They say it's the fifth wall, so next time you're thinking about picking out a new color or hanging art, don't forget to look up.
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Fabric
"Because the library is small, it lent itself to a rich jewel-box treatment," designer Jeannette Whitson says about this Nashville house. Woodwork is painted a deep, saturated color, Farrow & Ball's Hague Blue, and the ceiling is tented with a Michael S. Smith Indian block fabric, Jasper.
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Gold Leaf
To make the Tony Duquette chandelier feel more at home, Ruthie Sommers had decorative painter Peter Bolton create an elaborate tree design in gold leaf on the dining room ceiling. Jacaranda and plum trees inspired the vibrant pink Penny Morrison fabric on the front of the chairs and the Claremont floral on the back. Rug from Melrose Carpet.
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Barrel
The glossy barrel ceiling in the master bath of a Dallas house decorated by Cathy Kincaid is painted in Farrow & Ball's Skylight. P. E. Guerin tub fixtures. DeAngelis chair in Empress Satin by Fret Fabrics.
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Wall-to-Ceiling
Miles Redd extended Schumacher's Imperial Trellis wallpaper onto the ceiling of the breakfast nook in a Brooklyn townhouse.
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Stenciled
The spectacular stenciled ceiling in a 1920s Spanish Colonial Revival house in Los Angeles designed by Thomas Callaway was restored by painter Esther Carpenter
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Colorful Coffered Ceiling
The vivid colors of the coffered ceiling and the chimneypiece animate the dining room in William Christie's French countryside estate. The table is covered in a Prelle silk.
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Art-Inspired
The painted ceiling in Patrick Gallagher's Rome apartment was inspired by frescoes glimpsed through windows at night.
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A Bold Pattern
To create a green gingham ceiling in a Purchase, New York, house, designer Gideon Mendelson first had the pattern painted on canvas by Silvère Boureaum. "It gives a classic white kitchen personality, and it brings extremely high ceilings down to a more comfortable place," Mendelson says.
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Lacquer
In the kitchen of a New York apartment designed by Philip Gorrivan, iridescent mosaic tiles and a ceiling lacquered in Benjamin Moore's Oceanic Teal pick up a color from the wallpaper in the hallway. Thonet barstools by York Street Studio. Roman shades in Homer wool in Verdigris by Gorrivan by Highland Court.
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Coordinating with Window Treatments
In the guest room of the same New York apartment, the custom Holland & Sherry wallcovering on the ceiling echoes the pattern on the Roman shades, Roma Key by Gorrivan for Highland Court. Custom linens from Leontine. Headboard upholstered in Dedar's Bukara.
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Go Dark
Walls in the master bedroom are covered in Donghia's Silk Texture II, and the ceiling is painted in Benjamin Moore Regal Select in Night Horizon to dramatize the soaring space in a Long Island Shingle-style beach house decorated by Rob Southern.
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