Diana's High Ceiling

Hi Christine,

I stumbled on your blog, and am amazed at all the transformations you provide at no cost. What a wonderful and inspirational blog you have! I am looking for help with my living area. I need to add some spark and interest to this area. I have a very large wall that peaks at 18' at one point!

Yes- let's start with this wall. It is crazy tall!! In some cases this is wonderful- in yours, I want to lower it. Let me tell you how. First- take some crown molding and install it on the wall with the door and window. Carry it around to the other walls- level at that height. Then- change the paint color to a darker color above the crown- not too dark- but darker.

There you go. You have defined the space in your living area to have a more workable scale- this will make it easier to have wall decor in scale to the wall itself.

It spans the living and dining area. I need a way to separate the two rooms, but make the wall interesting at the same time. I also think that the paint I have on this wall looks too yellow, although it looks great on the other walls. I would like more color and pattern than the gold and spots of red that I have.

Yeahh- you are working with a lot of taupe furniture there, huh? Two solutions for you- area rug- and drapes.- The fabric above is from Beacon Hill, and the rug at the top of the post is from homedecorator.com. I don't think you need more colors just more color.

Of course, I am open to any tips you have for the room as a whole.

Try to avoid two case pieces next to one another- like your entertainment center next to this console table. They never seem to look quite right when you do that. Move this table to a different location in your home- and lower the picture closer to the table when you do. I also don't know what to do with the wall that has a chair and mirror.

Your mirror is way too small- and your chair should not be against the wall. Angle the chair toward the sectional- and get a large oversized mirror- the one at the bottom of this post is 90 inches in height- perfect. Much better scale.

The wall was meant for a fireplace, but, as you see, we don't have one. Thank you for your fantastic advice!

Diana

You need a larger entertainment center- much larger.

Do you like my Sharpie drapes? ;) They go the floor- of course. Continue the same drapes in the dining room. Add some woven wood Roman shades under the drapes- and on the other higher windows. I also added a Sharpie footprint of where I would move your chair.. The large mirror makes a big difference- doesn't it?

Here I added your crown molding. See how it will be even with the lowest wall?

Replace your mirror with something much larger. The one below is from Uttermost. Replace the entertainment center with a larger one- the piece at the top of the post is from Bernhardt.

Did you want a paint color?- I like Restrained Gold from Sherwin Williams for the bottom- and Mannered Gold for your upper wall. Always get sample quarts. I can't really select paint from pictures.

On an unrelated note- do I know you? Your name (which I won't say on the blog) sounded totally familiar. If I don't know you- I know someone else with your same name. BYU? LA? Sorry for the bad memory...

xoxox

Christine