When decorating a room, it is easy to forget the simple yet dramatic effects that ceiling enhancements can create. Usually people think only about replacing furniture, painting walls, changing out floors, and substituting plain lighting fixtures for more dramatic ones.
While all of these home improvements can be beneficial, let us not forget the simplicity of ceiling accents. Just because ceilings are over our heads, does not mean we need to be in over our heads when it comes to this area of improvement. By means of a few simple touches, you can add ambience with little time effort, or cost.
There are many ways to enhance a ceiling; crown moulding, paint, recessed lighting and coffered ceilings are among the favorites. Affordable and simple alternatives such as ceiling medallions, quickly add style and elegance. These decorative trim accents enrich interior spaces, bringing life to dull ceilings. Ceiling medallions add character and definition. They easily transform plain rooms to elaborate spaces.
Featuring an open inner diameter, ceiling medallions make the perfect complement to chandeliers and lighting fixtures. Ceiling fans can also go from ordinary to ornate with the addition of patterned ceiling medallions. Traditional and common place lighting fixtures progress to unique illuminated facets, adding elegance, as well as depth. By adding these simple elements to your ceiling, you can create a sophisticated and an attractive focal point in any room.
Ceiling medallions, like many architectural and decorative elements come in a variety of styles, sizes and substrates. From simple to ornate, traditional to contemporary, your options are limitless. Popular for good reason, are polyurethane medallions or resin medallions.
These medallions are an excellent choice, as they exemplify versatility and affordability, which are just two reasons to go this route. Ceiling medallions crafted from resin or urethane offer durability, as well as feasibility. Urethane makes painting easy, as its surface is smooth. Resin medallions take stain well, making them an ideal alternative to real wood. Unlike traditional materials, urethane and resin won’t crack or warp with time, so they retain their beauty for many years. In addition there are hundreds of designs to choose from, making customization a simple task. Ceiling medallions are available in sizes as small as 4” in diameter upwards to 50” or more. Regardless of the size of room or fixture of which you’re looking to enhance, there are plenty of options available.
While most people towards ceiling medallions as an accent piece to dress up a formal dining room, these ceiling accents are ideal resources for enhancing our everyday rooms as well. Centered over a kitchen island or butcher block with a unique lighting fixture such as a pendant light makes for a warm and prominent statement. Regardless how these versatile ceiling enhancements are used, you are destined to bring life and enrichment to any interior room. Reducing the amount of labor, time and money associated with typical home improvements, ceiling medallions have easily become one of the easiest yet most effective home renovation resources available today.
Article courtesy Of Architectural Depot.com
