The design of the ceiling in the children's room
The design of the ceiling in the nursery should be a harmonious addition to the overall interior of the child’s bedroom and, at the same time, reflect its inner world and personality. Before we talk about the options for the ceiling in the nursery, it is necessary to determine what requirements it must meet.
Features and ceiling for children's room
The ceiling in the child’s room must first of all be safe, this concept includes both its fire safety, non-toxicity and hypoallergenicity.
Durability and strength are another criteria for a good ceiling for a child's room. Coverage should be chosen such that it will serve you for nearly 5-7 years until the next repair.
The ceiling in the nursery should not be too fanciful and too overloaded with unnecessary details. Such a design can overstrain a child or distract him from his studies.
At the same time, it can not be boring, because the children's room is the world of a little person, filled with joy and children's dreams.
The ceiling in the nursery should be decorated on the basis of the age characteristics of the child, and also he likes his external performance. Of course, adults are involved in the design of the kid’s bedroom. But adolescents, from the age of 10, are very sensitive about the interior of their room and make out the bedroom to your liking.
All these simple requirements must be observed when making the ceiling in the nursery.
Consider the common types of ceilings in the nursery, paying attention to their advantages and disadvantages.
Stretch
To date, the most popular type of ceiling in the nursery can rightly be considered as a tension. More and more parents choose this option for the design of the room of their children.
This type of construction has significant advantages:
- Installation is carried out as soon as possible without prior preparation of the surface;
- The cloth impregnated with a special solution does not attract dust, moreover, such a ceiling can be wiped with a damp cloth;
- This type of construction assumes the variability of lighting according to your taste - you can mount the central chandelier and spotlights around the perimeter, select areas for lighting, arrange lights in groups;
- A wide range of design allows for the most fantasy solutions - canvases of various colors and textures, depicting favorite cartoon characters, practically any printing options, even transferring the photo image to the ceiling.
The disadvantages of stretch ceilings include:
- The complexity of installation - to install such a ceiling can only professional team with a special tool;
- Canvas stretch ceilings are vapor-tight due to synthetic origin;
- Stretch ceilings are rather fragile designs - unsuccessfully a toy thrown by a child can damage the canvas, and new repairs will be required;
- The high cost of stretch ceilings is not designed for every family budget.
From plasterboard
Plasterboard constructions are a favorite design option for the ceiling in the children's room. You can make a multi-level ceiling, think over various protrusions and niches with the help of drywall. Decorate drywall paint or pasted over the wallpaper.
The ceiling of plasterboard has the following advantages:
- It differs in environmental friendliness, durability and fire safety;
- With the help of various plasterboard constructions, you can hide any defects in the ceiling;
- Drywall has high thermal and sound insulation;
- Ceiling plasterboard design can be made independently.
The disadvantages of such ceilings include:
- Installation of the structure and the subsequent plastering and painting of the drywall is a long and laborious process.
- Moreover, the ceiling of plasterboard requires extra height, since the design takes 5-7 centimeters of upper space.
Multi-level structures
This version of the decor of the ceiling will allow to realize the most creative ideas and wishes of the occupant of the room. Multi-level constructions made of plasterboard or with a stretch fabric in several levels are performed. Increasingly, combined options are used, where the middle is represented by a stretched canvas, and plasterboard elements are placed on the sides.
Multi-level ceilings - a great option zoning space in the bedroom, play, work area. With this design, you can arrange the ceiling in the nursery of children of different sexes or children of different ages.
Multi-level designs perfectly perform an aesthetic function, give the room volume. The only important condition is that a room with multi-level ceiling structures should be large in size, in a small room such a ceiling would be inappropriate.
In addition to the above types of design, they use paints, wallpapers, drawings and luminous stickers, decor slats and fabrics when making the ceiling in the nursery.
Color solution
As a rule, most parents choose light colors in the decor of the nursery ceiling. The classic version of the pink ceiling for the girl and the blue for the boy's room remains win-win. Yellow, beige colors are well suited for the ceiling of children of different sexes. The main rule is to choose bright, non-flashy tones that do not tire the eyes. Prefer green, lavender, milky, powdery shades.
Properly designed ceiling in the nursery with the wishes of the child - the key to harmonious development of the individual.