Stepped ceiling and oak floor in a Runda living room

Ceiling Design and Lighting · Runda, Nairobi · 2025

After: living room with coffered LED ceiling and oak floor, Runda
After
Before: empty living room with worn carpet and plain ceiling, Runda
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The brief

A 1990s house with a flat concrete ceiling and cold terrazzo floor. The family wanted warmth without a full renovation. The stepped ceiling hides the new wiring and gives three lighting moods for the room; the oak floor was laid over the terrazzo to avoid two weeks of demolition dust.

Scope of work

  • Stepped gypsum ceiling with a perimeter LED cove and central pendant point
  • Twelve dimmable downlights on three circuits
  • Old terrazzo floor levelled and overlaid with engineered oak
  • Walls repainted in warm white; TV wall in limewash
  • New skirting and door thresholds

Materials

  • 12.5 mm gypsum board on metal frame
  • Warm white 3000K LED strip and downlights
  • Engineered oak, 14 mm, brushed and oiled
  • Limewash in a soft clay tone

Finished space