I often see “no crown moulding” as an advantage in decorative painting.
The ceiling is the “fifth wall” and is usually ignored.
Here are a few examples:
This little girls nursery has a lot of funky angles in the room, the “canopy”, created by the scrolly border enabled the funky lines to be incorporated into the design. The light colors keep it soothing and calm.
Here, the same idea applies, in the two shades of lavender and green accents. There is no design on the ceiling-but the whole room is painted shades of lavender.
This hot pink and green is a little more fun.
Here there is a little bit of moulding that we totally ignored, and carried the dots from the walls onto the ceiling.
Start thinking about that fifth wall !
Tags: cool kids rooms, decorative paint, Nurseries, painting rooms with no crown moulding, what to do with funky ceiling angles
I have a small powder room below my stairs and have wanted to stencil using the Bea stencil I purchased several months ago and have been afraid to start. My concern are the corners of the walls and one wall is almost completely covered by a mirror. Should I start in the middle of the largest wall and work out or start in the corner closes to the mirror? Look forward to your response.
Margaret
Margaret-
I try to space the stencils on each wall so you do not have to go into the corners. The beauty of paint!
What size stencil did you buy- that will help me help you.
Sunny
Sunny,
I purchased a small Bea. I painted the walls a dark Navy and purchased your gold stencil paint also. Thank you for your response. I love the blog and all the pictures!
Margaret
Can you tell me what the colors are for the hot pink and green room? Also is it a color wash or glaze? I think this would be perfect for my younger daughter’s room and I’d love to order it!
Yes!-
I used Bubble Gum Pink (which is a mixture of our palm beach pink colour wash 20 oz with ruby red glaze 4 oz) on a white base coat- mix it up and wash it on like you are cleaning the walls with the paint mixture.
The lime green dots are a Benjamin Moore color- #403 with the Sunny’s Irregular Dot Stencil.
It is a great room! I hope you do it for your daughter! let me know if you have any other questions!
Yay! I am placing my order now. What color did you use for the darker pink swirls? And also is that a stencil as well or freehand?
I drew the swirls freehand with chalk first and then painted over the chalk- I just mixed up a hot pink- you do not need very much for this- so I would get the pink from a craft store- one or two of those little $2 bottles will do it!
have fun!
Sunny
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I am trying to find a color close to the Lily Pultzar colors of pink and green. Do you have any suggestions.
Is there anyway to get a stencil for the scrolls or do you have any suggestions on how to paint them for a non-professional painter?
I usually draw the scrolls on with chalk in the color I am going to paint. This might sound nuts, but I walk around the room and draw a wavy line shoulder height and use that as my measurement- I do not have a scroll stencil…drawing with chalk is the best so you can see it before it is painted, and once you paint it, and it dries, you can wipe off the chalk marks you did not cover.