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Pitched ceiling walls/ceiling dilemma

7 years ago

I've got a smallish room with almost half of it having a pitched ceiling.
I'm planning on painting the furthest back wall a dark inky blue, and the remaining 3 walls a warm grey, and keeping skirting and ceilings etc white.

I saw an article that suggesting painting the slopes section the same colour as the walls, however I feel this won't work as there's no "corner" where the slope meets the ceiling to give it a natural end point!

If I could make it work, I was considering making the whole corner the dark blue including that section of sloped ceiling to make it stand out more. Or do people think I should just stick to the vertical walls and keep the sloped bits white like the ceiling?

What do people suggest? (It's not staying as an office, will become a snug with bookcases and a sofa with the sofa on that back wall!)

Thanks for any suggestions!

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Gabby Wong
Original Author

6 years ago

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone that gave suggestions!

Didn't end up painting the whole room dark, kept it relatively light and bright, but with the lights on, it's super cosy - I love it!

Used a lot of masking tape to zone off all the areas, but definitely worth it!

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Anna Auzins Interiors Ltd.
7 years ago
Hi, Gabby,

If the sofa is going on that back wall, there really is no reason why you shouldn't paint the entire area the dark colour; it really depends on what kind of atmosphere you want to create -- what kind of lighting you will have there (a reading light?), etc.

Sloped ceilings are scope for doing interesting things, and in a room that size it can be fun to play with the proportions, and what you suggest might do just that.
Gabby Wong
Original Author
7 years ago
I think I just don't know how I'd end it at the ceiling, as it curves into the ceiling. Also the other wall extends along and I don't know if it would look weird ending the blue part way along the wall? (Sorry the pics aren't v good!)
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Anna Auzins Interiors Ltd.
7 years ago
That's always the problem; the simple way is just to end it in line with where the dormer window starts (making sure you get a sharp line!); another way is to make it even more of a feature and extend the dark colour at an angle -- so drawing a 45 degree line on the sloping wall and into the dormer and having the dark colour below that, and the white above. Not sure if I'm explaining that well.

The first just defines that end zone; the second makes a big play of the dark colour. In any case it is important to use a good decorator's tape to get the line perfectly sharp.
Carolina
7 years ago
Why not paint everything dark blue? All walls, including the ceiling. Test a couple of colours out in the lightest and darkest spots in the room to see how they look. But I think that it will look spacious, because you lose the borders in the room, if I'm explaining that right.
minnie101
7 years ago
I agree with Carolina. I just added the 2nd pic as it's hard to tell where the ceiling starts!
Carolina
7 years ago
Minnie found some great examples. I've put together what's in my mind when I think about a cosy reading snug....
Gabby Wong
Original Author
7 years ago
I did think about doing the whole room dark, however we're potentially looking to move in a couple of years time, and worry the whole room being dark would put people off... especially as it's the smallest bedroom so more of a nursery for most people!

Where as with so much white around as well I thought it still keeps it more appealing to a wider ranger of people? Like in the pic below!

If it was my forever house I'd def consider the whole room dark!

Where are those dark shelves from? They're gorgeous! Also have been looking at that brass side table from made!

Lighting wise I'm thinking of lamps, but more general/uplighter rather than spotlights and have the lamp below to go in as well, although that's more coppery than brass!
Daisy England
7 years ago
Sometimes too much dark is depressing. Personally I couldn't cope with it all dark blue. It's enclosing.
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7 years ago
Another idea would be to paint the walls, ceiling and back wall (so everything) only from where the dormer window starts, and paint the rest a light colour. So you're creating a niche for your sofa, with paint. Cosy. If you hang a bright/light coloured piece of art on that back wall, it will lift it again too.

I just plucked the dark bookcase image from the web, no idea where they are from. Sorry.
Carolina
7 years ago
I like that copper lamp too. I went for brass, but copper and dark blue is a chic combo too.
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7 years ago
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Carolina
6 years ago
Looks fun, must have been a lot of sticking and peeling, but the result looks great :-) Thanks for showing us what you did.

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