Plasterboard ceilings for the living room (21 photos)

Drywall is a safe and convenient material that is great for decorating the walls and ceilings of any room in the house, including the living room. It is lightweight, can take various forms, has a smooth, even surface, is easy to stain and safe. In the article, we will consider what features the decoration of the ceiling in the living room with plasterboard has.

Brown Drywall Duplex Ceiling in Living Room

Material Features

Drywall is a finishing material, which is a flat sheet of gypsum that is “sealed” on both sides into thin, but strong and hard sheets of cardboard. The result is an even, safe material, ideal for leveling surfaces, constructing various partitions, and for other finishing work. Design using drywall - a great way to decorate the interior quickly and inexpensively.

Beige and white plasterboard ceiling in the living room

Drywall does not cause allergies, has no smell, is suitable for decoration of rooms where young children live, elderly and sick people.

Main characteristics:

  • Drywall is a moisture resistant material.
  • Fire resistant.
  • Drywall is easy to lay in the most bizarre way, so that the ceiling with it can be two-level or multi-level, have stucco molding, niches and other details. Also, the ceiling using drywall can be decorated with a bay window.
  • It is lightweight and easy to transport.
  • Using drywall, you can hide surface defects, remove wiring from the eyes, various flaws and construction flaws. This property allows you to make the interior more presentable.
  • Material is inexpensive. This makes it a very profitable and budget option for repairs - suitable for all segments of the population.
  • Drywall is easily painted in any color, you can stick on it wallpaper. This gives you space when you decorate the room.
  • The plasterboard ceiling can be equipped with any illumination: hang a traditional central chandelier with pendants, and mount modern spotlights. Any design is possible with this material.

White illuminated plasterboard ceiling in a white and green living room

White matte glossy plasterboard ceiling in the living room-kitchen

Options

Consider the most popular drywall ceilings.

Suspension

This type of ceiling is enviable variety. Using drywall, you can realize the most unusual design, make the interior original. Various drawings, decorative elements, tiers, equipping with a bay window - all this is possible using suspended ceilings.

Plasterboard suspended ceiling in the living room

Plasterboard suspended ceiling in the classic living-dining room

Laconic

Such a ceiling is a strict rectangle made of drywall - flat, most often - white. Without unnecessary decor and fintulyushki - a cool and correct design. It looks especially good in modern minimalist interiors, like high-tech, loft. It fits well into the Japanese interior. Such laconic ceilings go well with spotlights mounted in drywall.

Plasterboard simple ceiling with spotlights in the living room

White plasterboard ceiling with spotlights in the living room-kitchen

Smart

Such a plasterboard ceiling is very decorative, looks beautiful and elegant. Suitable if the elegant interior is designed in the house, the owners of which love the decor and pomp. Here you can apply modeling, various stains, wallpaper design and other design. Multistage, arches, various types of lighting - all this is welcomed and applied in the design of such living rooms.

Gypsum plasterboard ceiling with chandelier and spotlights

Elegant classic multi-level ceiling in the living room

Floor ceiling

This option must have some element that will combine it into one whole with the floor. It can be a column, a figured block dividing the room into zones, a niche in the wall, which, as it were, “grows” from the ceiling and goes down to the floor. Such techniques make it possible to emphasize the unity of these two opposite surfaces, to unite the living room stylistically. The ceiling can also be two-level.

Drywall allows you to carry out all these tricks. With the help of this material you can easily carry out any ideas, make the interior of your living room original, unlike others.

White and gold plasterboard ceiling in the living room

White two-level plasterboard ceiling with backlight in the living room

Stretch ceilings and drywall

This combination is a great design option. Such a surface does not attract dust, moisture-proof - if it is flooded from above, it can "hold out" for a while so that you can eliminate the consequences of the accident. In addition, the design of the room becomes thoughtful and stylish.

In addition, plasterboard stretch ceilings are very smooth and durable. Such a surface gives the living room a stylish and beautiful look. Advice:

  • If you choose a glossy tension option, then carefully select furniture for the living room. It is important that it is also not glossy - otherwise too many shiny surfaces will make the design of the room ill-conceived, uncomfortable.
  • The matte surface allows expressing the individuality of the room. In addition, various patterns, ornaments, decor and other designs look great on a matte surface.
  • If the living room is designed in a classic style, then a great solution would be decoration with a cloth. Such a ceiling - even if it is with a bay window - will look luxurious and rich, fill the interior of the room with home comfort, and will perfectly combine with classic interiors.

Beautiful ceiling made of plasterboard and stretch ceiling with a chandelier and spotlights

Recommendations

Useful tips for a more competent approach to design.

The design using drywall is not suitable if the living room has low ceilings - it can still take a few centimeters, each of which is important in this case. The option with a bay window, as well as a two-level one, will also be inappropriate here.

White and brown two-level plasterboard ceiling with lighting in the living room

If you want to make the room taller visually, use only light colors. The most popular option is white, the blue design also looks good. Gloss visually increases the height of the ceiling structure, matte surface - makes it lower. Therefore, when decorating the interior of a low living room, consider these features. Quite often, when decorating a plasterboard ceiling in the living room, such a decorating technique as painting is used. This technique allows you to create a real work of art from an ordinary white, unremarkable surface. Therefore, if you want to achieve an unusual effect, then use the painting - surprise all your guests with an original view of the living room. It looks especially beautiful if the ceiling is two-level and is equipped with a bay window.

Unusual plasterboard ceiling with lots of spotlights

If the apartment is located in a standard "Khrushchev" or other typical house, do not get carried away with the creation of multi-level structures. Such a ceiling requires height, otherwise it will make the living room low and squat, "steal" your space and air. Besides the fact that the low ceiling looks ugly, it is also undesirable from a psychological point of view - such an interior leads to depression and depressed mood.

White original plasterboard ceiling in the Art Nouveau living room

Stretched and suspended versions of drywall are perfectly combined with various lamps and highlights. Be sure to think over this question when you install the ceiling in the living room. Competent lighting will decorate the room, make it wider, help to highlight certain areas. To do this, you can also equip the surface with a small bay window, where to mount the lamps.

Plasterboard ceiling in the living-dining room

An ideal option for a small living room is a flat white surface made of drywall, along the perimeter of which there are spotlights.Such a design - with or without a bay window - will look rather advantageous, visually expand the space.

Living room plasterboard ceiling

Any ceiling, whatever you choose, must be consistent with the style of the living room. Therefore, in the interior of the Baroque, it is better not to use modern spotlights, and in a minimalist living room it is better not to paint the surface with elaborate patterns.

Mint white plasterboard ceiling in living room

White unusual ceiling made of drywall in the living room

Plasterboard ceiling and fabric in the living room

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