What is the ceiling in the hallway and what material is best for it?

Starting the renovation in the house, we all think about the design of the hallway, so often the question arises about how to decorate the ceiling. Its area is usually small, so modern finishing technologies are much easier to learn and much faster. In addition, you can very quickly see the result of work.

Ceiling Design

Often, when designing a ceiling in a hallway, people completely forget about the role of design. And completely in vain. After all, it has long been known that, using design techniques, you can decorate a small room, hiding, and sometimes correcting the existing shortcomings.

Secrets of decoration

Making a low ceiling in the hallway, you should use light colors. They will work well with light walls and darker floors. In this way, you will visually increase the height of the room.

In the case where the ceiling in the hallway is too high, the room has a somewhat disproportionate appearance. The situation can correct a dark color, then the hallway will become more cozy and harmonious.

Choosing a method of finishing, you can leave the area of the room without changes. For example, if you properly choose and arrange a ceiling tile.

In any case, before starting work, you need to think about the embodiment of a design idea - it can dramatically change the room.

Plastic ceiling in the hallway

This material won the recognition of many of our compatriots. It is widely used in the design of residential premises, offices, shops.

Suspended ceiling in the hallway of the panels is widely used, along with such facilities as a kitchen, bathroom and balcony.

Unfortunately, many of our hallways have a non-standard form ("skewed" perimeter) and very modest size. Many of our readers have faced inadmissible curvature, which is different from the ceiling (especially in buildings of old construction). It is very difficult, and sometimes impossible, to fix it with the usual methods - putty and subsequent coloring with a white water emulsion.

The ceiling in the hallway of the panels is able to cope with these tasks. To do this, you need to buy PVC panels for the ceiling and ask for help from the installer or install them yourself. It is not difficult to do this, but we will talk about this in the next article.

The advantages of plastic ceilings are appreciated by many buyers. This is a very attractive design, affordable price, durability, simple installation. If you install spotlights in the ceiling from PVC panels , the light reflected from the plastic will instantly illuminate even the most spacious hallway, let alone the small rooms.

Drywall

The second most popular material from which the ceiling is made in the hallway is, of course, gypsum board. In comparison with plastic, it is somewhat more expensive, and its installation is more difficult, but the result is stunning. The ceiling in the gypsum boardroom is able to even change the shape of the room. If height allows, you can build a complex multi-stage design, which will unrecognizably change the nondescript room.

All that your guests should not see hides in a well-constructed frame with skillfully placed backlighting. The ceiling in the gypsum boardroom has a perfectly flat surface. Another important advantage of this material is that, in a softened form, it can easily change shape. From moistened gypsum, as if from clay, you can fashion anything. Plasterboard slabs are easily cut with a conventional knife. For a specialist or a person with certain skills, installation is not difficult - the material simply attach to the metal profiles self-tapping screws.

Multilevel ceilings

Very complex multi-level structures made of gypsum board are very effective. Different heights can visually change the volume of the room, giving him the required volume. This can be achieved with the help of light colors, which will be in harmony with the direct separator - for example, the arched pilaster (ledge).

The advantages of such ceilings include the ability to hide existing defects, visually expand the space (if required).

To the shortcomings, experts consider the transience of fashion, but this can be said about any finishing material. Today he is at the height of popularity, and tomorrow nobody remembers him. In our opinion, the big disadvantage is the expensive installation, but if you set the ceiling yourself, then this minus you will not feel.

Stretch ceilings in the hallway

This option appeared not so long ago. The advantage of such ceilings is that they are mounted from a single leaf - they do not have joints, seams, overlaps and other shortcomings.

This type of finishing is made of different materials - PVC film, leather, various fabrics (silk, velvet, even satin).

Stretch ceilings in the hallway can be matte, glossy or mirrored. They have different texture and color. Such ceilings may even have a certain image transferred from the photo. But in this case, the design of the hallway will have to be customized for a specific theme. By the way, from a mirror or glossy canvas you can make an excellent ceiling in a small hallway. He will visually expand the small room and pull it up.

The undoubted merits of these designs include their high strength and long service life (up to 20 years). True, PVC film is quite fragile, so it should be handled very carefully. Stretch ceilings are resistant to ultraviolet (they do not lose their brightness and attractiveness when exposed to direct sunlight), moisture resistant and resistant to temperature changes.

Disadvantages of these structures (however, like any finishing material) are available. This is a high cost of installation. It is carried out only by specialists, with the help of special equipment.

Each of these methods is good in its own way, but if you want to forget about the repair in the hall for at least ten years, then choose high-quality materials so that you do not have to change or glue each year.

Small hallway

And in conclusion, let us once again talk about the small hallways, which in our country the vast majority.

When replanning a small-sized building, of course, it is very important to take responsibility for the process and carefully plan the project. Entresols, suspended ceilings are not suitable for such premises. In this case, it is necessary to achieve volume and light by all available methods. Exceptions are only rooms with a ceiling height of more than 4 meters. Such a miracle can still be found in old houses. For a cardinal increase in volume, it is better to make the ceilings mirror.

Those who are afraid of various innovations, it is possible to offer a ceiling to paint with a qualitative paint (the blessing, its choice is now huge), to whitewash or to cover with panels from polystyrene. The latter method, probably the most affordable, does not require complicated editing. And the assortment of such plates in the shops selling decoration materials is quite diverse.

They do not require complicated preparation of the surface before starting work. It should only be well cleaned from the previous coating (if any), from dust and dirt. Mark the middle of the ceiling and from the first four tiles glue it in the form of a cross. And then, focusing on them, glue the next slab already. Detailed instructions for this material are on the packaging.

Such a ceiling does not require complicated maintenance - it is enough to wipe it with a damp cloth with soiling. In addition, anyone can make it by their own hands, even very far from construction.

Do not be afraid to experiment - from this your vestibule will only benefit. The main thing is that the result of your work will please you for many years.