Decorate A Bedroom With High Ceilings

Don't let tall ceilings keep you from enjoying your bedroom.

A bedroom should be a cozy refuge from the stresses of the world, rather than a sweeping space that makes you feel open and unprotected. If your bedroom has high ceilings and a large floor plan, employ a few tricks with color, texture and design to make the ceiling appear lower and more manageable. If your bedroom has high ceilings but lacks floor space, consider building a loft bed to enjoy the best of both worlds.

Instructions

1. Paint your room with varying shades of warm colors, such as orange, yellow, brown and red, to create the illusion that the walls are coming toward you, rather than moving further away. Warm colors make a room feel cozy and intimate rather than cold and spacious, regardless of ceiling height. Paint the ceiling a darker color than the walls, to create the illusion that the ceiling is lower than it actually is.

2. Choose a bedroom set with a high headboard, as low furniture will call unwanted attention toward your room's high ceilings. The eye will be drawn upward, but not toward the full height of the room. High backed chairs, a high desk and a tall wardrobe will produce similar effects. Consider installing a bed canopy as well, as it gives the illusion of a "false" ceiling in the room.

3. Hang artwork a little lower than eye level to draw the eye downward. Place wall pieces in neat clusters, rather than spread out across the room. Clusters of art keeps attention focused on specific spaces and makes the room feel cozy and unified; art hung high on the wall or art spread out around your bedroom emphasizes space and height.

4. Decorate your floor with warm colored, ornate, richly textured rugs, to draw attention toward the floor.

5. Place tall plants in the corners of the room to camouflage the ceiling's true height. Illuminate the room from the walls rather than the ceiling by using tall floor lamps, wall sconces and low lamps on nightstand tables in lieu of direct overhead lighting.

6. Abandon dramatic window dressings and drapes that emphasize window height by cascading the floor. Use simple window coverings that can be drawn up, such as mini-blinds or decorative shades. Choose short curtains that don't extend the full length of the window or longer curtains that can be pulled inconspicuously aside.

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