Stretch ceilings with photo printing: affordable, beautiful, modern (24 photos)

The ceiling is an essential component of the interior. Using its stylish original design, you can give the effect of completeness to the design of any room:

• living room;
• the bedroom;
• hallway;
• the kitchen;
• children’s;
• a bathtub.

Using stretch or false ceilings with photo printing, many interesting creative ideas are available, so their use is becoming increasingly popular in the design of modern interiors.

Photo printing on the ceiling allows you to create the most suitable home atmosphere for the owners with the help of a unique decoration. Photo stretch ceilings added extra aesthetic qualities to their practicality.

Manufacturing Features

The procedure for creating ceilings with images includes several stages. First, a high-quality drawing or photograph is usually applied to a seamless fabric or PVC fabric. After that, such stretch linens are mounted according to the technology used for conventional stretch ceilings, on baguettes, attached either to the base ceiling or to the walls.

A suspended ceiling with photo printing, like a suspended ceiling with images, can not only revive the interior, make the room more comfortable, but also visually (in some cases) increase the space. Such an effect can be achieved thanks to a specially selected pattern, for example, in the form of:

• fancy patterns and ornaments;
• birds in the sky;
• all kinds of abstractions.

Printing methods

Transferring the image, including from a photograph submitted by the customer, to the canvas of the stretch ceiling can be carried out in the three ways described below.

Solvent seal

It involves the use of special solvent inks that are applied to the fabric. Film webs are not suitable. The paint has partial transparency, as a result of which you can see the texture of the base through the drawing, which makes the image even more impressive and beautiful.

Inks have little toxicity, so stretch ceilings made with their help with photo printing are not suitable for children, as well as for bedrooms. Such stretch ceilings with photo printing for the kitchen is also not a very suitable option. The width of the image placed on the canvas can exceed three meters.

UV printing

This technology can be used for canvases of any material. First, the image is printed using special inks, after which it is exposed to UV light, so that the picture becomes strong and it appears glossy. This method is good to use in cases where fully glossy ceilings are needed. Although on matte ceilings, brilliant images look very impressive. However, at present, this printing technology allows you to put photos or drawings on the ceiling, not exceeding a width of 2.2 m. But due to the environmental friendliness of the ink used and their safety, stretch ceilings with images created using ultraviolet printing can also be installed in the children's room , and in the kitchen.The price of printing by this method is slightly higher than that of the previously described option.

Latex print

An effective, but at the same time the most expensive way, since special wide-format printers are required, the cost of which is very high. But in this case, there are practically no restrictions on the size of the applied image. The picture, due to the use of very viscous latex inks, is smooth and clear. The texture of the panel is not visible. This printing method can be used with sheets of any material. It is often used when stretch ceilings with photo printing are needed in the room, especially when using a fabric base.

Ceiling with photo printing in the bathroom

A bath is a room in which there is a lot of moisture, so the stretch ceiling in this case should be both beautiful and moisture resistant at the same time.

Therefore, only film webs are suitable.

The texture of the panel can be either matte or glossy, satin. If the bathtub is small, then it is desirable that the ceiling coating is light, visually increasing the space of the room. The design of such rooms looks especially good white glossy ceilings with images on the marine theme.

The undeniable advantage of film ceilings is that they are easy to clean. No mold or fungi appear on the surface of the PVC film, which is often observed in rooms with moist air.

As for which photo printing method is the most suitable for the bathroom, we can definitely say that this is not a solvent print, applicable only to a fabric base. However, the other two methods mentioned above may well be used for bathroom ceilings.

Two-level stretch ceilings with photo printing

Two-level ceilings with photo printing and without it are always very beautiful in the design of any room. They are suitable for the hallway, and for the bedroom, and for the nursery. However, ceiling structures with two or more levels are very popular also because they allow:

• hide air ducts, cables, wires passing through the ceiling;
• mask any defects in the ceiling and protruding structures;
• perform zoning of the room;
• use photo printing with backlight or LED ribbons, or spotlights;
• it is easy to mount chandeliers and suspensions (light sources with one or two shades on a long cord).

Although stretch ceilings have several levels for a hall or for some other room, although they allow you to add originality to the design of any room, they also have some drawbacks.

Firstly, such designs can only be used in rooms with a significant margin of heights, since at least 10 centimeters of ceiling space is required to place boxes. Secondly, although the creation of a two-level ceiling takes a little time, it is better to entrust the professionals with the installation of drywall boxes and the design of the entire ceiling structure. This will prevent damage to the material and the appearance of sagging.

Be prudent when choosing a picture for photo printing. For example, the Disney characters on the ceiling in the nursery will look very cute until your child has gone to school. However, after a few years your son or daughter may no longer like this story. And if in your living room you created a ceiling with monograms, patterns and cupids in the clouds, then keep in mind that now you also have to look for furniture in the appropriate, Baroque style.