Cornices
Modern home interior designs are embracing an individual look tailored to mirror our lifestyles. There are many different elements that influence the finished home’s interior. Complete the home by choosing the Look to match your lifestyle, modern or classic.
The Lafarge Look range of cornices will help to make the house a home. Details, like voids and niches, square setting, or creating bulkheads and drop-down ceilings can create spaces to suit the modern lifestyle.
For more information on the Lafarge Cornice range of products click Cornice Booklet
Curved Ceilings and Walls
Modern home interior designs are embracing an individual look tailored to mirror our lifestyles. There are many different elements that influence the finished home’s interior. Plasterboard for example can be curved to create imaginative architectural effects.
Flat and smooth surfaces
Flat and smooth ceilings are obtained by using Lafarge SpanShield. SpanShield is a specially formulated sag-resistant plasterboard designed
for ceilings.
Curved forms
Be innovative and create contours and architectural forms for walls and ceilings using Lafarge CurveShield. It is a thinner plasterboard which can be shaped to very tight curves. CurveShield will enhance the aesthetics of foyers, corridors, hallways, stairwells or atriums.
For more information on how to bend plasterboard, including installation, framing geometry and bend radius information, click here.
Select a level of finish
There are many different Levels of Finish defined in the Australian Standard for internal plasterboard linings. The standard level of finish defined for domestic construction is Level 4, which is obtained by plasterboard jointed with MastaBase and MastaFinish. Level 5 is the highest level of finish and consists of a specially designed skim coating applied to the entire wall, in addition to stricter framing requirements. Level 5 is recommended for areas that are subject to critical lighting, or where gloss or semi-gloss paints will be used.
- Light colours reflect light helping to hide imperfections.
- Dark colours absorb light and are less forgiving.
- Gloss finishes highlight imperfections.
- Matt finishes hide imperfections but will show up scratches.
- Satin, flat or low sheen finishes are the most forgiving.
Locate light fittings carefully – especially the placement of wall-mounted lights to minimise the effect of glancing light. Sometimes called low incident or critical lighting, glancing light refers to light that shines almost parallel across the surface of any structure. This causes a shadow to be produced on the other side of any undulation. Glancing light exaggerates any variation in surface texture, no matter how tiny, which would not be visible under more diffused light.
Glancing light is caused by both natural and artificial light sources, and can be minimised by:
- Diffusing light onto the surface.
- Avoiding casting light directly across the surface of the wall or ceiling.
- Selecting recessed downlights to help maintain the appearance of flatness. Unshaded light fittings will cast light across the ceiling.
- Choosing curtains or window coverings to help diffuse the light. This is particularly important in modern design which often includes floor to ceiling windows - if these face onto water or directly into the sun, glancing light might occur at different times of the day.