Let's Talk About.....Ceilings
I was looking through Master Class, JP Davis' funny and acerbic design blog that is my favorite for its pictures and wit, and came across his wonderful post on ceilings. There is a much wider range of style in ceiling design than I ever realized. Often called the "fifth wall," ceilings are especially ornate in dining rooms and master bedrooms. When we bought this house it had ceilings painted in much stronger colors than I was used to. The living room and MBR have lovely tracery ceilings that had been painted RED! The other ceilings in the main living areas and hallways were painted a light taupe (SW China Doll). Our ID had the tracery ceilings painted white, but suggested we leave the taupe in place. I was skeptical but he promised they would grow on me, and he was right. Here is the link to JPD's blog post on ceilings, some of the designs with polished wood are truly fabulous!
http://jpdschoolofdesign.blogspot.com
and here are a few of mine:
MBR is 22' in length, center vault is about 17'
Same tracery treatment in living room but a square vault:
The flat part of the ceiling is 10' and painted taupe. Our Library ceiling is 14" and the same taupe looks much darker. The dining room ceiling is all white, and the other bedrooms have a ceiling painted a subtle color complementary to the walls.
Please, show us what's on your fifth wall........Color? Texture? Trays? Tracery? Beams?
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eastautumn
8 years ago
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoGorgeous, kswl! The "5th wall" in the living space of our current home is one of the things that prompted us to fall in love with it and want to live there. I really like the additional design element it brings in, which gives the room a cozier feel. Wish I had a better photo of it, but this shows a bit of the coffering.
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8 years ago
LynnNM
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoMine are all the same, wood. Some rooms have the carved corbels and some don't. I, too, love beautiful ceilings and am enjoying seeing yours. This is my kitchen ceiling and the area above some of my cabinets there.
Peppapoodle
8 years agoTracery.....I've learned something new today. Beautiful ceilings
I love the coffered ceilings & can see why that would make you fall in love!
Lynn, your home is full of so much character-- those carved corbels- yum!
We used T&G cedar downstairs. And T&G pine in sons room. So glad, it's more $ than Sheetrock but it adds so much texture in this rustic place in the country.
In other houses with 10ft ceilings, I always did wall color or 50%.
Circa paint sample he** days;)Sons room
busybee3
8 years agoUser
8 years agomustangs81
8 years agoWow, some fancy stuff going on up there!
Not much to share except the 18' foyer ceiling.
tinam61
8 years ago- PRO
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8 years agoWe look at ceiling as the "5th dimensions" (aka a design opportunity!) http://bit.ly/1SWq2B7
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8 years agoLynnNM
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoHere's the Boveda ceiling in our front foyer. Boveda ceilings are brick vaulted and were first introduced by the Moors to Spain when they conquered parts of it. And then the Spaniards introduced them to Mexico when they conquered it. You see them a lot in places like San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, which is where our foyer light fixture came from, as well. The bricks in our ceiling are over 100 years old and really interesting to look at close up.
The tapestry is a copy of one from our McGregor Clan in Scotland. Scottish and Spanish, but they work together for me (LOL). This pic also shows how thick our adobe walls are. And yes, the photo isn't skewed, the opening there is arched.
beaglesdoitbetter
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoWe have 2 painted ceilings done by a local artist, and then the coffers in our family room.
One of the biggest things I've found is that I'm very used to all the high ceilings in our houses. A standard 8 inch ceiling now sometimes makes me feel claustrophobic.
This is my favorite ceiling in the house
Our bedroom has the stenciling at the edges. A little hard to photograph well.
I don't have a great picture of the gathering room--- we painted the walls to match the book cases and I like the dark blue contrasted w/ the white trim...
I also like the ceilings on our screen porch:
Annie Deighnaugh
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8 years ago
jlc712
8 years ago
Annie Deighnaugh
8 years agoAnnie Deighnaugh
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoWe did coffering in the ceiling between the library and DR...the color matches an accent wall in the library. We put "brass" filagree in the flooring to match the coffering above.
The segmental arch is a theme throughout the house, so we used it in a soffit in the kitchen which matches the curve in the island and the curve in the flooring. This way it provides a visual break between the kitchen and FR without actually having a wall there.
We put the barrel vault in the DR ceiling to match the segmental arch top window.
Annie Deighnaugh
8 years agoThe front porch ceiling is beadboard also in the segmental arch to match the shape of the front door.
Then we made a lot of use of tray ceilings, esp in the lower level. Rather than just box out the duct work so it looks like duct work in a basement, our architect turned the ceilings into trays such as here in the exercise room.
msmeow