How to hide water and radiator pipes on ceiling?

Nina Rey
by Nina Rey
I live in a basement apartment and have already covered the livingroom ceiling pipes by dropping the ceiling. I cannot drop the ceiling in the bedroom. Is there any way to hide/disguise the pipes on the bedroom ceiling.

  8 answers
  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Mar 28, 2018

    Hang sheets, painters cloth etc to cover them

  • Shawn ellison Shawn ellison on Mar 28, 2018

    Why not just paint them and make them part of the decor.

  • Jcraw Jcraw on Mar 28, 2018

    You could paint the wall ones to match, and then the ceiling ones to match the ceiling. Or, as hinted at above, paint them a fun color or two, paint them black for drama, or ā€œsilverā€ to match your faucets for city-chic.

  • Carol Marszalek Carol Marszalek on Mar 28, 2018

    Consider decorative fabric and ā€œreverseā€ tent it using curtain rods mounted to the inside edges of the rafters? Y keeping them somewhat tight you shouldnā€™t have issues with the ceilings being to low as they would be if you put in a drop ceiling. Here is a pic taken from an outdoor shade pergola to give you an idea.

  • Ann Ann on Mar 28, 2018

    Paint them the same color as the ceiling.

  • Joy30150932 Joy30150932 on Mar 28, 2018

    You could build a box over the pipes and make it look like part of the ceiling.

  • Joy Coombs Joy Coombs on Mar 28, 2018

    Paint them all the same color as the ceiling. Without seeing, not sure if you could put curtains tied across the ceiling? It would look like a bohemian tent.

  • Connied804 Connied804 on Mar 30, 2018

    I love the industrial look, so I would have kept the pipes exposed and paint some plaster bricks and add bookshelves in pipes, etc. To hide the pipes in the bedroom I would drape toole lace from the ceiling. It's not that expensive and adds an elegant look.