Unless you are working with a natural wood ceiling...they are almost always painted...the real question is...is it painted basic white, the color of the walls or something completely different.
I have seen some great rooms done where the ceiling is painted a sky blue...I love that look.
This has been the "new" accent wall for several years. In the right room, with the right furnishings, we really like this. Especially with a faux finish and the color being brought into the room in a few other (sometimes surprising) places. A couple purple touches in the room pictured could really make this ceiling flow with the rest of the room. Even incorporating some mirrored furnishings can reflect the decorative ceiling color all around the room!
I love it! I have painted the ceilings a coodinating color in several of the rooms in my house, although I have't gone this bold. I agree with AK...bring a little more of that color into the room...perhaps in some drapes, or a runner on the table, or the floor.
SURPRISE to see this here, and I LOVE IT!!! I did the same thing and with the same color to the ceiling (of what was then my daughter's beauty salon) about two years ago. How IRONIC!!! Lol!!!
I've been the crazy one painting ceilings another color since 1980... I just did my kitchen ceiling a light yellow and it is so sunshiney bright! I like it so much I hope it does the same to my living room.
well, i'm a purple person so i absolutely love it!!!! I've seen porches in the south painted a pastel green or blue so I wonder why people haven't thought of this before?
I love it. I have two problems in my 70s-era home that prevent it - too little natural light and texture on the ceiling. When you don't have those problems, I say "Go for it".
I think this is dynamite!! There are actually six "surfaces" that influence the over all room - besides the obvious four walls. The ceiling is just as important and of course the floors and what sort of surface or carpeting is chosen. It all is a part of the room!!
I don't think it works in most rooms, but this is one of the exceptions! Looks fantastic with the white walls and crown moulding. If the walls were painted in a color, it would make the room look tiny. This makes it look like high ceilings!
I have a mid century house that has a knotty pine room my husband loves. The ONLY Place to put color was on the ceiling and with black trim and a red ceiling the room cameinto this century! I LOVE IT! -- The purple is great too. Get Bold! Do it!
I LOVE IT! White is boring and will reflect the color on the wall anyway. I had a white ceiling in a purple room and the ceiling looked lavender. I painted the ceiling light blue when I repainted the room med and dark blue.
LOVE IT! LOVE PURPLE!! There is not a single white ceiling in my house..... The living room walls are purple with a pearlized mossy green ceiling. Lighting changes throughout the day have some spectacular effects on the ceiling! Sounds weird, but I love to recline and just stare at the ceiling.......!
I recently saw an ad for Loews or HomeDepot with white walls and deep purple ceiling and love love loved it. I say go for it. It is very classy, dramatic and you will be the envy of your friends who will soon be painting their ceilings.
I think it is gorgeous... and is a strong argument that white walls don't have to make a space feel ultra modern. may reference in an upcoming post. thanks.
I am wanting to darken my bedroom and am going with an Americana theme. I was thinking of navy ceiling. The walls have me baffled. Should i go for a parchment color, taupe color, or a wedgewood blue color? I will be adding splashes of cranberry red in keeping with the Americana feel.
@Connie I love the idea of an Americana theme and I think your palette is pretty dead on, but I'd be very fearful of going so dark on the ceiling. do you have high ceilings? 10 foot? I hosted a "discussion" on this topic on my blog this week. I will try to post it to HomeTalk later today. good luck.
This looks good. Lately I have been painting ceilings the same color as the room (if it is a light color) I want to do a gray stipple or spatter ceiling.
Due to damage to guest bathroom ceiling from condo upstairs, the ceiling needed to be painted. As I didn't have plans to redo that room at this time but wanted to take make good use of free paint job so I tried yellow to see if it would make a windowless room sunnier. It does. Bonus: this painting, leaning on a bookcase for ages, what to do with it. The new ceiling called for it. Hanging there now. Theme, if not timing, for redo set.
I painted my ceiling in the bathroom a medium sky blue, then a light stipple over the color, at nite it looks like the sky and twinkling lights, especially using candles with having a bath. I love it.
LOVE this! Fantastic; I say keep it. Since your walls are already white, try holding your hand over the ceiling in the picture and you'll get a pretty good idea of what your room will look like with a white ceiling.
I wish I had your high ceilings :) Unfortunately since mine are low (7' -waaah!), I've opted to paint my walls the middle color choice halfway down on the paint strip sample (you can go lighter by going further up the strip); with the ceiling color being the top (lightest) hue. My ceiling don't pop with color bringing them down even lower, but aren't stark white either. Very subtle and blend nicely with the walls.
We paint our ceilings every time we paint the walls. We tend to paint it the same color as the walls and breaking the color up with white molding trim.
It was the first thing I saw, in a good way, like someones beautiful eyes or a diamond ring. It is amazingly stricking and now I want to do it in my living room.
I like to paint the ceiling a lighter color of the wall color and break it up with white molding. However, a bold color can be just the thing for a dull space.
Love this! The color is an interesting feature in the room, especially since it is white. I think if the ceiling was white, it would not have the same feeling or character. Plus having the color makes the room warmer lòoking. Awesome choice that is classy.
In that particular room, the purple ceiling is gorgeous! Leave it!! In other rooms, I think darker celilings can seem to shorten the height of the room. I particular like bedrooms painted in paler shades with the ceiling shade just one shade lighter than the wall shade. I did thin in my kids' bedrooms and was really pleased and surprised with the outcome.
Ceilings should be a compliment to the room. At white ceiling is boring unless you paint it high gloss and add large embellishments to all four corners. Then it becomes Wow. High gloss on the ceiling is beautiful and reflects light beautifully. I say goooooo Ceilings.
Love, love LOVE this!! I have a navy blue ceiling in bedroom. It makes me smile overtime I walk in :o) It's such a great way to add a strong color to your room.
I explain to my clients that the ceiling is the 5th WALL, therefore, it needs to be a color. Either, the same as the walls, an accent color or a shade lighter than the walls. Depends on the height of the ceiling.
Well, like Christopher Lowell has always explained: it's the fifth wall, don't forget it. You have so many options. You can go dark, medium, same as wall color or white, all in flat, satin or semi-gloss with or without crown molding. If you're selling your house though, play it safe and go white. A fresh coat of paint will always brighten up the room. Best of luck.
Remembering the paint contractor calling me in to question the root beer color going on a 12' high ceiling instead of white... thought I was going to regret it....and everyone loved it when finished.
I always paint the ceiling the same color if it is a light color but get creative with bold colors, designs and graphics. It's only paint after all. The photos look great.
You probably have your mind made up. But, always remember that the ceiling is the fifth (5th) WALL. Therefore, it should never be painted boring white. Any color whether it be the wall color, lighter than wall or an accent color. This is from a designer with a following that trusts my judgement.
Painting the ceiling dark will bring it down, so if you have a high ceiling and narrow walls - it's a good idea, but if you have a large room and already have a low ceiling then use White to lift it. Hope that helps.
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Painting the ceiling dark will bring it down, so if you have a high ceiling and narrow walls - it's a good idea, but if you have a large room and already have a low ceiling then use White to lift it. Hope that helps.