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The Fifth Wall

Dressing Ceilings to Dazzle

By Laurie L. Dove

And decorating the ceiling of your baby's nursery is a great way to add an interesting scene – babies spend a lot of time gazing up at the ceiling. Nursery ceilings are the perfect spot for colorful murals. Don't worry that you'll never be a Michelangelo – many companies now create wall coverings that look like hand-painted masterpieces!

Once a ceiling is finished with the desired covering or paint, creative lighting can be used to further enhance the area. Rope lights and fiber optic rope lights are becoming a popular choice. The tube-encased lights can be hidden within a crown moulding to provide soft, ambient light that runs the circumference of a ceiling, and both are a relatively inexpensive way to add another layer of light to a room.

Layered light is the newest way to highlight decorated ceilings. By using, for instance, a lighted ceiling fan, indirect lighting with recessed cans and fiber optic rope lighting, layered lighting can add warmth and dimension not only to a ceiling, but to an entire room.

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