In many homes, especially older ones or condos designed to look avante-garde there are shifting ceiling heights including rooms with walls that are awkwardly tall. This makes it difficult to make a room look intimate or cozy. Fortunately there are some tricks you can use to try and make the space seem cozier.
If you have a tall all one choice you have is to use taller décor to help play up how majestic the height is. Tall walls look beautiful augmented with real or artificial tall trees, bamboo sticks and reeds. You can also build a tall self-sufficient water that does not have much of a pool to help decorate this part of an apartment.
Another great use of a tall wall is to use it as a wall to display vintage and heirloom antiques. You can also opt for open shelving and stand back from a distance to see it all displayed. By choosing the right shelving you can also follow the unique line of the wall by cutting the shelves a certain way.
If the windows are really tall you may have to use extra tall curtain treatments to get rid of the sense that room is not that private. Tall sheers can do a lot for softening the harshness of the light that can be caused by windows that are too big and too tall.
In general color can do a lot to trick the eye into making the ceiling feel lower. Light weight fabrics and simple window treatments can help make the place look nicer.
Painting a room a darker color and extending it to the ceiling can also help a room seem smaller.
Linking up a number of bookshelves against the wall can help bring the height of any very tall wall visually. The clutter of the bookshelf makes the whole room seem shorter.
Yet another tactic is to buy very large artwork that can cover the area. If one large art work cannot be found then consider covering the area with a mural. Covering the wall with several large works can also help camouflage an extremely high wall.
Finally, you can try adding a beam that crosses the wall to help the room look smaller. Add several beams for a lovely effect that helps foreshorten the ceiling. A room with low beams and an extra large fireplace with a huge mantelpiec3e can make a large room look a lot smaller.