My mother-in-law (with whom I get along very well, thank-you) lives in a house where all of the ceiling/wall corners are actually a rather long curve. The ceilings are low to begin with (maybe 7’6″) and the curve brings the “top” of the wall down to 7′. The main living area is about 20′ x 12′. Currently the walls and ceiling are the same color of cream or off white. The room doesn’t get much outdoor light so it is
bit dark.
The question:
What paint scheme will “raise” the ceiling. Assuming this is accomplished by painting the ceiling a different color than the walls, where should the ceiling “end” to maximise the “raising”? Normally, I would have said to bring the ceiling color down to the “top” of the wall (the bottom of the curve) but M-I-L thinks maybe that would make the ceiling appear even lower.
Thanks,
Rich Beckman
Another day, another tool.
Edit: I have no idea what I typed to stir up the censor!
Edited 3/9/2003 12:23:56 AM ET by Rich Beckman
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Sounds like a similar situation to what my uncle has in his dining room. The walls are an off white in his house, and cieling is white. The joint between the wall and cieling is curved like you described, but the plaster curve has thickness, it protrudes from the wall and off the cieling about a 1/4 in. Looks like cove moulding.
Does that make any sense?
The curve/ cove is painted the same bright white as the cieling. I don't know if this
raises the percieved hieght of the cieling, but it gives a very natural break for the change in paint color.
Edited 3/9/2003 12:48:06 AM ET by CAG