How to raise the ceiling in the living room with a knife handle

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In order to develop a larger indoor space in a limited space, developers, when designing the house layout, in order to add more Due to the indoor area of ​​the house, there are many strange house types, and the knife-handle house type is one of them. If unfortunately you buy a house like this, the problem can only be solved by suspending the ceiling. Then the question is, how should the ceiling be suspended in the living room?

★What is a knife handle living room?

As the name suggests, the knife-handle layout means that the entire house is designed like a knife, not a regular square or rectangle, and the living room is at the position of the knife-handle. Moreover, there is a long aisle leading to the living room, which affects the ventilation and lighting of the entire house.

★Does the knife-handle house type have good feng shui?

Many people are very concerned about this kind of knife-handled living room, thinking that the feng shui of the house is not good and will have a bad impact on themselves or their families. Feng Shui also says that houses with missing corners, especially those with missing corners in the northwest, southwest, due north and due west directions, are not conducive to gold and water wealth; if they are missing corners in the southeast, northeast or due east directions, it is not good for people. Prosperous. Therefore, the living room with knife handles is not only unsightly in appearance, but also has Feng Shui requirements.

★How to raise the ceiling in the living room with a knife handle? Partial suspended ceiling

Since the living room is already in the shape of a knife handle, I won’t make the suspended ceiling. Can’t I just make the plaster line? The answer is no. If the living room with a knife handle shape does not have a suspended ceiling but only simple plaster lines, then the plaster lines will twist around and look unorganized. Therefore, for the sake of beauty, a partial suspended ceiling can be made in the living room to divide the areas. In this way, the living room and the entrance area can be divided into two areas, and the knife handle structure is naturally solved.

·Partial suspended ceiling in the living room

Some homeowners think it is unnecessary to install a suspended ceiling in the hallway, which is not only troublesome but also a waste of money. In this case, you can only make the suspended ceiling in the living room, and make the suspended ceiling in the living room a regular square or rectangular ceiling. No matter what shape the suspended ceiling is, it will work. So, does this mean that we give up the lighting of the aisle? No. Several small downlights can be installed in the hallway to ensure lighting. Knife-handle-shaped light pool

Knife-handle-shaped living rooms are generally smaller in space, so we can also choose to add the entire living room and aisle to make a light pool, which is simple and generous, and use as few spotlights as possible, like this The suspended ceiling can not only enhance the sense of space and visually expand the living room area, but also weaken the existence of the long aisle, and also solve the lighting problem of the entire house. Integrated suspended ceiling

If you feel that the knife-shaped corridor without a suspended ceiling will not match the style of the entire house, or the lighting does not meet the requirements, you can also install a suspended ceiling in the living room and corridor together, so that you have no worries.

·The ceiling method that is more suitable for the knife handle living room:

Flat ceiling

The flat ceiling does not have any layers or shapes and looks simple and elegant. This ceiling method It can not only make the original white wall look more beautiful, but also make it less exaggerated. It is very suitable for the ceiling of the living room in the knife-shaped apartment.

Straight-line suspended ceiling

As one of many suspended ceilings, the linear suspended ceiling has an approximate width of 30-45 cm and a thickness of 8-12 cm. It is a ceiling that is more suitable for simple style. It is also very common in the decoration of general apartments. Common linear ceilings include L-shaped ceilings and zigzag ceilings. Although the overall ceiling is not that complicated, it can also play a decorative role and save a lot of decoration costs. It is a more practical ceiling method in the living room.

·The living room and the corridor ceiling are made separately

The living room and the corridor ceiling are made separately, which means that the ceiling in the living room can be the same as that seen in ordinary interior decoration, and the ceiling in the corridor can be simple Some different ceiling methods, such as flat ceiling or linear ceiling, etc. In this way, different ceiling methods can divide the knife handle into two independent parts, clarifying their respective areas, and there will no longer be a knife handle effect visually.

·Made the living room and corridor together

If you want to make a suspended ceiling together in the living room and corridor, there is also a way to solve the problem of the knife handle. We can use plaster to shape around the ceiling. Gypsum can be made into various shapes and can be coordinated with the style of the entire room. It is also cheap and the construction is not troublesome. In short, it is a very practical method.

The above is the answer to how to suspend the ceiling in the living room with a knife handle. If you are troubled by the knife handle-shaped living room, you might as well adopt the above methods. Generally speaking, as long as the suspended ceiling is well made, it can completely make up for the weirdness. I hope the above content can help you.

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