Painting Ideas for a Bedroom With an Angled Ceiling

Blend It In

• If your angled ceiling starts low and makes your room feel cramped, like it's closing in on you, paint the ceiling the same color as the rest of your walls. Using a monochromatic paint scheme essentially camouflages the slant, so it draws less attention. Use light neutral colors, such as white, light beige or a pale gray to make the entire room feel more open, including the low slanting ceiling.

Make It Lighter

• If you want to make your ceiling seem higher, make it the same color as your wall in a shade or two lighter. When you choose your wall color, choose a lighter color from the same paint chip to go on the ceiling. Painting a sloped ceiling lighter than the walls will give the illusion of height, so a low slant won't seem so visually imposing.

Make It Darker

• While some people enjoy large, open bedrooms, others want to come home to a room that feels cozy, casual and comfortable. High angled ceilings can make a room seem too formal and open to achieve that warm-little-nook feeling that makes you want to cuddle up at night. To remedy the problem, paint your angled ceiling a darker color. Darker colors add visual weight to a ceiling, making it appear lower.

Make it Brighter

• If your room doesn't get as much light as you like, use your angled ceiling as a reflector. Choose a satin or semigloss finish paint. The sheen of satin and semigloss paints will reflect both natural and artificial light around the room, brightening it up. Light can lend to the illusion of spaciousness.

Make Details Pop

• If your angled ceiling has any architectural details, highlight them to draw attention. Crown molding, window casings and ceiling beams offer you an opportunity to use a contrasting color that will draw attention to a vaulted or cathedral ceiling. Even a minor color difference, such as an antique white ceiling against crisp white molding and window casings, is enough to showcase the ceiling as the distinctive feature it is.