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Beam to beam

Regardless of the geographic affiliation of a rural dwelling, for most people it is associated with a live fire in the furnace and wooden structural elements: beams, rafters. Although in our time houses are built not only from wood, but also stove heating not a priority, but many hosts country houses they prefer to put a stove or fireplace and decorate the ceiling with open beams. These details bring a special charm to the home, creating the atmosphere of a solid traditional home.

Ceiling beams decorate ceilings even in city houses and apartments made of concrete and brick. These elements of an authentic interior are very attractive for a resident of the "stone jungle".

Thus, open beams in our time are, as a rule, not functional, but decorative. This detail is called - "decorative beam". How are decorative beams used in the interior? What effects can this interior element achieve and how is it constructed?

Why are ceiling beams good in the interior?

If the ceilings are high, the beams will emphasize the volume of the room. If the room is too high, which deprives it of comfort, the beams can be placed low under the ceiling - this will visually lower its level, and the volume of the room will feel more comfortable.

In attics and attics, the design of a pitched ceiling with beams helps bring order to the space - the room becomes more harmonious.

"Hollow" beams (or "pseudo-beams", false beams) can mask the wiring and other communications running along the ceiling. Structures imitating beams are also used as boxes for mounting fixtures.

And, of course, it should be said that decorative beams are simple, easy to install and very inexpensive way make the ceiling original.

What styles are suitable for ceiling beams?

Beams can decorate the ceiling in the interior in almost any style: from historical classics to ultra-modern. Well, if we are talking about interiors in ethnic styles, then the beams are exactly what the “designer ordered”.

If this is a classic with a claim to luxury, the beams can be decorated with paintings, vignettes, and carvings. Coloring in a delicate color or even under silver is also suitable.

Smooth lacquered beams look great in strict classic interiors - dark or white.

Smooth white, dark and gray beams are also suitable for modern interiors. Here, this element looks no less impressive. The difference is that in a modern interior, creativity and bold decisions are acceptable. For example, beams can be painted not only in white, dark brown or black, but also in bright color- let's say, make them red, blue or even pink.

In loft and high-tech interiors, beams can be metal or painted with metallic effect paint. By the way, in modern interiors beams on the ceiling often coexist with those on the walls. This is an "industrial aesthetic", a reference to the theme of old abandoned factories and warehouses turned into modern luxury apartments.

Elements of this style (“loft”) can be repeated in an ordinary small apartment. A few beams, a few facing brick, some glass and metal, a few "naked" light bulbs and exposed wires - and you can enjoy the loft atmosphere.

For an interior in a rural style, of course, it is better to choose beams that imitate aged wood. Moreover, the beams here can be both light and very dark. Distinguishes their roughness, texture. The color of the beams can be very contrasting throughout the interior and not be combined with anything.

Beams in rustic interiors

If we are talking about the French country style (Provence), then here the beams are often quite neat and “graceful”. Preference is given to light, bleached beams.

Ceiling beams in the interior: color matters

Beams, contrasting to the ceiling, attract a lot of attention. If you want to focus on the beams, let them be very contrasting with the ceiling and the entire interior.

Most often, the contrasting beams are dark wood, while the ceiling is white. But the opposite solution is also possible: a dark ceiling and light beams, although it is far from being so spectacular.

If the beams merge with the color of the ceiling, they draw much less attention to themselves, but their influence cannot be overlooked. Staying in the shade, the beams add volume to the ceiling, make it structural, and bring dynamics. By the way, speaking of beams that merge with the ceiling, they usually mean either white or “wooden” beams on the corresponding ceilings. However, other solutions can be found: for example, both the ceiling and the beams can be blue, lilac, etc.

In the case of contrasting beams, a variety of palettes are also used. For example, the beams can be white and the ceiling blue.

The choice of the color of the ceiling and beams is made based on the style, color design of the interior, shades of furniture and textiles, etc. What should the beams in the interior be in tune with? With anything. They can match the color wooden floors or furniture. They can be contrasting with the ceiling canvas, but match the color of the walls. There are no strict rules here.

You just need to consider that dark beams look more bulky and heavy. White beams seem weightless. Beams in light gray wood make the interior cool, while calm and serene. Black beams add graphic, bring rhythm, making the interior dynamic and "hard".

How to arrange beams in the interior?

Beams are able to visually change the geometry of the room. To visually expand the room, you need to arrange the beams in width. Well, the location along the wide side will make the room more elongated in appearance.

In order not to change the geometry, the beams can be placed crosswise (lattice). will come out imitation coffered ceiling. This beam finish adds volume to the ceiling.

Beams make out and small sections of the ceiling. It can be a “lattice”, and a “herringbone” made of beams, and other shapes.

Beams are also used to decorate niches in ceiling structures from drywall.

One big beam on the ceiling it can divide zones: in this case it is mounted at the junction of zones - for example, above dining table, etc. Such a dividing beam is equipped with lamps.

Beams from the ceiling can go to the walls. Moreover, not a beam at all can go along the wall, but a thin bar in the color of the beam. This technique can be used to visually correct such a disadvantage as a low ceiling.

If the ceilings are very high, the beams can be lowered by fixing them on opposite walls. This visually organizes too voluminous space.

Beams and decor

In the kitchen, various hooks and holders can be mounted on the beams by hanging utensils and baskets on them. The beam above the bar can be equipped with glass holders.

In country-style kitchens, bunches of herbs and dried bouquets are hung from the beams.

In rooms, lamps are built into the beams or light sources, including chandeliers, are hung on them. In modern loft-type interiors, lamps on wires or even chains are simply thrown over, tied up or hung on beams.

In fact, you can hang anything on the beams - from photo frames on chains or shelves on ropes to a TV panel on a special ceiling bracket. If these are real beams, they even hang swings or "air" chairs on them.

Beams in the interior: from what and how?

Real full-bodied wooden beams are a luxury that is available mainly only to those who live in their own home. Moreover, the presence of wooden beams as architectural structural elements should be foreseen in advance, even at the construction stage. Mounting wooden beams for the sake of aesthetics in most cases does not seem appropriate: they are too heavy and expensive. It is much easier to create an imitation of wooden beams, since these imitations are indistinguishable in appearance from the original.

Imitations of wooden beams are usually made of polyurethane. Polyurethane beams weigh very little, which greatly simplifies the installation process. Their cost is not high. They can look different: like beams from old, cracking wood or like smoothly sanded, polished and varnished.

Another advantage of polyurethane beams is moisture resistance. They can, without fear of anything, be actively involved in the kitchen and bathroom.

The U-shaped shape of the pseudo-beams is also a big plus. The beam is hollow inside, so it successfully performs the function of the so-called cable channel, in which you can hide wires, cables and even pipes. These beams are easily and simply mounted.

Install such false beams in different ways. First, you can build on the ceiling in the places of the future location of the beams a kind of crate made of wooden or metal profiles, and then fix the beams to the crate with self-tapping screws. However, if the beams are not too large, they can simply be planted on liquid nails.

With sufficiently heavy beams, apply combined method. First, wooden blocks (small bars) are fixed on the ceiling. The edges of the beam are smeared with glue and applied to the ceiling. In this case, the beam is additionally connected with self-tapping screws to a wooden block fixed on the ceiling. The beam, fixed with screws and glue, will sit securely in its place.

Imitation of beams can be done independently - for this it is not at all necessary to buy beams made of polyurethane or plastic. Pseudo-beams can be constructed from drywall or lightweight plywood.

First you need to decide on the size and location of the beams, then make markings on the ceiling and mount frames made of metal profiles according to the markings: a separate frame for each false beam.

After that, it is necessary to cut out the details of the desired size from drywall or plywood and screw them with self-tapping screws to the frame. In fact, you get long narrow boxes. When all the structures are ready, it remains to putty them, then sand, prime and cover with paint.

To buy decorative polyurethane wooden beams in St. Petersburg is a stylish solution for decorating interiors in a rustic, medieval and ethnic spirit. You can install decorative beams on the ceiling, adding decorative consoles and antique chandeliers. Thanks to this design, the interior will acquire an expressive personality and cozy appearance. In addition to high aesthetics, decorative beams that mimic ordinary wooden beams are resistant to moisture, easy to install and inexpensive.

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The premises of a modern home, be it chic country house, or ordinary apartment in a high-rise building, they often become the object of experiments by creative designers.

Stretch ceilings can easily give way to decorated wooden ceilings with beams. There are more and more people who want to decorate their interior in this way. It creates a chic atmosphere of comfort and a certain feeling of returning to the already forgotten good past.

The new ceiling design is not only great for the living room, it should not be neglected in the rest of the rooms, especially in the kitchen. In these rooms, a person spends a significant part of his free time from work, but there is one important detail that should be remembered.

If earlier our ancestors used massive beams of interfloor ceilings, at the same time relieving themselves of the need to make the ceilings even. The current antique design of the premises is only a bewitchingly beautiful imitation of the once constructive important elements building.

Wood as the main material for decorative beams

At first glance, it may seem that since we are dealing with an imitation of beams, it means that they must be made of wood. This is not so, since the ceiling elements are only visually stylized as different types of wood.

In our century, polymers, and even iron, have long been used to create the effect of texture.

So, to reduce the cost of the final cost of goods, manufacturers use polyurethane components.

Beams made of polyurethane "under the tree" in the interior of the living room

And yet, the eco system, especially children's rooms and sleeping quarters, does not tolerate foreign structures. That is why it is customary to use only wooden structures having a groove on the back side. It simultaneously saves wood and serves as a conduit for wiring with reinforced insulation.

"Airy" bedroom interior with ceiling beams

It is interesting: the use of decorated beams inevitably gives the room a special historical meaning, if we recall the decoration of Russian estates of the 19th century and the count's chambers. They also used artistically designed (painted) stucco ceiling elements for living rooms and large halls. We are witnessing the reincarnation of the styles of the past, previously available only to wealthy classes.

For fastening false beams, fastenings on screws in secret places or liquid nails are used. It is possible to fix directly through the beam with special long suspensions.

In addition to the decorated beams themselves, it is possible and desirable to use light sources and sheet materials between beams. Decorated beams are created in principle from any material, including from:

• metal
• polyurethane
• drywall
• plywood.

Moreover, a false beam does not have to correspond to some stereotypes at all, it can also be of any kind, including white color.

Oddly enough, there is plenty of room for imagination in the finishing of the beams. For example, decor for a false beam, which has a curved shape of its contour lines, looks very original.

Several popular styles

Antique styling is just one of the directions for decorating the ceiling. For example, metal beam structures that can be beaten with lighting fixtures and a high-tech ceiling will fit perfectly into it (you can read detailed information on how to decorate a high-tech kitchen).

Chandeliers or fixtures in general play a key role in the design of any ceiling. Usually they are placed in the middle of the room, however, there are also fans built into them.

Here are just some of the popular styles in which it would be appropriate to use beams:

• Russian. Everything here should be in the form of a polished wide wood of ceiling beams in combination with lamps with wide lampshades.

  

• High tech. Strict and at the same time concise ceiling, combining black, white and metallic gloss of a strict geometric shape.

  

  Individual interior features

  When choosing a style, you should focus on the parameters of a particular room. Not every apartment is able to withstand the desired style decision.

  So, one of them will reduce the size of the rooms, and the other, on the contrary, will expand the space. With the help of beams, a completely new volume is created for each room.

  It is especially necessary to emphasize the importance of choosing a color, as well as the shape and location of lighting fixtures. The color of the ceiling beams and the ceiling should always be selected taking into account all the interior items. Often furniture and textiles complement the overall picture.

  

  Style will determine color scheme and design direction. So, for country style, almost all dark tones of wood and interior elements will be favorable. Usually it is oak, larch, slightly subject to artificial aging of wood.

  

  In almost all style decisions, color affects the perception of the mass of ceiling elements. So, for dark beams, the effect of significant weight is characteristic, and, conversely, the lightest tones make them almost “airy”.

  

  Too pronounced black color strictly emphasizes the graphic features of the beams. Grey colour it is able to create the impression of a personal lifestyle of the owner of the dwelling, but at the same time it is pleasant and serene to be in this room.

  

  The location of the beams greatly affects the visual perception of the size of the rooms.

  

  "Visual trick": one beam "passes" through another. The original solution for decorating the ceiling

  So, the chalet style implies a variety of design in relation to the walls. By arranging the beams across the width in a narrow space, you risk making it smaller. Accordingly, to give the premises elongation, beams should be placed along the long sides.

  

  The choice of figures from decorative beams is practically not limited by anything, but it is appropriate to use it only here. In this case, only the volume of the ceiling itself increases, and the beams do not affect the room.

  

  Take note: traditions significantly hinder development, especially in the world of design. Only by experimenting can one achieve exceptionally unexpected positive emotions. For example, on lowered decorated beams in wooden house with high ceilings to build mini flower beds.

  At the stage of lighting the ceiling, there are two options for fixing electrical appliances: directly on the beams and between them. If this is the main false beam located in the center of the room, and it sits firmly enough on the ceiling, a chandelier is installed on it.

  

  

  The same principle is important to follow if you need to add a combination of holders to decorate the kitchen with flower baskets and tableware.

  

  See interesting video about decorating the ceiling with wooden beams:
  

Decorative ceiling beams made of wood, or as they are also called false beams, are solidity and authority. Antique beams on the ceiling set the volume of space, make the plane of the ceiling more expressive. Increasingly, designers use our products in their projects, because they bring something new and unusual to the interior!

The company "Starinoff-mebel" will produce for you decorative false beams from solid pine, larch and oak. Do you need a specific shape, size and color of the false beam? We will do it in a short time without problems. Call now!

Ceiling false beams

Decorative ceiling beams made of wood can bring changes to the interior of your mansion or apartment, which will give the room respectability and solidity. This method is simple and does not require the expenditure of energy in assembly work, but will help in the transformation of living space, transforming a low ceiling into a high one, and from a narrow room it will make it voluminous.

Designers prefer the use of this ancient decor element, they strive to change the geometry in the living space, divide the rooms into zones, which will eventually bring an atmosphere of warmth and comfort in a traditional style to your interior.

Such beams have a lot of different characteristics that play not only the role of decor, but also the inclusion of a functional load. They are universal. They are used to hide ceiling communications, for ease of installation of wires, lighting fixtures, ventilation, pipes, etc.

What are the prices for decorative beams?

To create decorative ceiling beams, our company "sarinoff-mebel" manufactures them using modern equipment, which allows the production of products for every taste. In the catalog of our products you can choose various forms, colors, sizes and profiles that are suitable for home, apartment, hotel, restaurant. We assure you that the price will be affordable and will please you. Let's say from experience that in general the greatest demand is for ceiling beams made of coniferous trees, cedar and ash.

If the qualities of strength, reliability, power and natural beauty are important to you, we advise you to pay attention to decorative beams made of oak and larch. Above average cost will be justified by excellent performance.

Fake beams made using natural wood and drywall, which are covered with a layer of wood, will differ in a democratic price. They can not be distinguished from the bars, but they will not be so strong, which should be taken into account in operation.

Wooden beams in Moscow from Starinoff Mebel

The company "Starinoff-mebel" produces semi-antique furniture and can offer a huge range of decorative ceiling beams that have different characteristics: load-bearing and hemmed beams. In addition, we are happy to take part in the development of individual decorative wooden false beams that are suitable for any interior - from traditional classic to high-tech.

Beams on the ceiling - modern and stylish design solution. The ceiling, decorated with beams, is a beautiful and attractive solution for interior decoration. Perhaps a standard apartment will not always allow you to use this technique due to the low ceilings a private house or suburban housing - best option for installation of ceiling beams.

Benefits of an unusual design

Decorative beams on the ceiling have the following advantages:

• The interior acquires a certain style (rural, country, Provence, eco and other areas very often involve the inclusion of such decor elements in the design).
• They well hide the flaws of the draft ceiling, for example, joints between sheets of drywall, differences between concrete floors, etc.
• Hollow elements allow you to hide wiring and communication systems under the beam structure.
• They can be mounted pendant lights, embedded led strip, TV brackets, etc.

Decorating ceilings with decorative beams has other advantages:

• At high ceilings such items will highlight the volume of the room. And placed low, they will reduce the height of the ceiling, making the room more cozy and comfortable in feel.
• For attics or attic spaces, they are an integral part, helping to streamline the look of the space.
• Ease of installation and reasonable price add pluses to such decorative elements for the ceiling.

Criterias of choice

There are several factors that need to be taken into account when choosing ceiling beams for interior decoration:

1. Ceiling height and room size. In narrow and low rooms, it is better not to use this technique, since the room will visually become even smaller.
2. Interior style. Not all areas allow you to include such a finish in the design. For example, baroque or rococo will look ridiculous with such brutal variations. But courageous, rough - an ideal option for decorating space with similar designs. They will also organically fit into a classic living room or high-tech bedroom.
3. Financial opportunities directly affect the choice. At limited budget can be purchased, which form the basis of false design.

The choice of material for ceiling beams

Depending on the material used in the manufacture, beams are of the following types:

• From natural wood . Usually they are made of cedar, larch, ash wood, less often pine or oak are used, since pine is a very soft material, and oak is not resistant to high temperatures and can crack when dried. To increase the strength of the products, a layer of decorative paint or stain is applied to the finished elements. The decisive role in this case is played by the stylistic orientation of the room. So, wooden structures on the ceiling look organically in rustic or classic interiors. Another solution is the design of unusual ceilings with open beams, which are made of wood and acquire the necessary shade during the painting process. If the house has two floors, you can make an interfloor overlap with an open structure in this style.

From what tasks the design sets before the design, it is necessary to build on when determining the location of the decorative beams. And it is better to do this at the stage of housing construction, since such calculations will enable the correct distribution of loads, rational wiring, etc.

They can be placed on the ceiling surface itself, a little lower, attached to the walls, mounted on ceilings with a transition to the wall surface. For example, you can attach wooden beams to the ceiling in the middle of the room, visually zoning the space, or hang it above the sofa, highlighting the place of rest. In such cases, lamps or other decorative elements are hung on the beams.

• From metal. It's no secret that wooden ceiling beams are expensive. Also, it is not always advisable to include them in the interior from a technological and decorative point of view. Therefore, for those who do not want to give up such unusual design your home, you can use metal alternatives.

Such metal products will favorably emphasize a clear, minimalist style, complemented by strict geometric proportions in the form of furniture or accessories. Such beams can be painted in any color for complete harmony with the overall style of the room and

• From drywall or polyurethane. These materials are mostly used for the manufacture of false beams, with the help of which an imitation of beams is recreated on a ceiling made of wood or metal, depending on the method of external coating and color.

U-shaped, under which you can hide communications and electrical wiring, lightness, budget price - the main advantages of these products from such materials, thanks to which their finishing is inexpensive, but in appearance it is in no way inferior to the design of the space with wooden ceiling beams or metal structures.

Beams on the ceiling: color choice

Such products organically fit into any style of interior and very rarely go unnoticed. As a rule, finishing with similar items is a common technique for giving the room texture and its own unique style. In order for the beams to match the interior, it is necessary to choose the right color shades and the location of the structures in the room.

In residential premises, parallel lines will look relevant, contrasting in color with flooring. You can also finish the surface with wooden beams that match the color of the ceiling. If financial possibilities are limited, it is worth resorting to the possibility of decorating the space with drywall beams. Clearly imitating wood in color, they will not give guests the slightest opportunity to doubt the quality of a natural material.

In the living room, you can mount beams like a lattice or herringbone. Even in the attic this design can make a cozy room out of a nondescript room. Therefore, among the design solutions, the decoration of attic spaces of this type is very common.

If you choose these interior items by color, you can also find many variations here. A rich palette opens up spaces for designers to implement their ideas. A small digression from classic interior allows you to add bright colors to the room.

The color of the beams can match the curtains, furniture, wallpaper. So, deep blue beams with a white ceiling or baguettes for curtains of the same shade will look advantageous. The original design of the room can be created if the beams on the white ceiling are painted in bright blue. The main thing is that after the repair, the owners should live comfortably and comfortably indoors.

Making the ceiling in the bathroom with wooden beams: an unusual design technique

Such original design ceiling beams wooden look an ordinary bathroom is extremely rare. Especially if it is an apartment located in apartment building, with low ceilings and small spaces. But for private houses, where it amazes with its scale, you can develop your imagination in the design without limits.

The stereotype that most owners are guided by, believing that there is no place for wooden beams in the bathroom, due to the poor water-repellent properties of the material, was destroyed by the manufacturers of these products. They offer to cover them with antiseptic sprays, varnishes that will protect the wood.

However, it is possible to decorate a bathroom with natural wood ceiling beams only if there is good ventilation in the room. Or use alternative and include in the interior structures made of polyurethane or drywall, painted like a tree.

But with the help of such techniques, it will be possible to transform the appearance of the bathroom and create additional security measures by hiding the lighting under the decorative elements, thus isolating them from moisture.

Don't be afraid to experiment! Perhaps it is this design technique that will make the room a favorite room in the house and the envy of others.

Video: beam on the ceiling - do-it-yourself installation