Bubblingbrooks Journey - Salut!

[TanksHill]

Uhhhh???? There is a nose in the upper left hand corner near the clear story window. My DD thinks its the antlers over the window near the dining room table.

to be honest I had to google Caribou!!



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[freemotion]

When I was going to OKC every year to the Morgan World Championships with clients, I stayed with friends who own an estate with a LOVELY house that was featured in Southern Living magazine. The walls of every room were painted with great techniques and most of the ceilings were painted to match. The decorator was not afraid of color. I'd never have believed it would work if I hadn't seen it myself. They did have crown molding along the top, painted to match but plain, and that may have made a difference. The window treatments were all rich fabrics and all had custom roman shades. It was so beautiful!

 

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[abifae]

I suck at interior design, but I cannot wait to see pics!!!

 

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[savingdogs]

I remember hearing somewhere that the ceiling should be painted one shade lighter than the walls. So Wifezilla is on the right track.. Maybe take the lightest creamy gold in the wall and go one shade lighter for the ceiling. I love your room by the way.

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I agree! That is what I was suggesting when I started describing my old house...one hue lighter than the wall color.

On those paint swatch sample cards, I just chose one two shades lighter. It was very nice and tasteful.

I love your room! beautiful windows.

 

[MorelCabin]

Here's what I would do with that ceiling if you don't want it white...take the darker gold shade from the upper wall and use this...in your home with the raised ceiling like that it would work. It would bring the ceiling down some, but make it very cosy and warm feeling.
The other option you have is to find a creamy yellow color that matches well with the wall tones (stay with the same goldy tone but try and creamy it up a little more) Paint the half wall border in that creamier colour, then stencil the burgundy as pictured on your blog. Use the multi gold tones on the upper wall as pictured but bring the border color back when you reach the ceiling. You will have to be careful though about not messing up the tones, because it can end up looking really good, or really bad

 

[Woodland Woman]

I really like your house with the wood floors and high ceilings! I think the colors you choose will go great in there. I don't have any different advice about the ceiling color. I really need to do something with my white walls too. One question though, since you live in Alaska is it hard to keep it well heated with the high ceilings?

 

[lorihadams]

I think that if you had molding it would be easier to paint the ceilings a different color because there is some clear separation. That being said, I have seen people without crown molding come down about 3-4 inches from the ceiling and using a laser level, tape off a line to mimic molding and start the ceiling color there to hide any unevenness in the area where the walls meet the ceiling. Gives the illusion of molding. I think you should stick with a shade or two lighter on the ceiling than what the wall color is going to be unless it is waaaaay dark on the walls.

In our old bathroom we painted the ceilings the same as the wall color (pale honey colored) and it really maked that room appear larger because there were no breaks in the color to signal where the ceiling started. There were no windows in that room and it really did make it feel larger.