Carrying Wall Finishes Up on the Ceiling

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHnT2PofVeQi6Xy_gDGfRA5BRaWjy5hnP15ZApFFNq-scVl3OpAwhFhGn2B_iDfemr18TzcKI0bbVe8gQHtycYgzi8v8T1HrlIHTMFaoX9CcF_tQX2f80kBsgf6NEPDW2erKtCa2xZqmd/s1600/HB+Windsor+Smith.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHnT2PofVeQi6Xy_gDGfRA5BRaWjy5hnP15ZApFFNq-scVl3OpAwhFhGn2B_iDfemr18TzcKI0bbVe8gQHtycYgzi8v8T1HrlIHTMFaoX9CcF_tQX2f80kBsgf6NEPDW2erKtCa2xZqmd/s640/HB+Windsor+Smith.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Windsor Smith - House Beautiful</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Carrying a wall finish up on to the ceiling is a wonderful trick used to expand a space and make the planes of the walls and ceilings disappear.  It's very effectively used with low ceilings, oddly angled ceilings, and in spaces where the intent is to wrap the room in an envelope of sameness so that objects and furnishings stand out.  I love how Windsor Smith, above, used the patterned wallpaper to visually raise that ceiling.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8dX3breIqVYWI6VkhD-7y6C2H2U4pN52_JJR1IZ9X3QmXO_Ls5eoi7IqqOeYHzOLDmKYBd2RXbOkfdTQSgyQwW75xHqklvqPN-5xxP7Gc6D5iYyoIkIEYvMLBUfMaKgwaJ1HDF6jzAC9/s1600/HB+Leslie+Klotz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><em><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8dX3breIqVYWI6VkhD-7y6C2H2U4pN52_JJR1IZ9X3QmXO_Ls5eoi7IqqOeYHzOLDmKYBd2RXbOkfdTQSgyQwW75xHqklvqPN-5xxP7Gc6D5iYyoIkIEYvMLBUfMaKgwaJ1HDF6jzAC9/s400/HB+Leslie+Klotz.jpg" /></em></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Leslie Klotz - House Beautiful</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Imagine how low this ceiling would have felt if there had been contrast between the upper wall and the ceiling. What a great use of this little trick.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKl4bwA8OFqTpJwRAEvXmuiJQ8fWmIM9Hwl-6eRm1tAfad1GbFQ3FNUULz7fqvEnYPB5COXUAbh45etzK50sjEGvVEHTATi_zJwBRa0z24xd636AFavuYLOs5xzNQxLtISeXlrR-ffudN/s1600/Barbara+Westbrook+HB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKl4bwA8OFqTpJwRAEvXmuiJQ8fWmIM9Hwl-6eRm1tAfad1GbFQ3FNUULz7fqvEnYPB5COXUAbh45etzK50sjEGvVEHTATi_zJwBRa0z24xd636AFavuYLOs5xzNQxLtISeXlrR-ffudN/s400/Barbara+Westbrook+HB.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Barbara Westbrook - House Beautiful</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See that little odd angle in the left corner above?  It would have been accentuated if there had been a difference between the wall and ceiling.  As it is your eye goes straight to the artwork, then the marble below.  That funny angle is hardly noticeable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPs-IXVcsiF5qHIe3JG_j4ibG5LYY0lhfGqDF80Tb8dtH96j8Ny8Z4en6BKgjFRXON4tvgJxyEUmd3Ag2EUGHh4hBXRqnfb5VknuNJ_tGN-qU_UxjUFyg6YkgafQSP7RkmmrTei6mqcXcb/s1600/HB+Amanda+Kyser.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPs-IXVcsiF5qHIe3JG_j4ibG5LYY0lhfGqDF80Tb8dtH96j8Ny8Z4en6BKgjFRXON4tvgJxyEUmd3Ag2EUGHh4hBXRqnfb5VknuNJ_tGN-qU_UxjUFyg6YkgafQSP7RkmmrTei6mqcXcb/s400/HB+Amanda+Kyser.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Amanda Kyser - House Beautiful</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Imagine the low angles painted in a different color as the "ceiling". It would've sliced into that space and drawn your attention away from the vibrant rug and interesting wall of books.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlqTdO6cFnTiT1bUAeLDN0bfgbhoHybS2tjcSdU9anxENwC4pigC7xnduv_ORAaDkptl00UgC1qkLGzYM4DwKj-UOxPInVs8al5VH0O_ql71fcRL4WahDNb76qsCVeSLVoUu2LIzVhRKq/s1600/3_1292517244_mountain_homes_turner_ed1210_08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFlqTdO6cFnTiT1bUAeLDN0bfgbhoHybS2tjcSdU9anxENwC4pigC7xnduv_ORAaDkptl00UgC1qkLGzYM4DwKj-UOxPInVs8al5VH0O_ql71fcRL4WahDNb76qsCVeSLVoUu2LIzVhRKq/s400/3_1292517244_mountain_homes_turner_ed1210_08.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>M. Elle Design - Elle Decor</em></div><br /><div align="center">This space soars all cloaked in the same color wood.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5vTk956VaSlsy9Zcpns2Vt-TNlHXhOBR0KTq_a9Z9j6OXLHiND7WtY_mHS0ItAo5nT96J693yYMyONRJfmrLzRen5Y11sscxGBboZOz-rg1x92Lh5Shm5KHvwdt-pYAhkmnTKwP4E89K/s1600/Leslie+Klotz+HB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5vTk956VaSlsy9Zcpns2Vt-TNlHXhOBR0KTq_a9Z9j6OXLHiND7WtY_mHS0ItAo5nT96J693yYMyONRJfmrLzRen5Y11sscxGBboZOz-rg1x92Lh5Shm5KHvwdt-pYAhkmnTKwP4E89K/s400/Leslie+Klotz+HB.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Leslie Klotz - House Beautiful</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyd4gUmn6IbBAlTAhtoyuybcyfoFd6uRCK0fsNJl5AVpymv4VIXOW8WflgQrLsLh475_8BkHX1HSAyMtKsNGqq0qnclf1AoJYYpUCfhKq18Gt4N6k012v2nE_UJ1PoUnK2g3augc8SUsU6/s1600/TH+Skye+Kirby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyd4gUmn6IbBAlTAhtoyuybcyfoFd6uRCK0fsNJl5AVpymv4VIXOW8WflgQrLsLh475_8BkHX1HSAyMtKsNGqq0qnclf1AoJYYpUCfhKq18Gt4N6k012v2nE_UJ1PoUnK2g3augc8SUsU6/s400/TH+Skye+Kirby.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Skye Kirby - Traditional Home</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirulkT5XO-XGb08Imvj9FpOySMJ368SiyZ1SsTs9_o2TNJ6d_T_wdHA3W3ETEAnZWwgiwrQAsVy8RSrxSH5HWCVmbMoTm5PMgYaGuG1Rk3HnA4UHjX2CYNFE9sT7XXGtaOHBuRk-auqM1A/s1600/Tom+Scheerer+HB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirulkT5XO-XGb08Imvj9FpOySMJ368SiyZ1SsTs9_o2TNJ6d_T_wdHA3W3ETEAnZWwgiwrQAsVy8RSrxSH5HWCVmbMoTm5PMgYaGuG1Rk3HnA4UHjX2CYNFE9sT7XXGtaOHBuRk-auqM1A/s400/Tom+Scheerer+HB.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Tom Scheerer -  House Beautiful</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBV7tJp4IWLZUk5os3CB7pgP6voraS2EEfREVH838lMmrP-PcWykvNC_DPtqIxOOQAwilgN0Awg71ki_57F_271d4L_-PyfQUdkonkdZjmx5-90W9CjyAXC21neKRrXZ8zWbjY5l6-uYHY/s1600/Keith+McNally+ED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBV7tJp4IWLZUk5os3CB7pgP6voraS2EEfREVH838lMmrP-PcWykvNC_DPtqIxOOQAwilgN0Awg71ki_57F_271d4L_-PyfQUdkonkdZjmx5-90W9CjyAXC21neKRrXZ8zWbjY5l6-uYHY/s400/Keith+McNally+ED.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em>Keith McNally  - Elle Decor</em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHIFFmGOeispWgW8LjvQLunuSuiPnJ_zHTvKvXxeEJLVZLS_129socPW_adA-M-iocKH8ou0A0JjH1EeDWzUA-nkn6Tlc0g4f6buU7hIld5R3oWkY-HO8cdpKUZRsdxLT6cF7Q0I2o8V-/s1600/Healing+Barsanti+HB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHIFFmGOeispWgW8LjvQLunuSuiPnJ_zHTvKvXxeEJLVZLS_129socPW_adA-M-iocKH8ou0A0JjH1EeDWzUA-nkn6Tlc0g4f6buU7hIld5R3oWkY-HO8cdpKUZRsdxLT6cF7Q0I2o8V-/s400/Healing+Barsanti+HB.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Healing Barsanti - House Beautiful</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How effective was it to paper the soffit running around the room?  It visually raised the ceiling another foot.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another fabulous design tool that makes a big impact!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Please excuse my absence this past week.  Many projects are on the boards and under construction!  I'm looking forward to sharing lots in the fall!</div><div align="center"><br /></div>

Carrying Wall Finishes Up on the Ceiling

Windsor Smith - House Beautiful Carrying a wall finish up on to the ceiling is a wonderful trick used to expand a space and make the planes ...

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Patterns on Ceilings

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_nwAU8jJWMnnjvtDwLVV3JBGRG2cypRGL7JxQdnDeh3-mBNXyeQIyUkPf7YAti8nVU44KiZdeEa13AP6irLj8y8zd4pVqobLO1MPFbSOCtGnTXzbxM9Zzg3NqzOvzPiJPRZ4bWS6a35AD/s1600/Martin+Lawrence+Bullard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Ceilings are often overlooked and neglected but they can make a big design statement when an interesting pattern is applied.  I love this intricate pattern added to the ceiling in this room by <a href="http://www.martynlawrencebullard.com/index.aspx">Martin Lawrence-Bullard</a>.  It's such a nice contrast in scale to the drapery pattern and repeats that detail in the carved table and chairs.  </div><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnc2c-r5gUkMt452XLtOva-feEqUCzCu52EXzW-wu2x_4Lxd91ydRQdGcurK1nTvjzKBxpkHbT5GSBLCbgVetjIZ79OhxDx5lJSrpjG1k-2NI6eR-a_O4qMaj15LVAZS34EY4dQV_oFlW/s1600/Erin+Martin+HB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em>Erin Martin - House Beautiful</em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">This makes me want to sing!  Bold and beautiful.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><em></em><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ85OavY9q4Yfp-ZGh3q6NU6SX4B9NyvMadkhHpnOJZn_ISyd193GYSMkkrPKKC4w3pSVr6lsdL_LlNrPPzY924OOiOQv6cANfRVX5c_PnZdc8M6OsdicoPm7NvZUzZFhyn2aOb4FJ9oGB/s1600/Wm+Diamond+Anthony+Baratta+HB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>William Diamond, Anthony Baratta - House Beautiful</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The playful pattern marries the color palette so well and brings the bright color up to the top part of the space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7IOR0tdH2TfyhXx1piyvcjFFkjB2g9PDbmGG-LqFVN_t_AS7aBRnHrVM9_b5R3Kgl3gkZh-6usDUPC8zq5liPmzZZluSk_aK8U4gWs5OUZSk5bVQPomxTJ7k8W5J4mydPseS-oSuXvPWO/s1600/Jill+Zarin+-+Trad.+Home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Traditional Home</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jill Zarin's daughter's room has a lovely, feminine pattern on the ceiling.  This room would be so plain and ordinary without it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqUi8rFSvoupJ_bRWTKefA74E7ntPh3ULjwn6flntsByDot9Tc6lU7X8GAhFfiTC1O8vAH7vDpvPVENaU-lWO30OIdkZuUvTgech_GB1HTSPnuK_xW42I4weMwp3H-3UomalGgUqhM2fcK/s1600/Trad+home+J+Drake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"><em>Jamie Drake - Traditional Home</em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Lovely, tailored, thoughtful, complete.  </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qNgHAF92AON1bfQZc4amHiu_jkR_v7vjpC3XO874s3B7HFjxpJnG2vM7Nr8WPYobEGOBAcRmZL9Hcbp_Qx18aLCRltJF12rrKZ3-_UcVCxSDj8FkJTK9semGq8ngJ46wY2VHHdU5INbV/s1600/Gideon+Mendelson+hb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"><em>Gideon Mendelson - House Beautiful</em></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">I love how the pattern is used  here.  Lively, colorful, and vibrant.  This room would be just another white kitchen without it.  </div><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Ak0ta_X2vts1cCowDg6c5VtzPoLfCUdf0ioeOYs9q0MgoWQkxnTFDW1G85VNuGfI2ZU4PUfcRwjSeyQJ6pFBoeR5z_9vM_gC0caNbMCwLs4sYaltANhgn5rCHA1L5-cipwyu4neCWfBa/s1600/17-easyandageless-0508-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Robin Bell - House Beautiful</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Such a striking image and one of my favorites!  This outdoor space is all about that gorgeous pattern.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Patterns on Ceilings

Ceilings are often overlooked and neglected but they can make a big design statement when an interesting pattern is applied.  I love this in...

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