Loft style in recent times is at the peak of popularity. The elegant and at the same time brutal direction adds expressiveness to the rooms, as well as emphasizes their individuality. One of its main advantages is the ability to apply absolutely any finish.
Loft style features
The style has several distinctive features, without which it is difficult to embody it in full.
- Maximum free layout with a minimum of partitions.
- Untreated walls.
- Open communications.
- High ceilings.
- Panoramic windows in the floor.
- Creation of half-stories (mezzanine).
- A mix of modern technology with antiques and industrial details.
Ceiling options
To create a ceiling in the industrial style, you need extraordinary thinking, the desire to risk and destroy stereotypes. It can be decorated with any building materials and the most non-standard combination of them.
Stretch ceiling
For a loft-style design project, PVC and fabric stretch fabrics on a matte basis in black, light or color, imitating metal will be ideal.
In the photo black stretched canvas in the living room.
In the photo, the ceiling is trimmed with a matte stretch canvas in white.
Wooden ceiling
Wood is a versatile material for a loft style. In the process of creating the interior using its various modifications:
From the boards
Apply unedged or edged, standard board.
From a bar
Evenly distributed on the ceiling, the bars create coziness and comfort.
Rack
Finishing with slats is a universal way to hide the flaws of the ceiling surface and give it originality.
In the photo the hallway area is decorated with wooden slats.
Raw concrete
With a concrete ceiling, the room acquires a special atmosphere. The gray surface, with an imprint of formwork texture, against the backdrop of modern furniture and technology, will look extraordinary.
Brick
An interesting solution - creates a rough coating under the white or red brick, with all the resulting roughness, clearly imitating masonry. Texture can be imitated using wallpaper or plaster.
Colored
Painting is a universal classical type of finishing works. Dark, light and pastel colors are used.
Plasterboard suspended ceiling
Plasterboard ceiling in the style of loft - non-standard, with a predominance of straight lines and regular geometric shapes.
In the photo a suspended structure of plasterboard in the interior of the kitchen-living room.
Design and decoration of the ceiling
The decor of the ceiling is created with the help of lamps, wood, plywood, metal, forging and much more. Below are the most common options.
Backlit
Original lighting in the style of a loft, can not only add light, but also become an ornament to the whole room. Lamps of all shapes and sizes are used.
With beams
Wooden lacquered transverse beams are a classic that hasn't gone out of fashion for centuries.
On the photo is a white stretch ceiling with red decorative beams.
With iron structures
Industrial elements not hidden from eyes - a highlight in the direction of the loft. The decoration of the room will be a stylish exhaust pipe or a brick chimney.
The photo shows the original decor of the decor with the help of a bicycle and a metal grid.
With wires
Open wiring is an interesting solution in the arrangement of the ceiling. It is important the right combination and accuracy in performance.
Lighting examples
Suitable lighting options:
- Chandeliers. A special element when finishing in this direction. Devices of the original form are selected, with irregular bends, roughly painted, on chains, etc.
- Pendant lights. One of the main decorations of loft-style ceilings. There are diverse models - dome-shaped, in the form of ovals, semicircles, cones, etc. The choice is limited only by the imagination of the designer.
What color is suitable ceiling?
The color palette should fit the overall design concept. Most often choose light, dark or black, white or cement-gray shades.
A selection of ideas in the interior of rooms
For each room you can create a unique design of the ceiling in the style of a loft. Below are the versions of the main rooms.
Living room
There are no restrictions here. Polished concrete, wooden beams, iron pipelines, etc. will look just as beautiful. A combination of materials and multi-level ceilings is often used.
Bathroom
Here the main condition - the opposition of high humidity. Based on this and pick up the finish. The classics is a rough concrete, imitation of a bricklaying, laths, film tension structures.
Kitchen
This is the place where almost any design solution will fit. Often, everything is left on the ceiling in its original form, decorated with slats or metal parts.
Entrance hall
If the room is small, then you should not overdo it with additional elements, as this will visually reduce it. Smooth ceilings in white or gray will look good.
Bedroom
The loft in the bedroom will complement well the wooden beams and false beams. Untreated wood will add comfort and peace to the room.
On the photo is an industrial-style bedroom with open communications.
Restroom
Usually in the bathroom applies thematic original solution using metal and wooden parts, as well as non-standard fixtures.
Photos of apartments with low ceilings
A small height in the rooms is not an obstacle to the ceiling decoration in the loft style. Most often, for a visual increase in space, a light color scheme is chosen in combination with restrained decorative elements.
Photo gallery
To create a unique and practical design in the direction of the loft, follow your own taste and personal preferences. The style is comfortable and original in that it does not limit the choice of materials. A little imagination - and your ceiling will be the main decoration of the whole house.
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