13 Ceilings That Will Take Your Design To New Heights

EXAGGERATE YOUR BEST FEATURES

“I love the architect’s roofline. It reminds me of a paper plane,” says designer Alison Knapp. “I had it clad in oak to create warmth on the ceiling.” 

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Art Installation

Floating bubbles of illuminated glass dangle from a brass ceiling plate, drawing your eye around the room.

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Shine Bright

This dramatically dark kitchen gets a burst of light (literally and figuratively) from a gold-hued sunburst light fixture.

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Be brave

"The walnut plank ceilings add intimacy, warmth, and a dynamic that you'd never get with flat, white ceilings," says designer Alison Knapp.

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Studious Luxury

Bold colour adds character to a small space.

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Make it bright

On the living room’s custom bookshelves, Jean Stéphane and Gaëtan opted for a glossy finish for durability and to make the deep teal pop. The ceiling’s surprise shade of robin’s egg blue and the white walls with a blue undertone strike a harmonious chord.

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Character & Comfort

“Wood ceilings run throughout the main floor of the cottage, and the dark-stained decorative beams set the tone for the living room,” says designer Keely Gow. The furnishings are all about comfort: you can curl up on the velvety ochre sectional or choose the classic wingback by the hearth for a little before-bedtime reading.

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First Impressions

The walls are custom panelled and the ceiling wallpapered to add visual heft and create a stately impression.

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Warm & Inviting

The snug second-floor room, which is moody and soporific, features walls and ceilings painted a deep moss green. “The olive velvet on the sectional is nearly the same hue, so the eye moves around without interruption, making the room seem much bigger,” says designer Dimitri Chris.

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Formal yet fun

Light and dark tones bring dynamism to the living room that borders on formal with its beamed ceilings.

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Not too basic

The striking beamed ceiling in the living room slopes down toward a wall of windows that look out to protected land and flood the space with light. Plenty of wood—ceiling beams, floors, furniture—brings warmth to the bright modern interior.

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Get fancy

The grey-painted ceiling punctuates the intricate 19th-century moulding in the great room that we can't take our eyes off of.

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Look up

The ceiling’s patterned wallpaper feels playful. “It’s reminiscent of an antique tin ceiling and I love that nod to tradition,” says designer Stephanie Martin.

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