Nesting With Grace

by Brooke Christen

Ceilings- Another Wall to Design- How I Designed our 8′ Ceilings

I have wanted to add something to our entry ceilings for about a year, finally did something about it! We have 8′ ceilings throughout our home and with shorter ceilings like that, they are very noticeable. They feel like another wall. We have added shiplap to several ceilings in our house, painted the ceiling a contrasting color, added wood beams and recently wallpapered our entry ceiling.

Entry Ceiling Before-

We have sparrow wallpaper on our entry walls and it felt like they needed to continue to the ceilings. We thought about adding shiplap and paining it a color, but was worried how to trim around that rock wall. Seemed tricky!

Enter After Sparrow Wallpaper-

So we went for it and hung the sparrows on the ceiling!!! Makes me so happy, and all the kids commented how fun it is. The entry now feels like a cozy room to greet our guests!
Sparrow Wallpaper // Star Light Fixture // Arch Armoire // Littlest Muse Art // Farm House Art 

 Evening Walks Art // Quilt Art // Take 2 Steps At A Time Art //  Birds Art // Farmhouse Bowl Art 

Noodle Bench // Sheepskin Rug // Curtains // Console Table // Mirror //

 Velvet Stool // Pleated Lamp // Scallop Bowl // Vintage Rug // Hall Tree // Wall Sconce
We also painted the wood trim detailing in Hague Blue from Farrow & Ball (we had it color matched at Sherwin Willams in semi-gloss). It was a green before and I love the blue so much more!!! It really goes well with our vintage rug.
It wasn’t easy to hang the wallpaper on our ceiling, but I will say it was easier than I thought it would be. I personally think it was a two person job, especially for the longer pieces. Patience and a partner are the key to hanging wallpaper!
The Hague Blue and Sparrow Wallpaper continues around to the bedroom and bathroom doors.
Really love this checkered runner with the wallpaper.
You can see a peek here where we added shiplap to the ceiling up the stairs and painted it to match our office bookcases in Sulking Room Pink. Again, just added some interest to a low ceiling, we did it over both sets of stairs.
See the shiplap over the stairs to our basement, more info here on shiplap.

Girls Room Ceiling

The girls bedrooms both had shiplap on their ceiling, we had the same people who did our finish work do the ceiling. After living in our house for two years, we had it painted to match their bookcase, trim, and doors in Light Blue from Farrow and Ball. The ceiling painted the same color made it feel extra cozy.
I feel like the ceiling painted makes it more of a focal point and you can see the shiplap more.
This is what it looked like before we painted.
PS- get all the sources and details on Lola’s Bedroom, HERE.
And Ella’s shiplap ceiling got painted the same color as her doors, trim, and bookcase in Setting Plaster Farrow & Ball.
In our dining room we added beams, with 8′ ceilings it made it feel taller. I would love to add shiplap between the beams, maybe one day!
This wood ceiling is original to our house, I loved this wood ceiling so much, we just softened the orange tones by pickling the wood.
Bunk Bed DIY- Bedding for bunk bed- twin bedding ideas-
Finn star wallpaper ceiling we hired someone to hang when I was pregnant with Finn. I was impressed Marcin, hung it all by himself!
Bunkbed Room Blog Post HERE 
Paint on Bunkbeds– Gray Benjamin Moore 
Wallpaper– No longer available similar HERE
Also we added shiplap to our office, this is what it looked like before without the ceiling painted.
The after! Adding shiplap to our office and painting it the same color as or trim and doors tied everything together with the wallpaper!
Hope that gives you ideas on adding some character to your ceiling!
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Comments

  1. Sharon Rose says

    I wasn’t sure when you said that you were going to paint the ceilings….but your instincts were right, and it looks beautiful! Same with the wallpapered ceiling. Love it all😍

  2. Joy says

    Hi Brooke! It looks soooo good! It made a big difference! I noticed a curtain panel! lol! Are you going to share that soon? I love it and I am thinking it would be perfect for my son”s bedroom.

    Always love everything you do!

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