| Add a little color to your life by painting | | | | starters, price. Ceiling paint is cheaper, |
| that often ignored canvas above your | | | | but don't start calculating how much money |
| head-your ceiling. | | | | you can save by painting your walls with |
| | | | ceiling paint. There's a reason it's |
| Consider changing the atmosphere in your home | | | | cheaper-ceiling paint doesn't contain some of |
| by painting your ceilings. They don't have to | | | | the expensive ingredients that make wall |
| be replicas of the Sistine Chapel, but a new | | | | paint resistant to smudge marks and easy to |
| color above your head will dramatically | | | | clean. Ceiling paint is also chalkier than |
| change the feeling of your room. Even a hint | | | | wall paint, and can be easily damaged in high |
| of color can make a difference. A light peach | | | | traffic areas. Ceiling paint is a flat paint |
| on the ceiling will brighten a room with a | | | | that will not show imperfections as easily as |
| warm rosy hue much more than a cold white. | | | | glossier wall paint. It is also a thicker |
| | | | paint, designed to reduce splatter when |
| Paint can also be used to change the | | | | applied. |
| appearance of height of a ceiling. To bring | | | | |
| the ceiling lower in a cavernous room, make | | | | While ceiling paint is exclusively for use on |
| the walls a dark color and the ceiling white. | | | | the ceiling, wall paint is a bit more |
| This will bring the eye to a firm point where | | | | versatile. It works quite well on ceilings |
| the wall ends and the ceiling begins, making | | | | since it is easier to tint than ceiling |
| the ceiling seem closer. Blurring that line | | | | paint, so you will be able to get the exact |
| of demarcation between the walls and the | | | | color you desire. Ceiling paints appear in |
| ceiling will create the effect of a high | | | | far fewer colors-generally a variation on the |
| ceiling, since the eye cannot tell where the | | | | "white" theme. Recently, however, Martha |
| boundary exists between the wall and the | | | | Stewart introduced some color to the ceiling |
| ceiling. | | | | paint world, and other companies will likely |
| | | | follow suit, expanding your options for |
| Once you've made up your mind to begin this | | | | colorful ceilings. |
| project the next step is to determine what | | | | |
| kind of paint to use. You'll find you are | | | | You don't have to be Michelangelo to have a |
| faced with two genres-ceiling paint or wall | | | | fabulous ceiling. A little know-how and some |
| paint. How much of a difference can there be | | | | paint can change your life-or at least your |
| in paint, you may wonder. A lot. For | | | | living room! |