February 13, 2015
Then somebody suggests putting color on your ceilings and you turn your head sideways in puzzlement and say, “What?“
I remember when I first heard this and thought, “Why have I never thought of this before?“
Starting With A Clean Slate
That is what happened when we first had our house in Northern Kentucky built. What an overwhelming experience it was choosing flooring, paint, doors, etc. I think I could do a better job today, but with each home, you learn what you like and what you would change.
At first, all the walls were painted an antique white, a clean slate. Jon-Michael’s room was the first to undergo the color transformation. I chose the color Blue Reef from Sherwin Williams paints.
Dave was getting ready to leave for a week. As I rolled the first bit of that beautiful color on the ceiling, Dave was not convinced. I told him it is just paint. If we didn’t like it, we could paint over it. I have to admit, that first bit of color on the ceiling was rather jarring, kind of like a blank canvas and the first stroke of your brush, intimidating and exhilarating all at once.
After I painted the walls and the ceiling, I found myself loving it. The beautiful color just enveloped me. The stark white contrast of the ceiling was gone and there was a smooth transition from the ceiling to the walls.
When Dave returned, he went to Jon-Michael’s room, sat on the bed and just looked at the ceiling, at the walls and at the room in silence. He admitted he liked it, which is huge coming from this man who is very frugal with compliments!
That was just the beginning, good-by white ceilings!
Having an open floor plan on the first floor, I did choose different colors for some of the rooms, using the same row of color on the color fan. (Click here ► Foolproof Way to Choose Paint Colors.)
Linking The Rooms With Color – Cross-Pollination
Since I wanted to link the rooms together with color, the ceiling in the dining room was painted the same Colony Blue as the living room walls. The Hunters Tan on the dining room walls was painted on the ceiling in the living room. The entry between the two rooms, the ceiling flowing into the family room and the family room walls were all painted the Hunters Tan. The kitchen walls are painted Jade Green and the ceiling is painted Hunters Tan, too.
The tan painted walls flow from one room to another but they don’t seem to be too boring because of the other colors woven throughout the rooms.
It has created a really nice flow from one room to the other. Remember that your walls are usually the background for your beautiful things, not the focus. (A focal wall is an exception.) Have no fear, it’s easy to wrap yourself in color that you will love!
