Wooden ceilings are relevant not only for baths, restaurants or verandas, they look stylish in the interiors of apartments and country houses. Wooden ceilings are an opportunity to create not only a beautiful atmosphere, but also an environmentally friendly one. In this article, you will learn about the benefits of eco-ceilings made of wood, as well as how to make a wooden ceiling with your own hands. We want finished repairs made by non-professionals to be reliable and aesthetically pleasing.
Advantages and disadvantages of wooden ceilings
The disadvantages of wooden surfaces include the features of their processing and care. To protect the tree from rot and mold infection, you will need to work it out with special antiseptics. Wood is a flammable material, so you will have to cover it with special fire protection. The cost of a wooden ceiling is quite high, however, you can save a lot if you do the installation yourself.
How to make a wooden ceiling in the apartment
There are many options on the market today building materials for ceilings. You can simply upholster the ceiling with wood planks, or you can purchase wood paneling. Manufacturers offer panels different kind, for example, three-layer, in which only the top layer is made of natural wood. MDF panels are popular due to their low cost. Shield panels are made of one type of wood, however, there are also combined panels.
Cladding boards
Using a hydraulic level, transfer this point to other walls. You must completely level the surface with the help of the future ceiling, otherwise your work will look sloppy.
If you bought wooden material in advance, you should not store it on the balcony or on the street, because after the work it can dry out. Leave wood panels or boards in the room where the ceiling will be mounted.
For a hemmed wooden ceiling, you will definitely need a frame made of timber with a section of 50:50. If you are working in an apartment, then it will not be so easy to screw boards to a concrete wall. Use a puncher to make holes. Attach to dowels.
Installation of a frame for a wooden ceiling
After installing the frame body, proceed to mount the cross rails. It is advisable to make marks with a fishing line or thread, so that it is easier to evenly fix the slats.
The entire tree must be processed prior to installation. Give it time to dry after processing as well.
Laying insulation under a wooden ceiling
Painting a wooden ceiling
The wooden ceiling in the interior of the apartment will look beautiful and original. This ceiling decoration will help to give the room a comfortable homely atmosphere, therefore it is becoming increasingly popular in modern apartments. As you noticed, do-it-yourself repairs can be done of any complexity. We wish you patience and inspiration for each stage of the repair in the apartment.
Photo of a wooden ceiling in the interior of the apartment
Wooden ceilings in the interior of the bedroom
Different types of wood ceiling finishes
Wooden ceiling in the kitchen
Finishing the ceiling with wood in the office or living room
The wooden ceiling looks exquisite in the kitchen, making its interior nobler and more elegant. It will create a special microclimate, improve the atmosphere of the room and create comfort and coziness.
Among such a variety of elements, in order to create an original interior with a wooden ceiling in the kitchen, first of all, you should pay attention to the following types of materials:
Thus, you can choose wood material for every taste, interior and budget.
Advantages and disadvantages of wooden ceilings
Compared to other types, the above coatings have the following advantages:
- environmentally friendly natural material with a unique pattern and aroma created by nature itself;
- create excellent heat and sound insulation;
- a huge selection of wood species of different price categories;
- excellent opportunities to create an original interior;
- ease of installation and ease of maintenance.
Advice! Since the wooden ceiling reduces the height of the room by 10-15 cm, such a finish should be abandoned where it is initially too low.
Among the disadvantages of wooden ceilings, one can only name that the tree absorbs odors and moisture. But this is easy to fix by treating the wood with a special solution.
Wood ceiling installation in the kitchen
It is not difficult to make a wooden ceiling in the kitchen with your own hands. The hemmed wooden ceiling is popular. Its installation is carried out in several stages.
Ceiling preparation
Before starting the main work, you should prepare the main ceiling. It must be cleaned of the old coating, remove dirt. Since the tree is extremely sensitive to waterlogging, a layer of waterproofing is mounted on top of the ceiling. If the rough coating is wooden, it should be treated with a special compound that protects against fire and other negative influences. 
crate
For the crate, bars measuring 20 by 40 mm are used. They are treated with drying oil or similar impregnation. It is necessary to fasten the bars in the same plane with a step of 30 cm. Dowels or turboprops are used for fastening.
A thick fishing line is pulled along the edges and in the middle with the help of a level, and the laths of the crate are attached along it. The line must not bend. The first rail is fixed close to the wall, the rest go perpendicular to the fastening of the boards through a distance of 30 cm.
Ceiling installation
After checking the density of fixing the frame, they begin to sheathe the ceiling with the selected material. It should fit the overall interior of the room. The lining or panels are cut exactly to size and fastened with nails designed for hidden fasteners, and they should be driven in at a slight angle. For strength, you can additionally fix it with self-tapping screws, masking the hats by partially recessing them into the wood.
If the surface is mounted in a long room, it is better to mount perpendicular to the walls. Covers can be arranged in many ways: herringbone, squares, rectangles, and the like.
Since the tree can expand over time from an excess of moisture, small gaps are left between the boards. In the future, this will protect the ceiling from deformation.
On final stage the wooden ceiling is impregnated and varnished. If the previously conceived interior requires the use of a certain color, then the ceiling can be painted with any paint.
Advice! A dark color will visually reduce the size of the room, so it is chosen for spacious rooms, and a dark ceiling is also suitable for a kitchen located on the sunny side. Light wood is suitable for small kitchens.
The wooden ceiling does not require special care and any additional detergents. It is enough to keep the coating clean by wiping it with an ordinary soft cloth dipped in warm water.
For finishing the kitchen in a mansion, there are much more opportunities than in high-rise buildings. This is favored by the sufficient height of the premises and the area of the rooms.
And even if the house is not very large, the kitchen in it is still more spacious than in any typical apartment. Ceiling load-bearing structures and non-standard room geometry help to create an interesting design.
We will talk with you about which finish of the log house kitchen is the most harmonious, what options for its overall design can be implemented, and with what materials it is better to do it.
If a person wants to live in wooden house, it is quite logical that he will be quite satisfied with the same interior decoration premises. And to execute it, in this case, is much easier than any other.
Finishing the kitchen in a wooden house can be reduced to refining the base surfaces of the walls, ceiling, and load-bearing structures.
So:
- Given that any house, including a wooden one, shrinks, then it is better not to resort to other types of finishes associated with plasters and frame structures within two years after construction. And why?
At this time, you can fully enjoy the pleasant woody aroma, which also has healing properties. - With the help of a cycle, or a piece of ordinary glass, logs that have not been previously subjected to primary processing are cleaned. For rounded logs, timber, or gun carriages, a grinding tool is used, and just coarse sandpaper.
- Having refreshed, thus, the wood texture, the surface of the tree is treated with a primer antiseptic composition. The primer will protect the wood from corrosion, excessive moisture, fire, and even from rodents.
- After letting the primer dry, you can start applying a decorative coating: stain, varnish, or paint. If you have no desire to clean surfaces, because this is a rather time-consuming work, then log walls can simply be primed and sheathed with eurolining or a block house.
- Not all owners wooden houses are fans of the colors inherent in this material. After all, such an interior looks rather monotonous, but you want bright colors that uplift your mood.
- It is not at all necessary to preserve the wood texture and color of the surfaces sheathed with clapboard. They can be painted in any other color, just like wooden furniture.
In our example, finishing the kitchen in country house that is exactly how it was done. Separate tiles on the working wall and bright blue curtains in the color of the headset complete the interior, making it extraordinarily attractive.
- You can do it differently. Many people want not the entire interior of the kitchen to consist of wooden surfaces, but only its individual elements.
Then you can leave the wooden base ceiling as a decoration, picking up woodwork and wooden furniture for it.
Wall decoration can be done in any other way used in conventional kitchens. How to do it by wooden base, we will tell in the next chapter of our article.
Other finishes
In many cases, finishing wood surfaces is easier than concrete or brick. Take, for example, framed wall or ceiling cladding.
The wooden frame is simply nailed to the base, and there is no need to work with a puncher. And for other types of finishing of wooden surfaces, certain technologies for the production of work are used.
Stone decor and beams
A great addition to any kitchen interior country house there will be a Russian stove or a fireplace lined with decorative stone. Wall decoration in the kitchen in a wooden house is not complete without it.
Or rather, fragmentary wall cladding in the form of panels, decoration of openings, door slopes and arched passages are more often produced.
So:
- For facing wooden surfaces, it is better to use artificial stone, on a gypsum or cement basis. Yes, it happens and cannot be distinguished from natural stone.
If you have a special form and instructions for preparing the desired mixture, you can make such a stone with your own hands, right at the construction site. - Weight artificial stone an order of magnitude lower than the weight of natural analogues, so the wooden surface will be affected by less load from the decorating layer.
- To fix the stone tile on a wooden wall, a reinforcing metal mesh is mounted on it after priming. Then the cement mortar is mixed and glue intended for tile work is added to it.
The same must be done if it is supposed to work with ceramic or mosaic tiles.
- In the interior, the stone goes well with many types. finishing materials, including wood. This combination is almost always used in the design of a rustic kitchen.
- Ceiling beams are an integral part of this design. If the design of the house allows, the load-bearing beams are left in sight and decorate their surface.
The image above shows an example of rustic style, with a combination of wooden beams and an archway lined with stone.
If it is not possible to use load-bearing beams in the design, hollow polyurethane beams can simply be mounted on the ceiling. In addition to the fact that they can be decorated in any way, their internal cavity will serve as a cable channel in which any communications can be laid.
Painting and wallpaper in the decoration of a wooden house
Everyone knows that in order to produce such a finish, the surface must be perfectly flat. Stone and brickwork, concrete walls and the ceilings are just plastered.
So:
- You can do this in a wooden house, but for this you need to cover all surfaces with a metal mesh, or perform frame insulation, on top of which a fiberglass mesh is glued. Only then is plastering and finishing.
- Both methods are rather laborious and not very convenient. It is best to level the walls by sheathing them with drywall sheets, and mount a suspended structure from this wonderful material on the ceiling.
- After that, you can decorate the kitchen as you like: glue wallpaper, mount decorative panels or just paint acrylic paint. The number of options for design immediately increases, and here you can dream up.
- Sometimes you should not think much about the color schemes of finishing materials, it is better to carefully consider all the details and accessories of the interior. Elegant blinds, in harmony with the furniture upholstery, windows with a completely different curtains, an interesting lampshade.
Look at the photo above - the decoration of the walls and ceiling is the simplest and most discreet, and how cozy this kitchen looks!
- And here is an example of a modern kitchen design. As you can see, the finishing of the entire room is made only with paint, two tones of the same color scheme.
The main decoration of the interior of this kitchen is the original suspended ceiling plasterboard and unusual chairs, in harmony with the lamps.
- If desired, you can finish the wooden walls of the kitchen ceramic tiles, as a leveling layer, it is better to use not ordinary drywall, but moisture resistant. And it is even better to use cement-bonded particle boards.
- They are absolutely not afraid of moisture, and their price is much lower. Such plates are somewhat thicker than drywall, but much lighter in weight, and, moreover, provide good thermal insulation of the room. At the same time, the DSP surface is an ideal base for any finish, including stone.
As you can see, there are no special problems in finishing wooden house No. If it is not entirely clear how surface preparation is performed, watch the video.
If you do not feel confident that you can do this work yourself, contact the experts. The main thing is to clearly understand what kind of interior you want to get in the end.
