Decorating Room With Vaulted Ceiling

blue velvet tufted sofa

Simon Watson

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.

blue velvet tufted sofa

Simon Watson

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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.

dining room with pink chairs and green floor

Victoria Pearson

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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.

The glossy barrel ceiling in the master bath is painted in Farrow & Ball's Skylight. P. E. Guerin tub fixtures. DeAngelis chair in Empress Satin by Fret Fabrics.

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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.

green trellis wallpaper

Frederic Lagrange

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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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Lisa Romerein

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coffered dining room ceiling

Simon Watson

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Colorful Coffered Ceiling

nickel picture lights in the entry hall

Frédéric LaGrange

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gingham painted ceiling

Eric Piasecki

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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.

iridescent mosaic tiles

Brian Doben

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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.

cerused oak bookcases

Brian Doben

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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.

black bedroom ceiling

Jonny Valiant

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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.