How To Decorate A Large High Wall In Living Room

How To Decorate A Tall, ii-Story Wall - More Tall Wall Dilemmas!

I've got more tall wall dilemmas to share here, these aren't getting any easier! And get ready to meet the mother of all tall walls, included in this mail!

One design pull a fast one on that has been guiding me here in all these dilemmas that I'd like to signal out, is that if you have an extraordinarily tall or wide wall to deal with, effort to interruption it up somehow.

Equally you've probably noted in this wide wall dilemma mail service and this tall wall dilemma post, I used furniture, floor lamps, and other items to suspension up the space and so that the negative attributes became easier to work with.

I'm going to do that hither with these, below, as well.

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Tall Wall Dilemma #i

The first alpine wall dilemma I'm sharing today is this entrance hall wall, pictured beneath. The homeowner didn't know what to do with this space. She had a console here before, but everything looked brusque and insignificant because of the overall top. The ceiling peak here is 17'.

I like that this super tall and narrow niche is rather isolated. The other side of this niche is a big stair and more open areas. Considering it is off to one side and doesn't reverberate any other architectural feature, I think it is a not bad spot to make it a feature by itself, something not washed anywhere else.

This tall wall niche area in foyer needs addressing. It's a great place to do something interesting and different. — This tall wall niche area in foyer needs addressing. It'southward a great place to do something interesting and different.

You can see the niche from the main floor above. — You tin can see the niche from the primary floor above.

This stair is opposite the tall niche area. — This stair is opposite the alpine niche area.

I recollect this is a keen place for some design and I'm thinking wallpaper!

Because this wall infinite is so alpine and about wallpapers come in 4.5 1000 lengths, I framed out a section of it at about 13'-0" tall here in my sketch, and so we don't have to piece together the length of the run of paper.

Basically, information technology's similar to what I did on these walls below, where I used trim moulding to frame out sections of the wall to receive wallcovering.

I'd similar to keep the wallpaper neutral but a definite simple blueprint.

I probably wouldn't get with a big floral or anything here at the entry. This strie blazon pattern from Thibaut would brand a dainty pattern for this space.

Thibaut, Echo, Wallpaper — Thibaut, Repeat, Wallpaper

I thought the white background looked fresh and would be a overnice dissimilarity to the beige wall color. The gold in the paper sort of reflects that wall color and therefore, makes it a squeamish, neutral mix of color that they already have.

She already has a console directly across from the door downward a few steps, so hither, a demote might piece of work out better. Not a low bench though, I think nosotros demand something with a back here, for height.

I like the shape of this upholstered bench and it comes in a Crypton fabric in a "flax" color, so I think it would expect good in front of the wallpaper.

I'd add a prissy lumbar pillow at that place too, as an accent.

The high upholstered back on this bench is great for a tall wall space.

The cream lumbar pillow will play into the beige and white look here.

A new low-cal fixture is definitely in order, and I love a lantern in a foyer. This lantern works well as a very vertical, long fixture is appropriate. The gilded finish works with the wallpaper and the shape reflects the window as well.

I'd do a bigger rug too in the entry, equally the flooring is very monochromatic. Fifty-fifty a jute or natural cobweb rug would work there, to lighten up the floor and echo the niche a bit.

Some smaller stacked fine art pieces, maybe 24" W ten 18" H, could go directly above the back of the bench. A little gilding on the frames would be nice.

Foyer lantern in gilded iron finish is a tall fixture, perfect for an entry hall. — Foyer lantern in gold iron finish is a alpine fixture, perfect for an entry hall.

A natural fiber jute rug would work well in this entry hall with a dark tile floor. — A natural fiber jute carpet would piece of work well in this entry hall with a night tile floor.

Foyer Entry Hall Tall Wall Sketch - Carla Aston, Designer

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Yous can see that the framed wallcovering sort of breaks up the overall height and the tall back on the bench manipulates that visually as well. The horizontal strie pattern stretches the width of the wall while the artwork sort of plays in here, almost accentuating the superlative.

It counterbalances the other things I've washed and sort of celebrates this tall, dissever niched space.

I dearest that this niche feels special now and very intentionally designed. :-)

Tall Wall Dilemma #two

This is it! The mother of all tall walls!

Problem tall fireplace wall. It's toooo tall looking. What can we do to minimize it?

This really tall fireplace wall was causing the homeowner problems, not knowing what to do with it to make it all not look so plain and sooooo tall.

That is one alpine fireplace wall, isn't it?

One of my weblog readers sent me this room and another room in my earlier round of wall decor posts. At that time, I struggled with this wall and worked on the other 1 she submitted instead.

Well, she submitted this again, and then I wanted to address this one for her, particularly since I had kind of avoided it the first time. :-)

She had asked about cladding the fireplace in some rock material, and then I know she is thinking about a piffling chip of remodeling. And in calorie-free of the primary problems that I saw with this space, I felt a little redo here could be really worth it.

What's making this wall seem even taller than information technology is?

That really skinny fireplace center department that isn't broken up at all.
All three sections look sooooo narrow and tall and are then unadorned, architecturally.
The tall bookcases would seem to make sense hither, but they really don't contribute to helping this space experience more outgoing or inviting.

I'g also not a fan of the striped upshot of the paint job at the perimeter of the ceiling. Basically the painter did vertical surfaces in the wall colour and horizontal surfaces, the ceiling colour. No doubt the textures on those surfaces repeat that as well.

When y'all look upward, however, it all just reads every bit a ceiling, doesn't it?

Wait at the top of the fireplace where it hits the ceiling. That vertical space bleeds into i of the verticals at the stepped ceiling. So that's an issue if I wanted to paint it yet colour.

Back to the tall wall.

I think we need to architecturally interruption up the height of this wall.

I would suggest widening the heart fireplace section, calculation about vi" on each side of the fireplace up to virtually 2/3 of the style upwards. I'd then cap that with a crown of sorts. That lower section can be tiled or done with a stacked stone look.

This stacked stone would work well on their fireplace wall. It's a light, neutral color, and won't fight with the tile floor they currently have.

Designer Tip - Whenever you are doing a wainscot or tiling office way upward a wall, etc., be careful not to cutting the room in half. It's helpful to become either higher or lower, and so that one role can boss. That'southward what I did hither. I want the lower part to dominate, and so I didn't just split the room in half.

The telly could exist lowered a flake and changed out to "The Frame" TV…..then that it looks like artwork when it's non turned on.

I'd come down a chip on each side and run the moulding beyond that dorsum wall to again, intermission upward that wall and the verticality in that location.

I'd put more of that stacked stone or tile back there then that it creates more of a unified horizontal look to the shorter section of wall there. This textile could be a honed marble tile or some other finish, but I recollect the stacked stone would be appropriate for their stone tile floor.

2 Story Fireplace Tall Wall Makeover Sketch - See the

Regarding the tall bookcases, I am hoping they can use those in another room, considering I'd like to meet them replaced here.

Why? Because they're large and they crave a lot of stuff to put on them. Information technology looks like there's by and large picture frames on the shelves. That'due south probably not ideal for a living room like this. It appears a footling cluttered and spotty.

I merely think the wall needs fewer small items and instead, bigger bolder, items to work with these alpine spaces.

I'd put two bold consoles in the niche areas with tall mirrors above. With a large vase and some branches, this would feel much less chaotic than bookshelves and hold your focus more.

This console would make a nice modern statement on each side of the fireplace and work well with the rest of the furniture in the room. — This console would brand a nice mod statement on each side of the fireplace and work well with the remainder of the furniture in the room.

A tall antique mirror would look great on the creamy white stacked stone tile. — A tall antiquarian mirror would look slap-up on the flossy white stacked rock tile.

To me, the consoles work more with the rest of the furniture in this room and the mirrors will reflect some light into those shadowy niches.

In summary, on this tall fireplace wall….

…..equally the wall is now, your eye just runs all the way up to the ceiling because there's nothing stopping you. Breaking the wall up in this way keeps your heart lower and more focused on the bolder pieces. It's doesn't experience like just a long track to the ceiling anymore.

Once the architectural modifications are done, and so the white painted stripes under the ceiling area can be painted to match the wall. It would create a cleaner look and help you focus on the new fireplace material and the bold consoles.

Oh, and I'd go low-cal, creamy white with all the paint and finishes. It'south just going to work ameliorate with the furnishings and create this actually upwardly-to-date, lovely living room. :-)

I know….information technology'south a lot to practise.

And I'm certain an easier, magical gear up would take been desired. However, it's a big problem wall that wasn't designed and congenital thoughtfully in the first identify.

Okay, I'm kinda worn out. I've had a real pattern work out!

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