How to visually make a low ceiling higher

A low ceiling is a common occurrence for apartment buildings that are being built on the same project. It is possible to fix such a drawback, but only visually, since other methods are unacceptable here.

Content

1 Optical illusion
2 Play with light
3 Furniture
4 Architecture tricks
5 Walls
6 Other design secrets

Optical illusion

to decorate the ceiling should use cold shades. Tonalities such as blue, purple or green will help to visually increase its height;
white color will also visually make the ceiling higher; it is enough to paint it with white paint, as the radiance of white will immediately visually increase the ceiling;

the color of the ceiling can be matched to the tone of the wall decoration, just take the color a little lighter, with this design the room will seem like a single design;
stretch ceilings in two or three levels will steal space, but the visual effect will be completely opposite. Especially if you make the perimeter of the ceiling lower, and use glossy material to finish the central part;

drywall is also suitable for low ceilings. In the canvas, you need to make a recess and paint it in a darker color.

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Advice!

At low ceilings, it is not worth using cornices, but if this is not possible, but they should be thin, with a color matching the tone of the walls.

Play with light

Eaves illumination is a functional and at the same time stylish way to visually increase the low ceiling. LED strips or LED lights are mounted around the entire perimeter of the room under the ledge.
A false window is a good choice for a kitchen, which is combined with a dining room or living room. This design is in the form of a panel made of light plastic, and plasterboard is used for framing. This niche can also be decorated with murals, mirror tiles with wooden linings or polyurethane moldings.
Additional lighting in the form of local lighting will also help to make the ceiling higher and the room more spacious.

Advice!

With low ceilings, you should not use large chandeliers, but if you still want to make central lighting, but you should choose lamps that direct the light up, not down.

Furniture

In an interior with low ceilings, furniture also plays an important role and it is worth using the following tips:

choose non-standard furniture, and low. Low dressers, miniature coffee tables, flat sofas will free up space;
in rooms with low ceilings, do not put cabinets in height to the ceiling;
in the kitchen, on the contrary, the kitchen set needs to be built up to the ceiling and it is good if its color matches the colors of the ceiling and walls, it will erase all borders.

On a note!

Many designers when arranging a small kitchen in Khrushchev use white.

Architecture tricks

When performing repairs, it is worth paying attention to architectural components, which will also help to make the ceilings higher, and the room more spacious:

low ceilings with the same low doorways make the mouse hole out of the room, so the doorway should be increased, for example, to make an arch;
architectural columns can be used for rooms with low ceilings, long details create the feeling that the room is larger than it actually is;
tall narrow niches, decorated in the opposite shade, also create the illusion of deception with space, so if the wall allows, then it is worth making several niches in it;
a fireplace with its inherent protrusion is used by many designers to expand the space.

Walls

When decorating rooms with low ceilings, you also need to competently think about the decoration of the walls.

For the design of walls, you can not use wallpaper with horizontal stripes, as well as paint it with such lines in different colors. The low ceiling simply does not accept the use of any horizontal details in the room that make the space even smaller.
Wallpaper is better to choose with a small pattern and, the smaller it is, the ceiling will seem higher.
Low ceilings will increase mirrors, but not mirror ceilings with which the room will lose coziness and comfort. The reflective properties of the ceiling should be minimal, so a glossy film is a good option.

Advice!

If you can’t visually increase the ceiling itself, then you can make the floor shiny. Glossy tiles or lacquered wood are suitable for decoration. When choosing a color, it is better to give preference to light shades.

Other design secrets

photos and paintings need to be hung so that they are above eye level and it is better to select images in which vertical lines will be present;
cornices need to be installed under the ceiling, and curtains should hang down to the floor;
light curtain fabric with beautiful vertical folds or ornaments will also contribute to a visual increase in the ceiling;
in the decoration of the premises there should not be horizontal lines, they divide the room into levels and thereby reduce its space.

Rooms with low ceilings can be made spacious, cozy and comfortable, the main thing is not to overload them. All unnecessary things should be hidden in cabinets and chests of drawers, and only that which adorns the interior should be visible.