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   Guest_ | Feb 16, 1999 12:01am | #1

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   I'm not a decorator, but I think you could be sure of problems from a third color crown molding. This "band" would serve to draw attention to it and the ceiling area, making it more prominent and appearing closed in. I've tried both crown molding painted the ceiling color and painted the wall color. Don't know about higher, but the room looked more open with the crown molding the ceiling color.

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   Guest_ | Feb 17, 1999 09:40am | #2

   *Lighter colors will recede and make the room look larger, so having the ceiling lighter than walls will help. I agree with Barry about painting the crown the same or similar to the ceiling.

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   Guest_ | Feb 19, 1999 04:19am | #4

   *Rather than a crown molding you can use a picture frame molding on the ceiling, set in about a foot from the walls. Paint the walls, the perimeter of the ceiling, and the molding a darker color, paint the middle of the ceiling a light color and it will seem much higher.

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   Sam_M._Meek | Feb 19, 1999 04:19am | #3

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   any one have any advice on painting walls and ceilings a different color to make the ceilings look higher? also what about a crown molding painted a third color?