Its design is not immediately striking, but it isit determines the feeling that the space evokes in you. Do you feel like the ceiling is pressing down on you? Take note of these interesting tricks that will help make it higher, at least visually, if not actually. Changing the actual height of the ceiling in an already built house is not easy. Therefore, we will come to the aid of tried and tested techniques and tricks that designers use to create the illusion of a space filled with light and spaciousness. You will enter a house with high ceilings with your head held high.
Backlight
Just upward directed floor lightlamps or sconces will magically raise the ceiling. And there are also built-in lamps - almost invisible, but very effectively increasing the space. Even lighting built into the floor plinth will make the room higher and lighter.
Nude structure
In some rooms the ceiling can be madereally higher, opening the internal structure and . Remove the hanging structures and erase the paint. And the wiring can be in false beams. For industrial style and lofts, this is a very good technique.
A bit of brilliance
Glossy ceiling coating or mirroredelements will visually add height to the room. Even if you have to install a suspended ceiling for this, you can lose a couple of centimeters in fact and gain visually. At a minimum, cover the surface with paint with a semi-gloss effect. Inna Raskina, interior designer: - You can visually increase the "height" of the ceiling with the help of color. Cool white-gray or light blue shades of glossy paint will add depth to the room. Another technique is to use materials of the same tone in the decoration of the walls and ceiling. Also, do not highlight the border between them with a contrasting border, but use, for example, a mirror strip as a divider. facebook.com/inna.raskina.3
Our opinion:— We do not recommend a completely mirrored ceiling in any room, except perhaps a small bathroom. This is still an overly extravagant and not very psychologically comfortable technique.
Location of decor
How high the ceiling seems,The arrangement of decorative items affects the placement. Curtains with a bright pattern hung as high as possible attract attention and stretch the space upward, especially against a background of neutral colors and surfaces without a pattern. Open shelves with decor from floor to ceiling and vertically arranged compositions of paintings and photos on the walls also work. Inga Azhgirey, interior designer: - A low ceiling will be “raised” by a cold shade of white paint and a light gloss. If you plan on molding, make it thinner and paint it to match the wall. Avoid a central, heavy chandelier - elongated wall and table lamps and upward-facing light will do. Doors also help to visually increase the height of a room. If you cannot raise the opening by increasing the door leaf, then make an additional decorative transom as high as the ceiling for a standard door. As for furniture, it is better to avoid half measures. If a wardrobe, then up to the ceiling, with mezzanines, if a chest of drawers, then let it be below the center of the wall height - complement it with upwardly stretched decor, flowers. And most importantly: remember that an excess of small decor in the room makes the ceiling visually lower. facebook.com/inga.azhgirei
Diagonals in the interior
Lines that rise from the bottom up encourage you to follow them with your eyes. Place a decorative element of this type or a diagonal line in your interior and you will appear taller.
Our opinion: - Vertical panels, tall indoor plants, elongated elements - panels, paintings - and even stripes on wallpaper work in a similar way.
