Ceiling "starry sky" in interior design

The tendency to decorate the ceiling with an unusual design is gaining increasing popularity. Among the rich choice and design possibilities, the most sought after technique is the subject of the starry sky. Fascinating blue and twinkling stars leave no one indifferent. Therefore, we study all the nuances of star ceilings.

The ceiling "starry sky" is an original stylistic device for the design of a suspended structure. This is a plasterboard type of ceiling on hangers, the components of which are stretched canvas and lighting built-in type. Sometimes other materials are used instead of film.

The uniqueness of the design lies in its perception. Often the effect is very realistic, erasing the boundaries of the upper overlap.

This system has a frame that is made of metal or wood. The materials and fasteners used for it are light weight and sufficient reliability. This allows you to design different degrees of complexity, without exceeding the permissible weight load on the load-bearing walls and the foundation.

Plasterboard sheets cut to the desired shape are attached to the frame.

The material used does not have much weight, bends well and is able to take any shape. That it is a kind of case for the tensioning cloth. If desired, it can be paintedIt is compatible with any type of backlight.

The central part of the system is the tensioning fabric. Depending on the type of raw material, it can be film or textile. In the first case, based on PVC film with high performance.It keeps its shape perfectly, can have a different texture (matte, glossy, satin), due to which it is possible to convey the desired atmosphere. In the second - the cloth looks expensive, resistant to low temperature conditions, but less elastic.

You can not ignore the characteristics of the ceiling in the form of a starry sky. They consist of its advantages and disadvantages.

Consider the main advantages:

• These ceilings are original and unusual. They fill the space with positive energy. You can relax by viewing them.

• They are appropriate in different rooms of the home. With a creative approach to decorating the ceiling with such a system, you can decorate the nursery, living room, bedroom, study and home library.
• Variable designs. They can be selected individually, taking into account the characteristics of the ceiling of a particular room. The systems are applicable in the arrangement of the ceiling with the presence of a broken perspective and openings for a fireplace, column or other complicating element.

• The materials used for the construction of the ceiling structure are made on modern equipment using new technologies.Their quality allows you to do without adjusting or dismantling the system for many years.
• Some types of design of the ceiling in the form of a starry sky allow floating technology. The effect of soaring is not comparable with any other design. In addition, there are designs that can be rotated.

• There are plenty of opportunities to create this design. Among them there is always one that will suit even the most demanding customer.

• Techniques for performing the starry sky are varied. You can choose between styling, fluorescent paint, built-in backlight or photo printing.

• The tensioning fabric is resistant to deformation. It will not over time, will not crack and will not fade. Used for the star effect dyes are resistant to sunlight.
• Materials of construction are compatible with the embedding of modern lighting of any type. If you go to the design of the ceiling thoroughly, you can use composite lighting.

In addition to the mass of advantages, there are disadvantages. Note them:

• The construction of such systems will take a lot of time and effort. Unlike classical tension structures, you will not complete the design in a day.
• The budget possibilities do not always coincide with the design idea. To create a beautiful design you need a lot of components, even with a small ceiling area.
• For high-quality tension cloth need a heat gun. Professional masters have it; at home, for heating the canvas, you will have to use the equipment at hand.

• Not every type of texture used allows you to achieve the desired result. Sometimes the canvas has a high reflectivity, it hinders the realism of the chosen subject.
• In contrast to the materials used to create the construction, the illumination often complicates the maintenance of the ceiling covering.
• Particularly complex design with the involvement of several types of illumination will be expensive.

The uniqueness of ceilings in the form of a starry sky is that they can fit into any stylistic direction of interior design.

Based on the business cards of each style, you can harmoniously decorate the ceiling with the image of the night sky with the twinkling of stars in the following styles:

• classic;
• modern;
• ethnic;
• vintage.

In each case, the design is individual. It may be:

• night sky;
• space map;
• space;
• nebulae;
• falling stars;
• solar system;
• Milky Way;
• supernova explosion;
• the rotation of the galaxy;
• highlighting constellations.

The choice of drawing depends on the preferences of households, their interests, as well as age. For example, complex pictures are undesirable for young children. They are quite easy to decorate the ceiling.

Dark tones have a negative effect on the elderly. Ceiling decoration is carried out through several techniques, including stickers, Oracal and glowing wallpaper. Consider the main.

This option is nothing more than a particularly durable composite disc. This design is quite complicated. The panel itself is usually manufactured in the factory. Its installation is carried out in assembled form. The desired image is made in production: it is airbrushing or photo printing.

Fiber threads are embedded inside the disc. It is due to their radiance when the structure is turned on with the help of a remote control that the effect of twinkling stars is created. If you want to feel unity with the cosmos, you can turn on the soundtrack (the system has a sound module). The system allows you to vary the shade of the light flux and its intensity.

One of the most common types of ceiling decoration to give it the effect of the night sky. Usually for such purposes using LED tape or cord. Flexible tape lights around the perimeter allows you to perform floating or floating ceiling technology.

To the effect was sufficient, calculate the required power and the number of LEDs per square. m. If they require a lot, you will need an additional substrate.

Due to the application of new technologies, it is possible to pre-print photo on the canvas. This service is individual: you select a picture in accordance with the desired size from the catalog or your picture. You can pick up a drawing of a star nebula, a composition on a space theme with planets.This method is convenient in that the figure will be a mass of shades and white dots under the stars.

If you place the optical fiber in these places, leading the light guides to the special holes, the effect will be more realistic than other analogues. For greater realism select the threads of different thickness, as well as their mixing. For a good effect, their number is about 130 - 150 pcs. It is even better if, in addition to photo printing and optical fiber, to include flexible tape in the design.

In addition to the main options, sometimes the ceiling is decorated with fluorescent paint. In the daytime, it is practically unremarkable. The whole effect can be assessed in the evening when the room becomes dark.

Such designs are rather stylized. The effect is achieved due to the tape illumination around the perimeter of the cloth. The stars are Starpinns and Swarovski crystals.As the basis of the starry sky using PVC film. They pierce it, insert pins of one or several shades into these places. When the lights are on, a star shine effect is created. In order to disperse the effect, the fiber is mounted inside.

These designs are relevant in apartments, private houses and cottages (unheated in winter). In the latter case, use materials that are resistant to low temperature. Apply this design in the decoration of the ceilings of offices, clubs, studios. We note briefly the main differences in design based on the living rooms of an apartment or a private house.

Bright touches, a flight of fancy, but it is undesirable for the cloth to fill the entire area of ​​the ceiling. Due to the dark color of the coating, this can visually add weight to the interior. The design can have 2 levels.

A good solution would be to use a translucent film of matte texture.. For greater realism, it is preferable to bring the fiber optic filaments of different thickness.

Small soft inserts with a simple image. Styling is possible, possibly a glass type of surface with a decoration of the coating with twinkling crystals andbuilt-in spotlight. The bedroom does not need glossy types of textures: it will create emotional stress. Undesirable black and blue tones.

Depending on the age of the child, it is possible to decorate the ceiling with luminous stickers or similar wallpaper, as well as luminous paint. This will eliminate the need for a night lamp, will interest the child and allow him to relax.

Teenagers will enjoy the design in the form of a window of a spacecraft window.

These are places where you can convey the right mood using the theme of the starry sky. Since the rooms abound with small accessories (for example, books), you should not stick to a complex composition. As a backlight, it is better to use one thing: spotlights or tape.

The design should not distract attention, changing the working mood for rest.

Here, as nowhere else, the ceiling in the form of a starry sky is appropriate. However, the complexity is added by the broken prospect of the roof and the number of ramps, as well as the fact that the roof is both a ceiling and walls. For this reason the insert of the tensioning cloth is often small. If such a construction is impossible, the interior of the attic space is decorated with stickers or glowing wallpaper.

The reception of the inclusion of the ceiling design with an accent in the form of a particle of the starry sky is performed in a certain functional area. This is often the guest space or the area above the bar. But if you want to designate a dining space, you can decorate it, for example, with a floating ceiling of the night sky with LED lighting. It all depends on the taste preferences of the customer and the appropriateness of the design against the background of the overall design concept.

Consider the example of the construction of the ceiling "starry sky" with luminous stars, LEDs and optical fiber. It is performed on the basis of a stretch ceiling and drywall. You will need components for the frame, suspensions, LED generator, fiber optic filaments, spotlights or tape, fishing (paint) network.

• Initially they create a frame, prepare the foundation, make a crate.
• Mounted plasterboard elements of the desired shape, pre-cut with the desired design.
• Determine the place under the light generator (making the hatch in drywall). The rays of the light generator is directed parallel to the panel, perpendicular to the filaments.
• Mark and fasten a baguette 12 to 15 cm below the ceiling.
• A level above the relatively stretch film tensioning the fishing net. It is necessary for pulling fiber threads, will reduce the pressure of the threads on the cloth.
• When the net is stretched, pull the threads. Their location depends on the degree of saturation desired.

Make installation of a stretch ceiling. They heat the air in the room, heat the film, fix it at 1 angle, make holes in it with a soldering iron with a thin needle at the end (approximately 60 - 80 pcs. Per square meter). If a “big star” is conceived, several threads are inserted into the hole.

• To the holes they pull the light guides, continuing to fix the canvas in the corners. After all the threads are added, the film is finally tensioned and secured from the corners to the center.
• All threads are fixed with a special glue. Trim flush with the panel.

To add originality, you can decorate the design with a flexible tape around the perimeter of the box. Spotlights, mounted with the same pitch, will also be harmonious.

Let's dive into the world of the unknown, drawing attention to the examples of photo galleries. They will clearly demonstrate the possibilities of decorating the interior of different rooms.

The original method of inserting a square shape. Due to the internal illumination photo printing looks realistic, the image seems to be voluminous.

An interesting solution for receiving guests. Internal illumination conveys a special mood.

The use of a bright hue and an unusual pattern fills the bedroom with an atmosphere of mystery. Imagination paints pictures of 1001 Scheherazade's fairy tales.

Unexpectedly bright solution, not scribbling the general concept of the subject. The ceiling with the stars creates a light feeling, relieves the laconic interior of boredom.

Stylized method of using the theme of the starry sky. The basis is a tension film to match the overall color of the interior.

The use of caissons in the decoration of the ceiling allows to achieve a realistic effect of the starry sky.

Laconic decision, successfully fits into the interior. Nothing extra. The design used spotlights and flexible tape.

An example of arrangement of the nursery.A small insertion of the starry sky fits well with the overall concept of the interior stylistics.

Installation of the ceiling "starry sky", see the following video.