Look Up and Dream: 11 Ideas for an Inspired Ceiling
There’s nothing wrong with a white ceiling. White works beautifully with most colors, and it’s an easy way to deal with vast stretches of open space. But sometimes it’s nice to create something special above your head. Drape your ceiling in fabric, cover it in tin (real or faux), apply a lustrous Venetian plaster, or layer on wood strips — the possibilities are endless. Here are some inventive solutions that might inspire you to look up more often.
This elegant sitting room in a historic Chicago house is adorned with a sinuous, one-of-a-kind plaster relief. Architects dSPACE Studio designed the ceiling, creating a custom plaster mold that was fabricated by a local company and finished on site.
The sultry gray wall color (Solitude by Benjamin Moore) complements the snowy ceiling and marble mantel, as do the dark-stained, wide-plank white oak floors.
Generally used outside on roofs, corrugated tin comes inside to make a design statement in this Colorado mountain home. These panels are reclaimed, and their well-aged look complements the rustic feel of the stone house. Note the wood valance at the roof-wall junction: a clever solution that provides space for LED strip lighting.
Even with spectacular views of New York’s Central Park, it’s still hard to miss the gorgeous ceiling here. Covered in silver leaf, in which thin sheets of silver are applied by hand, the technique provides a rich touch to the elegant room. The process is time consuming — and thus expensive — but as designer The Interior Edge points out, “There are metallic paints by Benjamin Moore if this is out of reach.”
Look Up and Dream: 11 Ideas for an Inspired Ceiling
Look Up and Dream: 11 Ideas for an Inspired Ceiling
