room painting question...

[AmazingGrace]

We're fixing to paint Grace's room a pale lime green. In the pat we've had popcorn ceilings. This house, we have smooth celings. I'm thinking we should paint Grace's ceiling. Dh says we should leave it white. what do you all think. I nver really neoticed people's celings to see what color they are. Is it the norm to paint them to match the walls, or leave them white?

 

[GoodFairies]

I would leave the ceiling white in this instance.

 

[Southern4sure]

I agree..leave the ceiling white. I think painting the ceiling would be too much green.

 

[jbmom]

I agree leave the ceiling white.

 

[NMAmy]

With a bright color like lime green, I'd leave it white.

DD's room is Sponge Bob Bikini Bottom Blue. It's very bright--the white ceiling and wood floor look great. I was really surprised with how well it turned out.

 

[I'mNoPrince]

You can look at DDs TINK ROOM in my Sig.

With the green at the top of the wall she wanted a light blue sky ceiling. I think it all came together great. So we went with painting it.

 

[lg3]

We frequently paint our ceilings. You do need to be careful with the lime green. I would paint the ceiling a white that has a tinge of the cool green hue to it, which should be very easy to find. It would look better than stark white IMO.

 

[JMD]

Depends on the color of the green, if its too bright you may be better off painting the ceilings white.

Either way, remember its only paint. If you don't like the way it looks you can always paint over it.

 

[AmazingGrace]

You can look at DDs TINK ROOM in my Sig.

With the green at the top of the wall she wanted a light blue sky ceiling. I think it all came together great. So we went with painting it.

That is the exact shade of green I'm looking for. What is is called and where did you get it?
Thanks!!!

 

[Freyja]

I´d leave it white.

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

Smooth ceilings are the best!

Think of it as your fifth wall!

If you're doing a pale lime on the walls, try a pale lavender on the ceiling, with a crisp white crown moulding in between. If you don't like lavender, try the palest turquoise blue you can find. Remember, blue really intensifies, so go several shades lighter than you think you want. The secret to a good ceiling color is picking a shade much lighter and subtler than you think you want because the color really intensifies on the ceiling.

If you don't have crown moulding to paint crisp white, mask off the last six inches of the wall to the ceiling and paint it a bright white with maybe a dark lime edging of about 1". You can do this with masking tape.

We did our master bedroom in "honeydew" by american tradition, which is a crip apple/lime green, with a white trim. It rocks! We're installing can lights in the smooth ceiling, so it's just white right now.