Use large furniture and decor to balance the scale of the room.
It's often difficult to decorate rooms with high ceilings because they can feel cold and disproportionate. It's easy for furniture and decor pieces to become lost inside the room and look inappropriate for their scale. There are, however, several things you can do to overcome these problems. No structural changes are needed; you can change the appearance of the room's size just by the decor you use in it. The key to decorating rooms with high ceilings is balance; everything must appear in proportion without the ceiling taking too much focus.
Instructions
1. Paint the walls a rich, warm color to make the room seem smaller and cozier. Use browns, oranges or reds to create a warm and homey atmosphere. Alternatively, you can maximise the impression of space by decorating the room with white for a modern decor. Wallpaper is an alternative if you don't want to use paint. Horizontal stripes make the ceiling appear closer while large patterns look more proportionate with the room's height than smaller ones.
2. Paint the ceiling a cream, ivory or tan color to make it appear lower. Dark colors might result in a striking impact, but they can make the room look claustrophobic if the walls are painted with color as well.
3. Hang of art at eye level. Higher pieces will draw your attention to the tall ceiling and can make the room feel too big. Choose large pieces that won't be swallowed by the room but instead make an impact. Also select art pieces that match your own personal taste; however, colorful artwork can increase the room's warmth.
4. Decorate the room with large pieces of furniture featuring tall legs and backs. This creates a sense of proportion and scale beneath the tall ceiling. Group any smaller pieces of furniture you're using together to anchor them in the space and give them more prominence.
5. Hang long curtains that drape from the top of the window to the floor. The curtains' heights will help to balance the room's proportions, and full-length styles work equally well with full-sized windows and smaller ones.
6. Hang a large light fixture from the ceiling. A large light fixture will both make the ceiling look smaller and add interest to the room if anybody looks up. Smaller light fixtures might not draw as much attention to the ceiling, but they will make it look much bigger because they don't fit its scale.
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