Six gothy, hippie, neo-classical ceiling alternatives for when you need something not-white to stare at

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Remember the brick-ceiling Spanish apartment of Clarisse, her partner, and a friend?

I’ve been thinking about ceilings a lot because sometimes, when I can’t sleep, I stare at the one in my bedroom and wish there was something interesting up there. This is what I’ve found in my research of alternatives to the rough plaster ceiling.

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Crafty Homies, get on this: arrange old embroidery hoops with interesting fabrics.

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Okay, I’m ALL ABOUT this drapey beachy ceiling dressing.

torture ceiling

Curbed recently highlighted a real estate listing, noting the “torture chamber-style” ceilings. I think that’s a little too far.

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Okay, so it’s a whole room of eggshell deepest black, but it’s SO HOT GOTH IT HURTS!

By: Talissa Decor Faux tin ceiling tilesCC BY 2.0

Mmmmmmm, tin paneling. It’s super expensive now — I’ve seen one of those square feet marked for $300 at salvage shops — but there ARE plastic knock-offs which, with a little paint-love, could glam up the top of a room.

What are your favorite ceiling decorating ideas? Photos and links, please!

Comments on Six gothy, hippie, neo-classical ceiling alternatives for when you need something not-white to stare at

  1. That “article” about the pointed ceiling is ridiculous, I would LOVE to have that house, ceilings and all! I’d just rip out the wall paper, re-paint the whole house and decorate it to match the awesome ceilings!

  2. I dont have apicture of it, but growing up the ceiling in my room was COVERED in glow-in-the-dark stars and moons and planets. All colors and shapes and sizes. No night-light needed, by the time they lost the glow…i was asleep! As igot older I used to wish on those stars, and find my own constelations… I plan on doing it for my babies (when we actually have a house with a nursery)

  3. Personally, I don’t think you can go wrong with the good old fashioned glow in the dark stars 😉

    I have a shelf above my bed which I’ve taped a list of goals too. It would be brilliant to one day have a ceiling with all my dreams/goals/hopes stencilled on! Maybe I should put that on the goal list…

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