IF YOU’RE LOOKING to put a room’s décor over the top, lacquer up, say interior design pros. The multi-layered technique yields a mirror-like finish, and when applied to a ceiling, says interior ...

Interior designers are drawing attention to underappreciated home trends in 2026, from treating ceilings as a 'fifth wall' to ...

Never forget about the fifth wall when it comes to interior design. Ceilings—which are often overlooked by homeowners—are a blank canvas for designers. "I'm a huge proponent that ceilings are the ...

Most home decor conversations circle the same names over and over: Japandi, quiet luxury, cottagecore. Those trends are real, ...

When you step into a truly luxurious home, you feel it: an almost imperceptible lift, a weightlessness, as though the house itself is breathing elegance. While finishes and furniture play their parts, ...

The ceiling is no longer a forgotten surface in interiors. Designers are finding creative ways to maximize the “fifth wall,” bringing texture, dimension, and contrast into their spaces. From painting ...

Statement ceilings are grabbing attention with bold colors, patterns and textures. “Ceilings are certainly that fifth wall that you can play with when designing a space,” said interior designer Marina ...

IN DISNEY’S 1950 animated film “Cinderella,” the eponymous heroine is consigned to sleeping in an ostensibly punishing attic room. Despite dreary stone walls and rough-hewn floorboards, however, her ...

Forget boring white ceilings — the big interior design craze these days is covering the fifth wall in the room with wallpaper. While the idea isn’t entirely new — it’s been around for a few years — it ...

AN INTERIOR pro has claimed that people need to stop painting their ceilings white. It’s a mistake that we’re all making, but according to Interior Advisor Claire, who also calls herself an ‘Interior ...