How to Decorate an Old House With Slanted Ceilings

Some slanted ceilings are easier to work with than others.

Decorating an older house with slanted ceilings can be a bit of a challenge, especially if the ceilings come down low and limit the amount of wall space you have to use for furniture and decor items. The key to decorating in a house with slanted ceilings is to know how much space you have and focus on finding items that will work well within the confines of the space.

Things You'll Need

• Measuring tape
• Decor items
• Paint
• Painting supplies

Instructions

1. Measure your wall space so that you will know how tall an item can be and still fit against your wall. Some older homes have extremely slanted ceilings that only leave a couple of feet between the edge of the ceiling and the floor, making them harder to work with than those that fit a full 8 feet of wall in between ceiling and floor.

2. Select decor items that will fit against your walls. Small bookshelves and curio cabinets, as well as paintings and pictures, can create a nice decorating theme. If you are having a hard time finding items that will fit against your walls, check out antique furniture items, which tend to be smaller than their modern-day counterparts.

3. Position your decoration items in your home as desired. Do not be afraid to move items around in order to create the right look.

4. Paint your ceiling. Because slanted ceilings often take up a significant amount of space, you can bring them into your decorating theme by painting them to accent your room or accentuate your decor and color scheme.

Tips & Warnings

• If you have more wall space in some areas of the room than others, take advantage of those spaces by placing larger items, such as china cabinets, in those spaces.

References

• Apartment Therapy: Design Ideas for Any Room With Sloped Ceilings