Glam room - Looking Up!!

Last time, I left you looking at a freshly painted room in need of some trim!!

I trimmed out the cubbies I built, the window, and Les helped me add crown molding around the ceiling.  

Before I show you all of that, let's look up; up at the ceiling.  

We actually look at the ceiling a lot in a bedroom,

 I mean how many times do we lay on the bed and stare at the ceiling?  

Every time I do a room I say,

 "This time I'm going to do something with the ceiling."  

But it seems I get tired, it's just not a good idea, or I just chicken out!!!

Not this time. 

This time I was determined I was going to dress up the ceiling!!

I started with a plain white ceiling and a common flush mount light fixture. I wanted to add some drama and depth. A dark rectangle was my solution. I figured out how big I wanted my rectangle then I marked it out on the ceiling with a yardstick and pencil. Then I taped it off.

I painted the inside of my ceiling rectangle a darker gray. 

 (This is actually the color I had on hand and used to create the wall color in my last post here.  Using the same paint ensured that the two colors would look good together.)

Once I pulled down the tape I had a huge grey rectangle in the sky!!

I wasn't sure if I liked it, but I told myself to just follow through with my plan.  

So, next I used some simple door trim painted white and framed out the rectangle.  

You can see how it turned out in just a minute.

Let me just say, trim transforms everything!!!

Before I show you that, 

I want to talk about changing out that boring light fixture.

Long ago I had picked up this old dirty chandelier at the Restore for $10. 

Can I say Emilee was not thrilled about this light fixture. 

 She thought it was ugly and not sure why I wanted to put it in her room. 

 But I could see past the dirt and grime to it's true beauty.  

Here's the before.

One day I told Em to come help me clean her light. 

 We took the whole thing apart and gave it a super great cleaning. 

 I covered the candle covers with stainless steal vinyl and put that baby all back together.

 I will let you in on a little secret,

 this is not plastic, 

it is glass!!  

Can you say sparkle?

This chandelier looks like a million bucks now!! 

 I love how it catches the light.
We installed it with a 10" ceiling medallion I bought at Salvation Army for $2.
Million dollar look for $12!!!
Notice the auradescent light bulbs.
 The bumpy texture throws the light into a beautiful pattern on the ceiling at night.
This chandelier came with these light bulbs, but you can get them at Walmart.

Let's compare before and after I glamorized the bones of this room.

-Painted the yellow fire alarm a crisp white

-Painted and trimmed out the gray rectangle

-Added new sparkly chandelier

-Crown molding

-Trimmed out window

Here is a close up of the window trim detail.

Here is another view so you can see the trimmed out cubbies.

Don't you think it's looking glamorous?

 Now I can work on filling up this room with glam details.
I am so glad I didn't chicken out on my ceiling plans this time!
I love this ceiling detail.
 It really makes the over all look and feel of the room.
  I like how the darker area sets off the chandelier.
 I must say, working with a ceiling can be challenging, especially to your neck!!
 Looking up and working against gravity is not easy.
  But I think it's worth it.

Thanks for stopping by!!