Gypsum ceiling in the kitchen: specifics and design options

Repair of the kitchen is one of the most difficult and costly stages of the restoration of any house or apartment. Everything here should be beautiful and as functional as possible. The kitchen is a room with high humidity. In addition, during the operation, all furniture and interior items are heavily contaminated, therefore they are regularly cleaned. The ceiling is no exception, no matter how powerful the hood is, with time a yellow coating appears on it, especially noticeable on a white surface. But what about aesthetics? After all, not only the mistress of the house, but also all the households spend a lot of time here. So I want one of the main rooms in the house to be as comfortable as possible. In search of a compromise between functionality and comfort, many choose plasterboard ceilings in the kitchen, photos of which are often found in print and non-print publications.

Content

• Techniques for remaking space
• The choice of materials for finishing the kitchen
• Interesting design decisions

• Perfectly even ceiling
• Wide ledge above the work area
• Eaves above a bar counter
• Soaring ceiling effect
• Soaring ceiling with intersecting triangles
• Sophisticated multi-level ceiling
• Country Ceiling
• Clouds – the vastness of space
• Combination of drywall and stretch ceiling
• Zoning is the priority of the solution

Techniques for remaking space

Drywall – a material that allows you to translate any fantasy into reality. If you entrusted the development of your interior to an experienced designer, just tell him exactly what you want and wait for the result. If this difficult business is completely shouldered on your shoulders, consider several nuances. The easiest way to cope with this task is for owners of a large kitchen. In such a room you can let your imagination go wild and not limit it to anything. Owners of small kitchens are less fortunate – there are several rules, violation of which will inevitably lead to disappointment:

• A small kitchen will seem even smaller if you make the ceiling in it multilevel. For such a room, a small cornice around the perimeter is a maximum.
• In a small room, a vaulted ceiling painted in bright colors will look great. Such a design will not only visually make the room bigger, but also allow you to hide communications and electrical wires.
• If the ceiling of your kitchen is too low, drywall is not for you. During installation, he “steals” 10-15 centimeters of wall height.
• Another unpleasant moment for residents of high-rise buildings is the possibility of flooding. If your neighbors from above do not inspire confidence, and from time to time I forget to close the tap or repair the water supply in time, plasterboard ceiling it’s better not to do in the kitchen. After severe wetting, the HA swells and requires replacement. Even if this does not happen, a yellow spot will remain on the ceiling that cannot be painted over..

The choice of materials for finishing the kitchen

Given the specifics of the room, for the installation of plasterboard ceiling in the kitchen should be carefully selected materials. So, ordinary thin drywall, which is usually called ceiling, is not suitable here. Due to the increased humidity that occasionally occurs in the room, the kitchen ceiling is best made from moisture-proof drywall.

Sometimes experts advise using HA treated with flame retardants for these purposes. But, given the high cost of such material, you can do without it. The use of fire-resistant drywall is justified only in cases where the surface is in the immediate vicinity of a heat source (gas stove, boiler or stove). In our case, strong surface heating is not planned, so why spend extra money.

When installing the frame from the profiles, one should take into account the fact that moisture-proof drywall is much heavier than the ceiling. And therefore, the frame for it should be more powerful. For reliable fastening, it is necessary to make a grid of profiles on the ceiling with a mesh size of 50cm by 60cm. In addition, each section of the profile must be attached to the ceiling with a suspension.

Interesting design decisions

Of course, the choice of design for a plasterboard kitchen ceiling is primarily a matter of taste. For some, the main thing is that the ceiling should be smooth and snow-white, while someone wants to bring some kind of “highlight” into the interior.

Perfectly even ceiling

The main advantages of such a ceiling include ease of installation. Minimalism lovers will enjoy it..

You can use it even in a very small room, and as a decoration, mount several ceiling lamps of an unusual shape.

Wide ledge above the work area

This option is not much more complicated than the previous one, but it makes the design of the kitchen more modern and unusual..

In addition, the lamps located along the edge of the cornice will help to perfectly illuminate the working surfaces. In a room with such a ceiling, you can easily do without a chandelier, which is important for a small kitchen. It is enough to hang a pair of wall sconces over the dining table, and they will create a cozy atmosphere.

Eaves above a bar counter

In recent years, many owners of small kitchens refuse to install a dining table and replace it with a bar counter.

Here is such a construction of drywall above the bar that perfectly complements the interior and allows you to create the right lighting without cluttering up the space. It is desirable that the color of the box in this case be different from the color of the ceiling. It can be in harmony with the color of the walls, floor or furniture, or it can just be a couple of tones darker.

Soaring ceiling effect

Here is another option for a fairly simple design of the kitchen ceiling, but it looks much more interesting already.

The effect of the “soaring ceiling” is achieved here thanks to the LED strip mounted under the second level of drywall. The tape is set to be invisible. This solution is perfect for a kitchen with a low ceiling, visually making it higher.

Soaring ceiling with intersecting triangles

As you can see, this design is much more complicated, and it is hardly possible for a beginner to cope with its installation. If you have at least a little experience with drywall, take a chance, the result is worth it.

The “soaring ceiling” effect is achieved in this case due to spotlights pointing up.

Sophisticated multi-level ceiling

Here is a striking example of the design of the ceiling of the kitchen, which is possible only on a large area.

In a small room, in no case can you build such a complex structure, it will look inappropriate and too bulky.

As you can see, in this case, the ceiling plays a dominant role in the interior, and everything else – furniture, floors and walls – only complement and emphasize it..

Country Ceiling

Here is an interesting solution that designers offer to lovers of rustic style.

Of course, ideally, the beams should be made of solid wood, but in an economical version, drywall is also suitable for these purposes. After completion of the work, the “beams” can be painted or pasted over with wallpaper or film. In some cases, craftsmen use a laminate or parquet board, which is glued to drywall. This technology allows you to achieve the perfect imitation of natural wood..

Clouds – the vastness of space

Here’s a ceiling you can easily do it yourself.

You just need to paint the central part of the room sky blue, and then use a wet sponge to apply white paint on it, simulating the shape of clouds. For a more realistic effect, you need to clean a part of the paint with a clean sponge with light movements from the center of the cloud to its edges. After the paint has completely dried, it is advisable to cover the ceiling with colorless varnish, so you can easily wash it.

Combination of drywall and stretch ceiling

The use of a stretch ceiling in the kitchen, and especially in the work area, is often not recommended. But the combination of a stretch ceiling and drywall is quite acceptable.

Such a ceiling looks great in both small and large kitchens. And the possibility of installing special lighting in the plasterboard housing makes the glossy stretch ceiling particularly attractive.

Zoning is the priority of the solution

This design will help visually zoning the room..

An interesting color scheme of the ceiling will make the kitchen bright and unusual.

As you can see, drywall provides almost unlimited possibilities for the manifestation of fantasy. With it, you can make the ceiling the main decorative element of your kitchen or emphasize the unusual interior. At the same time, such a ceiling is quite functional. Another indisputable advantage of it is that it makes it possible at any time to change the mood in the room. It’s enough to buy a can of paint, pick up a roller, and in a few hours your kitchen will look completely different.