If you’ve ever struggled with hanging, taping, or finishing the incredibly unwieldy 4′ x 8′ panels of compressed, powdered, and repulsive gypsum they call wallboard, than Extenzo’s Stretch Ceiling Systems might seem to have descended from on high. I say this not only because the prospect of a seamless and pristine expanse overhead (and no matter the experience or skill of the installer, those drywall seams are always visible if one looks hard enough and long) is revelatory, but also because the notion of a painless ceiling installation may make contractors fall to their knees in eternal gratitude.

Stretch Ceiling. Designed by Extenzo.

So, yes, Extenzo’s Ceilings are certainly to be lauded as the antidote to terrible wallboard, but—looking from the glass half full side of things—they’ve a quality or two to recommend them above and beyond the perniciousness of what they replace. As Extenzo says, “The possibilities are endless: installed in mere moments; the stretch ceiling occupies the space and takes shape. Simply, flexibly, efficiently. The end result is perfectly clean, the finish impeccable! A complete and multi-use ceiling system, Extenzo makes possible a wide variety of projects.” Each stretch ceiling is custom-fabricated and sized in an Extenzo factory, thereby enabling easy, on-site integration of a/c, sound systems, lights, air vents, cables, and piping (again, no more clumsily-poked holes and superfluous trim).

Extenzo offers five varieties of stretch ceiling system: Traditional, Translucent, Perforated, Bio-Pruf, and Printed (you provide the image, they put it on your ceiling). The range enables customized applications of more than 100 colors and 10 textures, including satin, gloss, pastel, and suede (which would definitely pair up nicely with one of Kyle Bunting’s Cow Hide Rugs).

So apart from the giant utilitarian leap forward, Extenzo’s Stretch Ceiling Systems expand one’s aesthetic palette 100-fold. Not only do they present the option of new colors and textures, they also enable interesting and unorthodox shapes and volumes, improved thermal insulation properties, enhanced acoustical quality, and what Extenzo likes to call “visual comfort”… “an impression of greater space, a feeling of well-being.” I, for one, would feel much better just knowing that my ceilings aren’t papered with the noxious, white, dusty stuff of yesteryear. Improved aesthetics and enhanced thermal and acoustical performance is just the icing on the cake.