Would you consider painting the ceiling the same color as the walls? When I moved to Austin almost 5 years ago, all the new builds had walls/ceilings painted the same. I really like it and never even thought about painting them white.

I paint my ceilings a shade lighter or darker than the wall, depending on if I want the ceiling to feel higher or lower. Of course some rooms, I've gone with a real contrast. But I think only one room in my house has a white ceiling...the rest are all colored.

I like the look of using a color on the ceilings, but I am concerned that they would make the rooms feel too dark. Some of the rooms do not have a lot of natural light.

I also do not have white ceilings!

I really liked the Atrium White and used it throughout my condo until May of this year. I recently repainted living/dining room using BM Swiss Coffee on the walls with the crown molding in BM Decorator White. The ceiling is now a mixture of 1/2 Swiss Coffee and 1/2 Decorator White.

I too have had colored ceilings in the past and liked them very much, but my new scheme is shades of white.

Hope this helps.

I'm not a trend follower, but think white ceilings are passé. You don't say if it's a new home, but i don't think it matters. Painted ceilings are more up-to-date.

I had no idea. We went through several model homes in several areas last weekend (just for ideas) and they all had white ceilings. This is in So. Ca. so maybe they haven't heard it's not up to date. Since we are getting close to moving into a fixer, I wish I'd seen some with painted ceilings so I could get an idea of what they really look like.

Sorry, I'm no help to you TXBlue but at least you know there are some that still have white ceilings.

Thanks so much for the feedback and help everyone. I am going to try 50% white dove, 50% atrium white and I'll report back on the color. Hopefully it will be helpful to others. This is for the upstairs bedroom ceilings. I may get more adventurous with the ceilings downstairs. I understand the trend, Pattycakes. I don't want to be out of date; I know white ceilings are somewhat boring and unimaginative, but I think they will never go completely out of style, sort of like white kitchen cabinets. There are some rooms that just need the light. I do appreciate knowing that the trend is towards color on the ceilings and will definitely consider that in the other parts of the house.