Ceiling decoration with aluminum and plastic materials
Bedroom ceiling decoration
The apartment has high ceilings found in old buildings. Aligning them is difficult. But you can make suspension systems. The living room looks luxurious with slatted ceilings. Materials are almost eternal. Aluminum strips are coated with a special paint. They bend into desired shapes. The alternation of colors creates the illusion of a holiday, fireworks. In matte and glossy stripes of the same tone, intrigue and volume.
The design method excludes amateurs. I work only on a project developed by designers and constructors. I make a frame from a profile in accordance with the drawing. Aluminum strips are bent and cut to order by the manufacturer. Mounting without equipment can only be a flat ceiling without fixtures.
An affordable way to finish the ceiling with aluminum is cassette. Rectangular and square light metal blocks are hung on a special mount. The bottom surface has a decorative finish. Spraying and powder coating give the surface a different look. Mirrors reflect the room, making it tall and spacious, adding light. You can combine colors and textures to create unique patterns.
Stretch ceilings and material for self-finishing
A distinctive feature of stretch ceilings is their installation after finishing the walls and floor. The most common materials are PVC film and its analogues. To decorate a room in an apartment, I use a profile and drywall. I take measurements after plastering the walls. The cover can be left as is. I remove the old mortar, which does not hold well, crumbles, and fix it with a primer.
The PVC film is fully prepared by the manufacturer. It is decorated according to a sketch, made plain or with a pattern, cut to the ordered size. There are three types:
- satin - matte smooth surface;
- mirror gloss, reflects light and contrasting colors in the interior, increases space;
- matte - a classic option, in harmony with all styles and finishes of walls and floors.
Having fixed a profile around the perimeter - a baguette, I lay out the film with an assistant and start heating the room in the apartment with the help of a heat gun. Close the door and window first. I make a multi-tiered ceiling, starting from the uppermost section.
White or slightly bluish water-based paint will give the kitchen a classic look.
PVC materials become soft and stretch when heated. Having fixed the edges in the clamps, we stretch the film, heating individual places with a stream of hot air. Everything must be done quickly. After all, you can’t stand the heat of 70 degrees for a long time. I mount a stretch ceiling of any complexity with helpers in a few hours.
I am often asked how to finish the ceiling on my own. For those who want to have tension structures, I recommend fabric. Materials for registration are used standard:
- cable laying profile;
- plastic tube;
- self-tapping screws;
- curtain natural fabric.
The profile is attached around the perimeter. The finishing fabric is pre-cut and stitched. Natural fabric is immersed in water. Wet it stretches. The edges are tucked into the profile around the tube and stretched. Fixed with screws through the canvas. You can make such a ceiling in an apartment when the heating is turned off and it is not hot outside - spring and autumn. Otherwise, you will have to use a spray bottle with water so that the fabric does not dry out ahead of time.
Drywall is indispensable in the design of stylish interiors
Pressed boards made of cardboard and gypsum are strong enough and have a smooth glossy surface. They can quickly level surfaces in an apartment and a private house, in any room. It is enough to screw it with self-tapping screws to the ceiling or mount it on the profile. Slots and recesses can be leveled immediately with a finishing putty.
For finishing wet and damp rooms, green drywall with blue markings was created. It is resistant to water. Gray made sheets of additives that prevent ignition. The markings on these boards are red. Finishing materials should be used to decorate the ceiling in accordance with their qualities.
The ability of the material to take any shape makes it indispensable for finishing multi-tiered stretch ceilings and figured ones. You can create entire compositions over your head.
Options for finishing in the country house and country house
Outside the city, you want to take a break from the noise and breathe clean air. I am often asked the question of how to finish the ceiling in the country. Natural materials are environmentally friendly. They breathe and do not emit harmful substances. Wood can retain its fragrance for years and create a warm atmosphere of clean air.
In the country house and in the cottage, it is desirable to hem the ceiling with veneer or board. Coated with wax or natural varnish, it will enchant with the natural pattern of wood. It is enough to apply a new layer of protective coating on wood every 3 to 5 years and it will stand without repair for several decades. Wood protected with varnish can withstand temperature fluctuations if a stove is heated in the room in winter sometimes when people come to rest. A budget option for giving is painting and a plastic false ceiling.
Almost everything has been renovated. And here various difficulties and difficulties can arise. For example, with the choice of material for decoration. How to finish the ceiling in the house, walls or floors? What's better? Such questions come up all the time. The article will discuss the decoration of ceilings. What are the options?
We use paint and whitewash
Painting and whitewashing ceilings is a well-known method. The surface is leveled using various building mixtures. Then it is covered with water-based paint or whitewash.
This method has both its pros and cons. The former include low cost and simplicity (of course, if the surface is sufficiently even). And of the minuses - it's a lot of dirt. This is especially true for whitewash. You will have to cover or remove all the furniture from the room, close the floors and windows. Otherwise, everything will be covered with whitewash spots.
Apply wallpaper
There is another inexpensive and quick way - this is the use of wallpaper. A roll of such material can be bought inexpensively. In addition, today on sale you can find wallpapers produced specifically for stickers on the ceiling.
You can use liquid wallpaper, which looks much more beautiful than usual. They are applied to a primed surface. The ceiling must be dry and dust-free. Wallpaper is applied with a float or spatula. If you apply with a construction spray gun, then you do not need to grind them.
The use of liquid wallpaper makes it possible to create patterns on the ceiling. This design will look original.
The use of suspended structures
Today, conventional wallpaper and whitewash are being replaced by modern materials. For example, suspended structures are found in many city apartments.
The basis of such structures is the frame. It is attached directly to the draft ceiling. Then the panels are mounted on the frame. You can use a wide variety of materials. On sale there are panels made of plastic, wood or metal.
Wooden lining looks good and is an environmentally friendly material.
Wood is afraid of moisture, so it is better not to use it in the kitchen and bathroom.
Plastic panels can be placed in any room. They last a long time and are easy to maintain. In suspended ceilings, you can even find mirrored panels. Such designs look respectable, but are also expensive.
The most popular sheets of drywall. Such material is inexpensive, and it is easy to mount it. A plasterboard ceiling can last for many decades with proper care.
Suspended structures have a number of advantages and disadvantages. The first ones include:
- The ability to arrange a multi-level ceiling. This variety has become very popular in recent years.
- In the interceiling space, you can hide various communications. All wiring and ventilation systems will not be visible. In addition, it becomes possible to place built-in lights anywhere on the ceiling.
- Facilitates structural repair. If you damage one panel for any reason, it can be easily replaced. In this case, the rest of the structure can not be touched.
The disadvantages include a decrease in free space in the room. The hinged structure takes from 7 to 12 cm in height. Therefore, if the room has low ceilings, then it may be better to do with whitewashing or wallpapering.
Stretch ceiling
A wide variety of ceiling design options gives the use of tension structures. You can easily match the color to your interior. The canvas can be of various colors. In addition, you can mount stretch ceilings with a glossy, matte or mirror effect. It is also possible to place a drawing or a photograph on the ceiling.
The forms of design of stretch ceilings are also diverse. You can make multi-level or tent, tiered or wave structures.
In addition, the canvas is not afraid of moisture and is easy to maintain. Such a ceiling can be mounted in any room. It is fireproof. Stretch ceiling will protect your home from flooding. If the neighbors from above are flooded with water, then the canvas will be able to hold up to 100 liters of liquid. Then it will only be necessary to drain the liquid and dry the structures.
Installation is carried out in just a few hours (of course, if the masters work). Baguettes are attached around the perimeter of the room, on which the canvas is stretched (using a heat gun).
Such a design will take only 3 cm from the height of the ceiling. At the same time, wiring can be placed in the interceiling space.
If we talk about the cost, then it will depend on the choice of material. On sale there is a canvas of both imported and domestic production. The second option is cheaper, but the quality is not always at a high level.
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