Decorative beams in the interior

For many people, wooden beams are associated with a village house, a stone stove and a low ceiling. Nowadays, such a view has lost its relevance, although in country houses they still give preference to the fireplace, stove heating and use decorative beams in the interior. These constructive elements fill the room with special charm, create a cozy atmosphere of a good house.

Currently, ceiling beams as a decorative design of ceilings are used in city apartments and in private houses. In modern interiors, these materials perform a more decorative role than a functional one, which is why they are called decorative beams.

Advantages of ceiling beams

In rooms with high ceilings, beams emphasize the volume of the rooms. If the room looks uncomfortable due to too high a ceiling, the beams are placed low in the ceiling in order to visually lower its level. Thanks to this arrangement of these decorative items, a more comfortable environment is created.

When making a sloping ceiling attic and attic with decorative beams, the ordering of space is achieved. With the help of decorative beams, you can easily and relatively inexpensively create a unique and unique design.

Decorative beams and interior styles

Ceiling beams in the interior are suitable for almost any style - from strict classics to modern hi-tech. Moreover, the ethnic style involves the use of decorative beams.

Since the classic is inherent in luxury, the beams are decorated with carvings, vignettes, paintings. You can also paint them in soft colors or silver.

Very decent looks classic interior with smooth lacquered beams - white or dark. And in a modern interior, which is characterized by bold decisions and creativity, smooth beams of not only white, black or gray, but also bright colors, for example, red, blue or pink, will look very impressive.

Metal beams or painted with paint “under the metal” will harmoniously fit into the hi-tech or loft style interiors.

Lovers of rural style should use beams with an imitation of old cracked wood. At the same time, the shades of the beams can vary from the lightest to very dark, be contrasting with respect to the interior and not be combined with anything. For this purpose, the beam is better to get a rough texture.

French rural style or Provence is interesting using elegant and neat beams, preferably light, as if bleached shades.

Color solution for ceiling beams

Contrast ceiling beams can draw too much attention to themselves. Therefore, you should take into account if you need an emphasis on the ceiling, then they need to be made contrasting with the ceiling and the interior.

Most often in the interiors you can observe the ceiling is white and the beams are dark. But it happens the other way round - on the dark ceiling there are white beams, but this option is exclusively for the amateur.

Beams, the color of which merges with the ceiling, do not attract attention, but are still noticeable. They make the ceiling volumetric, structural and dynamic. Among such beams, white and the color of wood are most common, but there are also yellow, lilac, blue and other shades on the ceiling of the corresponding color.

A very effective contrast is achieved due to the combination of different colors, for example, a blue ceiling and white beams.

The color of the ceiling and beams largely depends on the chosen interior style, color and material of the furniture. The beams may coincide with the color of the walls, but at the same time contrast in color with the ceiling. In this case, there are many options.

Choosing the right color, you should know that the darker beams look heavy and bulky on the ceiling. From this, the atmosphere can become oppressive, tough. White beams can appear lightweight, weightless. The interior becomes cool, but at the same time serene and calm.

The location of the beams in the interior

With the help of beams you can visually change the space of the room. In order to visually make the room wider, the beams have the width of the ceiling. And if the beams are located along a wider wall, the room will become visually longer.

Imitation of such a ceiling is achieved due to the location of the beams with a grill or crosswise. This design makes the ceiling surround. You can arrange beams only part of the ceiling in the form of "lattice", "herringbone" and other figures. Beams make out niches on gypsum ceilings.

With the help of one big beam you can divide the room into zones. To do this, it is located on the border zones, for example, above the bar or above the dining table. Such dividing beam can be equipped with lamps.

Low ceilings can be beaten in the following way: the ceiling beam goes to the wall and connects not with the beam, but with a thin strip of the color corresponding to the beam. This way you can visually make the ceiling higher.

Too high ceiling can be adjusted by lowering the beams and fixing them on opposite walls. This method will allow you to streamline a large space.

Beam decoration

Decorative ceiling beams in the kitchen can be equipped with various hooks and holders with utensils, baskets. On the beam above the bar can be fixed holders for glasses? it is both stylish and functional.

For country-style kitchens, beams can be decorated in rustic traditions by hanging dried flowers and herbs.

In rooms, beams can be equipped with lighting fixtures, fixing on them chandeliers or built-in lights.

In a modern interior, a loft is enough to throw, tie or hang lamps on wires or chains on beams. Beams hang a variety of interior elements. Among them may be photo frames with chains or small shelves on the ropes, and even a TV panel, fixed with a special ceiling bracket.

A swing or an “air chair” can be attached to natural beams. This option fits perfectly into the interior of the nursery.

Material for decorative beams

The present wooden beams presently is an expensive pleasure. The use of wood products is aesthetically pleasing, of course, more advantageous, but their choice should be guided by the fact that they are too heavy for the ceiling.

So is there an alternative solution? imitation of wooden beams, and it is often difficult to distinguish them from the real ones.

Imitation of wooden beams are often made of polyurethane. This material has the following advantages:

• low weight, which greatly simplifies installation;
• affordable price;
• moisture resistance, they can be used in the kitchen and bathroom;
• varied design and colors.

A wide choice of polyurethane products will allow you to decorate the ceiling with beams with imitation of cracked wood or smooth, polished or varnished products.

Hollow beams or ceiling false beams are successfully used to disguise wiring or other communications going across the ceiling. Such pseudowalkers are U-shaped, they are hollow inside, so they are used as a cable channel, hiding cables, wires and pipes. Lighting fixtures can be easily mounted into hollow beams.

There are various ways to install false beams. First, at the locations of hollow beams, a crate of wood or metal profile is arranged, after which the beams are fastened to the crate with self-tapping screws. Small beams are sufficient to fix with liquid nails.

Heavy beams set in a combined way. To do this, you need to fix the wooden bars on the ceiling. The edges of the beam must be abundantly greased with glue and applied to the ceiling. For reliability, the beam can be connected to wooden bars with self-tapping screws.

In order to save money, pseudo-hands can be made independently from light plywood or drywall. First you need to figure out the size and location of the beams, and then make a marking of the ceiling and installation of frames from a metal profile.

Then from the drywall cut out the details of the beams of a given size and fasten them to the metal frame with self-tapping screws. The result is narrow long boxes. After that, the finished products need to be puttied, sanded with sandpaper, treated with a primer and painted. To create an imitation of a tree, homemade pseudobaths are pasted over with a film under the tree. Such beams look pretty elegant.

Thus, the design with the help of decorative ceiling beams can significantly change the interior of the room, bring more rhythm and graphicity into it.

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