6 tips to incorporate designer ceilings in modern day homes
Sep 08, 2017 Interiors
Text: Venkat Subramanian
Photographs: Gyproc India
Photographs: Gyproc India
Modern households have undergone a considerable transformation from their traditional avatar. There were times when people overlooked the importance of styling their ceilings, and rather focused on the beautification of walls and floor tiling. Today, with the array of designs that designer ceilings offer, households feel spoilt with choice and find designer ceilings an imperative part in the proess of home makeover. Venkat Subramanian, Regional CEO – Construction Products India & Managing Director – Gyproc India, reveals how designer ceilings allow you to upgrade and transform your home and offer a style statement that speaks to you and your personality.
- Dramatic appeal: Ceilings can make a dramatic visual impact on any space. The concept of ‘Designer Ceilings’ which has tiptoed into Indian households not very long ago has now witnessed a sharp upward swing in both popularity and demand as a lifestyle choice. Besides builders and architects, home owners are increasingly choosing designer ceilings to create homes that are unique, elegant, better lit and more energy efficient.
- Functional advantage: Though having a designer ceiling may appear as a slightly expensive proposition at first, it has distinct functional as well as aesthetic advantages which makes it worth the investment. These products and solutions significantly enhance the visuals of your room making it look class apart and unique with a smooth, elegant finish. They offer a style statement that reflects one’s personality.
- Faster construction: Plasterboards are fast and easy to install. A plain designer ceiling using plasterboard takes approximately one week to finish and anywhere from 1-2 weeks for designer ceilings, depending on the complexity. Hence, a designer ceiling can be completed in lesser time or faster than a paint job.
- Design capabilities: Ceilings are one of the most critical components of a interior space - they offer maximum unobstructed view of the space and define its aesthetics. One has a wide range of options to choose from when using gypsum boards to design ceilings, such as circulars, geometric, etc. To add more elegance to your home, you can experiment by adding various shapes to your ceiling or creating a step effect.
- Balancing design and function: Designer ceilings are helping transform homes across India. A plasterboard usually lasts as long as a building unless any of the systems are physically damaged. But to keep up with the times, it’s better to change the designer ceilings when you change the interiors. Plasterboards can be finished using paint or wallpaper. The major advantage of the plasterboards over conventional ceilings (without false ceilings) is that since it is a machine-finished surface, you can get seamless, smooth, undulation-free finishes. This means you can colour your ceilings and also use the high-end white colour paints you typically use for your walls on your ceilings; paint companies don’t normally recommend such products for a plastered surface as they tend to show the waviness on the surface.
- Lighting benefits with usage of designer ceilings: A well-lit ceiling can make a room come alive. One often relates ambience to the lighting provided in that particular space, and creating an ambience can be made easy by choosing the right kind of lighting. Ceiling lights can be categorized into three sub categories: recessed lights, flush lights and suspended lights. Each of these categories can be customized for your kitchen, bedroom, hall and other areas.
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Venkat Subramanian
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