Ceiling Beams

When you are undertaking an interior designing project, you have to consider the design of the room in its entirety. This means, from the floor to the ceiling, every element that makes up the room has to be taken care of. Yes, ceiling designs too add to the beauty of a room, and add to it that 'something missing' element. Important elements within the purview of ceiling designs are ceiling beams. Ceiling beams usually refer to false wooden beams that are used to decorate rooms. How you wish to use them really depends on how inspired you are, and how creative you can get. Here, we give you a few ideas on decorating with ceiling beams.

Decorating with Ceiling Beams

When using ceiling beams for the purpose of interior decorating, there are a lot of other elements you can use in order to enhance the look and appeal of these beams. One thing you should consider when using beams is the height of your room. Usually, it is easier to use these when you are decorating rooms with high ceilings, as they give the room some depth, and look prominent too. Combined together you may try out the following ideas to use ceiling beams for room decoration.

• Use beams of varying thickness on ceilings, depending on the height and size of your room. You may create sleek designs with narrow beams, and elaborate designs with thicker ones.
• While faux beams can be used when a room is centered on a rustic theme, they can also be transformed to fit into the modern theme, simply by changing the color of the beams and giving them a new modern finish.
• Use beams with other ceiling colors that are mild and accentuate the beauty of the beams.
• One of the many ceiling design ideas with such beams, is to use them in a narrow room is simply to place them horizontally one after the other, at equal distances. This gives the room some width and makes it look larger. On the other hand in a wider room, use these vertically, so that they bring the room together and make it look cozier.
• Combine ceiling beams with other materials such as plaster of Paris. Faux beams cannot be mounted on POP because they are very heavy, but POP ceilings can be designed around such beams. Using the beams to create a filtering effect for indirect lights will give great warmth to a room. More than anything, it helps to create a very romantic mood, with the dim, indirect lighting.
• Decorative ceiling beams are also available which eliminate the need to use any other elements along with the beams. These however, should be used sparingly, else they tend to start making a room look very overbearing.
• Soften the edges of ceiling beams by rounding them, or giving them a beveled shape. It adds the right amount of element and design to a room. Further, you may make grooves in the ceiling to come up with great designs, and again, eliminate the need to use any other decorative element with them. This idea is particularly great as ceiling designs, as they allow you to go elaborate on the design conveniently.
• Using hanging lamps suspended from the beams is a great way to use an additional element to decorate the ceiling. With the immense variety, choose a style the goes with the overall theme of the room.

Creating ceiling designs with faux beams is no difficult task, and with a little creativity, you can come up with almost any kind of design that appeals to you. Use these ideas and create a masterpiece yourself.