When creating an interior in their home, each person pays special attention to lighting design. Currently, there are a large number of ways to profitably organize it. Today we’ll talk about how you can create good lighting for suspended ceilings in the hall.
Features of lighting in the living room
In the living rooms, the lighting system should be organized so that the entire space of the room is sufficiently provided with light fluxes. To ensure that the lighting in the room is harmonious, it is recommended to select source models with the same brightness level and belonging to the same spectrum.
It is better to choose samples with approximately the same power.. In halls of a large area, zoning is often done with the right lighting. So, with the brightest central light, you can highlight a workplace, and with more dim lighting, separate the area intended for rest of households. Most often in living rooms, large chandeliers act as the main sources of light. They are installed in the middle of the stretch ceiling. But for too large a space, you can arrange several such medium-sized luminaires and place them in accordance with the location of the hotel zones in the room.
Types and choice of lighting
Currently, in specialized stores you can find a huge variety of luminaires for suspended ceilings.They may vary depending on the power level. It should be remembered that such ceiling coatings are critical to increasing the temperature regime. So, for PVC materials, the following light sources can come up:
- halogen bulbs (20 W);
- light bulbs with a filament (not more than 40 watts).
Today, special satin fabrics for stretch ceilings are also available. The following types of luminaires will be suitable for them:
- incandescent lamps (60 W);
- halogen lamps (not more than 35 W);
When choosing the appropriate option, you should consider the features of all these light sources.
So, incandescent lamps are the most budget option compared to the rest. They heat the surrounding air, while consuming electricity, this can lead to heating of the stretch ceilings themselves. Halogen varieties of luminaires pointing upwards should be at least 30 centimeters from the surface of the tension coating, if their power is 30–35 watts. For less powerful models (20 W), you can make it smaller.
Currently used for suspended ceilings LED light sources, special luminous ribbons. Such lamps consume a relatively small amount of electricity. If you choose the installation of an LED strip for your ceiling as a built-in bright illumination in the hall, then remember that For such a light source, a special power supply unit (driver) is required, located in an accessible place. LED lights can last as long as possible. The most convenient and practical are such low-voltage lamps.
It is impossible to place them on an empty place in the ceilings without a power supply, since in such places ventilation is completely absent, which can lead to a quick overheating of stretch linens.
In a separate group are allocated modern energy-saving models of lamps. Today in specialized stores you can find models that hardly heat up, so they can be mounted at any distance from the ceiling. But inside such light bulbs are mercury vapor dangerous to humans, therefore if the source is damaged, precautions must be taken.
When designing a lighting system in the hall on suspended ceilings, you can use either one large central LED chandelier or combine the main bright light source with backlight or several small lamps.
Sometimes, only a few small LED spot sources are installed on the coating. Sometimes spots are also mounted on the canvas. Spots are most often used for interiors decorated in modern styles. They are a special composition made up of several spotlights that are located on special metal brackets. All luminous elements have their own swivel cover, thanks to which you can easily turn them in the right direction.
Location options for fixtures and chandeliers
You can arrange lighting elements on a stretch ceiling in a variety of ways. Today, there are whole layouts of fixtures. Special attention should be paid to the options with one main central chandelier and small point sources. A large chandelier is best hung in the central part of the canvas. Several spotlights can be placed on the sides of the main source around the perimeter of the room.
If you want to make the design more original, then they can be installed in the form of an arc. It is also possible to arrange spotlights around the chandelier in a circular direction. An interesting option would be placement of small LED sources in the form of a zigzag around one large lamp.
Often stretch ceilings are made in several tiers. Then in the middle of the canvas, they still install a large chandelier, and on other tiers, bright LED or energy-saving models are mounted at the edges. Often, in addition to the main source, small lamps are installed around the perimeter of the entire room.
If the room is large, then it is permissible to make two large chandeliers at once, and several additional lamps can be mounted on the opposite side of them.
How can I adjust the space?
Stretch ceilings, as a rule, take a little height from the room during installation. In small-sized dwellings, this can significantly reduce the space of the room. To make the height visually greater, you should properly organize the lighting system in the living rooms. If you direct the rays coming from the chandelier and from the auxiliary lamps towards the ceiling, the room will appear visually higher.
This effect will be especially good when installing mirror surfaces.
If you have satin or matte stretch fabrics installed in your home, then installing wall sconces will be a great option, the light from which should also be directed upward to the ceiling. This will help create the effect of a “soaring ceiling”, which contributes to the visual expansion of the space. If you want to slightly adjust the geometry of your room, then you should use LED or neon bright ribbons. These designs are quite flexible, so from them you can make products of almost any geometric shapes.
Too long living rooms it is better to use lighting for short ceiling coverings. When the room needs to be visually pulled out, it is worth installing LED lights along the long side. To beautifully emphasize multi-tier stretch ceilings, you need to mount several LED flexible tapes under tiers at once.
If you do not highlight such transitions on the canvas with the help of lighting, then the three-dimensional structure will look like an ordinary continuous ceiling.
Light accents
With the help of lighting in the interior of the room, you can make some design accents. So, LED strips are often used to emphasize the geometric shapes and contours of a room. They are attached using a special double-sided tape. If you want to focus on the design of the lamp itself, then you can create a whole composition from several sources of non-standard shapes and bright colors.
Often, spots are used to complete the interior.. For such structures, you can easily change the direction of location, which allows you to separately highlight the various areas in the room (workplace, furniture).
Recommendations of specialists
Remember that before installing the fixtures on the ceiling, you must definitely make a small markup with an approximate placement of the elements. If you plan to make a multi-level construction in your home, then it is better to designate each tier in the general scheme. The position of the lamps in the general plan should be noted, given the distance from them to the ceiling itself.
And also do not forget that the interval between two light sources must be at least one meter. The distance from each wall should be about 60 centimeters.
Distribute the lamps in such a way that the places of their fixtures do not coincide with the ceiling plinths in the room. From them to the edge of the hole for the chandelier should be a distance of at least 20-30 millimeters. When planning the placement of point light sources Be sure to consider the placement of the central chandelier in the room.
It is better to install them away from it, so that they play the role of auxiliary lighting in the room.
In addition, you need to consider the features of the room.So, if the room is not high, then on the ceiling you should not place a large chandelier with point sources of light located in symmetrical rows. Such a technique can create a feeling of congestion and absurdity in a room. In low rooms, only one medium-sized chandelier can be installed.
If you do not want to place only one main source, then it is permissible to hang several spots with shades deployed in different directions around the perimeter of the living room.
Many experts recommend paying special attention to selection of colors for the stretch ceiling for the corresponding fixtures. remember, that bright and intense lighting contributes to a strong lightening of the coating, therefore, in this case, you should not select too neutral monophonic options, it is better to give preference to dark colors. If your room is located on the shady side of the house, then it is better to choose a stretch fabric in light, light shades. Several convex spotlights with brighter lampshades can emphasize the design.
An excellent option for highlighting the ceiling are LED and neon lights. Such an element is perfect for both dark and light paintings. Often it is mounted in cases where the structure has several tiers or when it is decorated in several different colors. This technique can well emphasize the design of the coating.
Interesting examples
The decoration with a large central chandelier, consisting of many small bulbs, will look beautiful and interesting. This design can be made in golden or silver colors.
Around the perimeter of the room it is better to place small spotlights of a round shape. To make the canvas look more original, its main part can be selected in light neutral colors, and the place where the auxiliary lighting system will be located can be decorated in dark shades (brown, burgundy, blue).
Another interesting option will be the design of a multi-tier stretch ceiling with the placement of small spotlights along the edges of each tier. To highlight the volume of such a ceiling structure, you can make steps of different colors that are compatible with each other, and choose the light sources themselves with dark shades.
An unusual, but beautiful option will be the design of stretch linens in black and white colors. In this case, the main central part is made black. A large chandelier is placed on it.
The space around the room is made white. It has several small LED lamps with golden or silver lampshades. It is not recommended to include additional accents of dark tones in this type of design, as this can make the interior too gloomy.
See the next video for the location of the fixtures on a stretch ceiling.
