How to Visually Raise Low Ceilings?

Designers often encounter low ceilings in apartments. Solving this issue is not complicated: we share the most effective techniques.

Paint it to Match the Walls

Ekateryna Logvinova used this technique when decorating a studio apartment. The space became airy, and the ceilings seemed weightless.

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Choose a Wide Baseboard

A wide baseboard in a small apartment helps 'scale down' the proportions: visually, the space appears larger and the ceilings seem higher. See how this technique was used by designers from Studio '20:18'.

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Camouflage the Baseboard and Ceiling Molding

The wide baseboard and ceiling molding in this house are painted the same color as the walls. This is a favorite trick of designer Elena Skutova for visually increasing ceiling height.

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Leave a Light Band Near the Ceiling

Designer Olga Chernenko did not paint the walls up to the ceiling but left a ten-centimeter white strip. A great alternative to ceiling molding.

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Paint in Black

In small spaces like hallways, black graphite paint and mirror walls can help 'dissolve' the ceiling into the space, as seen in the project by Studio Mikhail Novinsky.

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Add Vertical Elements to the Interior

You can use wallpaper in vertical stripes, hang posters in vertical formats, or use moldings. You can also install a louvered partition, as in Anna Shvetz's project.

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Draw Attention to the Floor

For this purpose, Anna Erman chose a larger-than-usual parquet floor: it diverts attention from the small space and makes the ceiling appear higher.

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Use Lighting

You can install perimeter lighting around the ceiling to make it seem to 'float' in space. But it's even simpler to add light fixtures with long suspension chains, as in the project by Bureau 'Common Area'.

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