Ceiling beams - hide or not hide

Not every resident likes perfectly flat or stretched ceilings. Many owners of country houses put in the living room a large fireplace with live fire and decorate the ceilings with exposed beams, thereby restoring themselves in past centuries, create the atmosphere of an old house.

What are decorative beams on the ceiling?

If desired, ceiling beams can be issued and ceilings in urban apartments, and not just in a country house.

But such open beams, in general, are not a solid timber beam. Ceiling beams, in modern architecture are decorative beams that do not have a semantic load.

Using decorative beams, designers can visually increase the ceilings and create a room for the room.

And if the ceilings are very high and the room does not look cozy, by installing ceiling false beams below the ceiling - designers are able to visually lower the height of the room, thereby creating a comfort and comfort in the room.

Particularly relevant ceiling beams in attics and attics and here beams of wood carry a semantic load, i.e. they are supported by a roof.

Simply, these wooden beams are not hidden under the lining, but are painted according to the wishes of the owners and the room becomes more orderly.

With the help of decorative beams, they are also called hollow or pseudo beams, or false beams, it is possible to hide various communications laid on the ceiling, in such ceiling beams in the house you can install lamps.

The advantage of such beams of polyurethane or false beams is in the prostate installation, in a light weight design - in such an inexpensive way it is possible to transform the ceiling already in the operated room.

Ceiling beams in the interior

Ceiling beams can decorate the room of any style, from classical to high-tech.

Especially relevant are the ceiling beams in the rooms decorated in ethnic style.

Ceiling beams can be massive if the room is made in country style or styles of historical classics.

And if you have a luxurious premise in front of you, then the beams should look luxurious: they can be decorated with carvings, painted with historical views or tinted with gold or silver.

If the style is made in strict classics, then the beams must be strictly dark or white.

Very impressive, in modern interiors, smooth, dark, white or gray beams look.

But, modern interior allows and creative solutions in the form of bright colors.

According to the designer's plan, according to the interior, beams on the ceiling can be painted in red, blue, black.

If the interior is made in high-tech style, the ceiling beams can be made of real metal or decorative beams can be painted with paint, capable of creating a metallic effect.

Modern designers, often ceiling beams are combined with brickwork on the walls - thus creating the appearance of an abandoned warehouse or factory.

This style is called a loft and among other things, quite modern premises are obtained even in a small apartment.

Having gathered together the ceiling beams, facing brick, glass, metal, deliberately exposed electrical wiring and bare light bulbs - and enjoy the loft view.

If the interior is designed in a rural style, beams in the form of an aged tree are quite appropriate here.

Such decorative beams can be very dark, and can be light, but it is necessary to have texture and stressed roughness.

In this case, the color of the beams does not have to be in harmony with the whole interior, it can be contrast.

Well, and if we are considering a room in the style of the French Provence - the ceiling beams should be neat, elegant, it is better if they are light or whitewashed beams.

Color of ceiling beams in the interior

If you want to draw attention to the beams on the ceiling, then the beam must be in color contrast not only to the ceiling, but to the entire interior.

For example, if the ceiling is white - the beam or falsh-beam should be the color of dark wood.

And if the ceiling is dark, then the beams should be light.

But the first option looks more spectacular: a white ceiling and dark beams.

Even if beams or decorative beams have the same color as the ceiling, they still affect the perception of the room, since the ceiling is more voluminous, having a special structure.

Usually, we see white beams merging with a white ceiling, or beams in the color of a tree, located on wooden ceilings.

But this is not necessary, depending on the wishes, and the ceiling and beams can be pink, yellow, etc.

Not rarely the ceilings are made blue, and the beams are white.

It all depends on the style, the idea of ​​the designer, the color of furniture and textiles. Ceiling beams in the house can be the same in color with wooden floors and furniture.

And can be the same in color with the walls, but contrasting with the ceiling. It is necessary to understand that if you want to create solidity of ceilings, then dark beams will help you in this, because they look more cumbersome and heavy.

And if you want to create a light ceiling - decorate it with white beams. Love the hard style - you will fit black beams.

If you want a quiet and undisturbed room, beams of light gray color will do.

How to properly arrange beams on the ceiling

It all depends on how you want to see your room.

Beams on the ceiling can change the geometry of the room.

If you want to expand the room - have beams wide.

If you want to pull out the room - install the beams along the wide side.

If you are satisfied with the geometry of your room - install beams in the form of a lattice, i.e. cross to the cross.

This way you increase the volume of the ceiling.

It is not necessary to install decorative beams throughout the ceiling area.

It is possible to make various figures in the form of a Christmas tree, a lattice, etc. on a small section of the ceiling made of polyurethane beams.

It is necessary to divide the premises into zones by means of beams - establish on the ceiling one large beam above the table, a bar counter and equip this beam with lamps.

In modern design, you can switch the beam from the ceiling to the wall, if the ceilings are not high in the room, you can visually lift them.

And if, on the contrary, the ceilings are very high, you can visually reduce them if you install the beams below the ceiling and fix them on opposite walls.

What can I install on beams

If you have strong beams, you can install different hardware on them.

On the kitchen beam hooks are fixed, dishes and baskets hang on them.

If the beam above the bar counter - mount the holder for the glasses.

The beams located in the rooms are quite suitable for recessed fixtures and chandeliers.

Strong beams are able to hold various shelves, flat TVs, they can hang swings or air chairs.

What material are beams made from

If, in the construction of the house, the presence of beams is provided, then, naturally, this is a luxurious full-bodied beam made of wood.

And if, the architectural plan does not provide for the presence of beams, but you want to fit the ceiling beams into the design - create an imitation of the ceiling beams. Imitation of wooden beams is made of polyurethane, they are very light, cheap, easy to assemble.

You can pick up the beam under the old cracking tree, and you can choose a brand new, varnished.

Polyurethane beams have great dignity in relation to moisture, as they are moisture resistant.

The false beams are U-shaped, so inside it is possible to hide not only the wires but also the pipes, and also to mount the fixtures.

How to install a false beam with your own hands

If the beams are small and light, they can simply be glued to the ceiling using glue in the form of liquid nails.

If the beams are of decent size, the ceiling is made crate of wood or metal profile.

The beams are attached to the crate by means of self-tapping screws.

If the beams have a decent weight, then on the ceiling are attached small bars, and to them the beams are glued and additionally fastened with self-tapping screws.

How to make false beams with your own hands

Decorative beams can be made from plasterboard, light plywood, boards. After determining the size and location of the beam, make a marking on the ceiling and produce, according to the markings, a separate frame for each beam from the metal profile.

Cut out from the plasterboard, board or plywood the details of the future beam and fix the parts with screws on the frame.

You will receive long narrow boxes.

Recoat the box, sand, primer and paint.

Thus, it is possible to make an imitation of smooth, colored beams.

If you want beams under a tree - cover the boxes with plastic film under the tree.