coffered ceiling

Few people know what a coffered ceiling, but I'm sure many have seen them in museums, old mansions.They are used to give the room elegance and luxury, as well as for decorating the premises under the old.If you see the ceiling and beautifully decorated with rectangular recesses, it is coffered ceiling, a recess called caissons themselves.

ceilings history data is rooted in antiquity, they are known since the days of ancient Egypt and Greece.The reason for their appearance can be called structural primitive houses of the time.Because of the intersection of the beams in the rafter-and-beam construction system formed rough rectangular indentations that looked not very nice, so it was decided to decorate in rich houses.From its inception to the present day coffered ceilings that went out of fashion, it again became fashionable decor element.Now they are experiencing another wave of interest.

coffered ceilings in modern interior

caissons With improved technologies like element of the interior, almost completely disappeared from the mass construction and steel, rather, part of the decor.Especially popular are suspended coffered ceiling of plasterboard and the fact there are a number of reasons:

• they are easy to install;
• not give a large load on the walls, and foundations;
• allow to realize various design ideas.

However, such ceilings are called is not beamed and coffered.

coffered ceilings In addition, there are classic, with wooden beams and a special design.Today, they are used very rarely, for several reasons:

• need to consider in the design of construction plan;
• complexity and the volume of construction works;
• massiveness and resource-intensive.

coffered ceiling of wood can afford not everyone, but it looks great, immediately giving the room elegance, transforming the house into a palace of a duke or count.

Photos and videos of how coffered ceilings fit in modern interiors can be found in this article.

it possible to independently set the coffered ceiling?

To answer this question you need to specify which of the above species in question.If the classic, then, of course, there are too many subtleties and pitfalls hide their installation.But coffered can be done even from scrap materials.

Now on the market represented a huge array of different elements to create caissons - polyurethane false beams, finished textured wood trim and moldings.Since the advent of a ceiling not be easy with proper dexterity and skills.

Before installation remember that the caissons not suffer asymmetry, so the work must be done with great care.To get started, develop a concept and make sketches of what you want to see.If you do not feel the skill of the artist, you can resort to the services of a designer, previously told him their wishes.After that, you can begin to layout the ceiling, marking the location of the raised bars.If the wallpaper will be used as a background for the caissons, they should be glued in the first place.After razlinovki you are ready to install, better to start with the center.When all the beams are installed, you can start gluing decorative trims and moldings.

Remember that the final result will depend on your diligence and original ideas.The approach to the creation of the ceiling thought out.

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Video installation coffered ceiling with his hands