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[badbunny.livejournal.com]

I know this is sort of off topic (I'm sorry!) but I was wondering if any of you could give me soe help I'm in the proccess of drawing up the plans for redoing my room but I don't know what to do with the cieling living it white wont fit and paint it black or one of the pinks on the walls seems a little off to me as well so I was hoping someone could help me with an idea

This is what the walls will look like

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[horsey5588.livejournal.com]

Plus, black and darker colors make the room darker. The reason ceilings are white is mostly so that the light reflects. I agree with tsuki_no_hana, with the white/lighter pink. You could always put white molding around the top to give it a clean, professional feel.

I love your design, btw.

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[badbunny.livejournal.com]

Oh yes yes there will be black crown molding I don't know what kind though because my ceiling is shaped so funny. As for the bows uh it's sort of a stencil... I didn't buy it as one what I'm using for it was what was left from a punch out of a bow tie for a balloon animal kit!

Pink and pink clashes terrible

[avant-gauche.livejournal.com]

I agree with alot of what the last comment said. Painting it a paler pink would work better. You might also consider have a matt stripe and a gloss stripe in the same color that way it wont clash as much. cute idea thought. I think you should also choose a pink with more yellowy tones rather than blue or purple.

[nerutenkaze.livejournal.com]

black ceilings collect dust and eat light. I have one :D

[marle777.livejournal.com]

As a studying interior designer (^__^), I must agree with Avant Gauche on every point. I would highly suggest doing a matte and gloss stripe treatment and going with a more delicate pink. If you can, definitely do crown moulding as it improves the room's appearance 100%.

As for the ceiling, stay away from black for sure (unless it's super glossy), do it in a light pink if your color palette is strictly light pink, med. pink and black.

To achieve the glossy stripe effect with one single paint color, paint & let it dry for 24 hours, tape off your stripes and using a small roller, apply a water-based polyurethane finish to the glossy stripe areas. Let the finish dry and remove the tape.

Here is a picture I've uploaded to show the effect this creates: Polyurethane Stripes (http://img17.photobucket.com/albums/v51/marle777/Photos/polyurethanestripes.png)

[badbunny.livejournal.com]

Ya a fellow not quite yet interior designer! I wasn't really going to go with a glossy paint because I don't like how it looks. Forgive me for asking I'm not good at names but who is Avant Gauche? At the moment I only know TV interior designers. >.> I was thinking about painting the ceiling a lighter pink but it seemed kinda plain. Also I had a question, I really have t wait 24 hours before doing the stripes?

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[avant-gauche.livejournal.com]

I'm avant gauche my is the second/fourth comment

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[badbunny.livejournal.com]

Don't I feel real dumb right about now...

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[marle777.livejournal.com]

You only have to wait 24 hours if you were going to do the polyurethane type stripes over top of the paint. The 24 hours is needed for the paint to cure completely. If you are going to do two different color stripes, you just have to make sure the areas you tape off are completely dry or else the tape will pull off the paint.

If you do crown moulding, the light pink will be fine on the ceiling. I know light colors on the ceiling seem boring, but dark colors do absorb the light and make the room feel as if it's closing in on itself. You could always do an interesting faux finish for the ceiling to make it more visually interesting if you like. But as long as the rest of the room is color coordinated and designed well, the ceiling will not really be of much concern.

[christinablue.livejournal.com]

This may sound whacked because it'll probably be very hard to imagine; but I'm seeing a pretty dark blue sky with stylized hand painted stars (and a lot of them. Different shapes, sizes...NOT an average five point star.) to create a sort of cute dreamy nursery feel. Though the backdrop would be dark; the stars, depending on how many, would open it up. :)

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[christinablue.livejournal.com]

...with black molding around it. (Heh, liked the black molding idea stated above.)

[badbunny.livejournal.com]

o.o Is there a stencil for that? I'd die if I had to hand paint them.

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[christinablue.livejournal.com]

Actually, its super easy and anyone could do it. Simply pick a dark blue you love, and buy some white paint, and silver and gold paint. You won't need a whole bucket or anything, just enough to do the stars.

Take a small paint brush, and using white create one line, pushing down for the middle part of the line, and lighten up as you go out on each ends to create a point. Then create a diagonal line the same way (Though, you won't have to push down as much because you already have the middle you need) and just so random in different positions. Rotate each star in different sizes. Once the white has dried, go over every other star with silver, and another with gold by dabbing your brush very lightly with the paint. You don't want to cover the white paint, in fact you want the silver and gold to be hardly noticable. You just want a shimmery glaze.

The stars don't have to, and really shouldn't look perfect. That's the charm of this effect.

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[badbunny.livejournal.com]

I like the sky idea a lot but I think I'd paint the sky pink and put some clouds and a little border maybe something like

But I don't know if I like the idea of painted stars or maybe some little stars hanging at different lengths

[https://users.livejournal.com/-anal/]

I say leave it white, it would like great to my eyes.

[badbunny.livejournal.com]

To me white is an eyesore

[rocococious.livejournal.com]

Just an idea here ... why not try using cloth for the ceiling?

One of my friends did this absolutely wonderful thing on her ceiling where she got some really nice, semi-sheer fabric (not quite gauze, but something like it ... quite like muslin, I think, except not as heavy) - the stuff that she had was white with tiny gold threads through it and little golden crowns on it - and then, after cutting out small holes for the ceiling lights, she used strong tacks (heart shaped ... :3) to hold it to the ceiling, putting the tacks in squares with each about 75cm appart or so.

The result was that she had loose, cloudlike shapes draping down ... it's quite a tricky thing to do, but it looks marvelous when done nicely! :3 It would probably make a small room or one without too much natural light feel smaller, though.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do - the walls in that picture look adorable! ^-^

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[badbunny.livejournal.com]

That soundlike a lovely idea although it would never work in my room ;.; at it is very small but the rason it wouldn't work well is because half the cieling slants. Thanks for the idea anyway!

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[marle777.livejournal.com]

If your ceiling has a sharp angle and isn't one continuous piece, you could paint the flat part of it one shade of pink and the slanted part the other shade you're using. ^__^