After browsing online and exploring the house tours here on Apartment Therapy, I realized there are so many options for introducing some height variety, from a ladder or a high-boy dresser to a leafy plant or a vintage locker. I'm currently thinking that a constellation of well-placed hooks (see image #3) could work well in one area of the bedroom, with a narrow but spatially efficient high-boy in another part of the room, making space for seating, as well. There's also the idea of adding long, colorful curtains by the windows. Find links and resources below, and feel free to share your own tricks, as well!
1. Well-placed art can help accentuate ceiling height. Here designer Bunny Williams uses an interesting piece of art plus a dramatic 4-poster bed; image from Lonnymag.com.
2. Vertically inclined wallpaper and an oblong mirror make it happen in Erin's Vintage-Filled Austin Home.
3. A collection of hooks from Huset-Shop.com.
4. This vintage ladder nudges your gaze skyward; image from Rue via A Lovely Escape.
5. A bold chandelier and a tall headboard bring the eyes up in a room designed by Hilary Thomas, found at Lonnymag.com.
6. The tall, handsome E15 Martha Coat rack by Philipp Mainzer is available at Nest.
7. A plant suggests growth and expansiveness; image from emmas designblogg.
8. A statement lamp in a living room from Barbara Hill Design.
Images: As linked above.
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I can't agree with some of the examples given. The 4-poster bed is in a room that already has decent ceiling height. In a room with a lower ceiling it would completely overwhelm the space.
Picture #5 - the chandelier. Again, the room has enough height as is. My bedroom has about the same ceiling height as the room in the picture - up to the point where the tray ceiling starts. So no chandelier for me, unfortunately, I have a really short ceiling fan with a light. Not pretty (although it has fairly contemporary shape) and I am hoping to find a better option.
The best example was the birch wallpaper.
Shouldn't it also depend on the size of the room? I wouldn't want to add any more objects from the ground up if you have a small room, but art works that could be hung on the wall close to the ceiling should work well.
Scale in a room is probably one of the most influential ways to make a space seems larger/ taller. An easy way that was not mentioned is to hang drapery and window coverings close to the ceiling or molding. Its probably the most effective in achieving the sense of height.
Hannah McCoy
Hannahmccoyinteriors.com
Those yellow birdie hooks are $80 apiece, and the set of wooden ones, $150. Yikes.
My bedroom ceiling is 7'9 (really... in a stand alone house...). I get verticality by hanging curtains and skinny, vertical wall art. But then again, it's just not hard to make use of that space... the doors themselves do a lot for it, haha.
I loove the Muuto dots but are not that keen on the price either. The yellow bitds remind me a little of the designs of thai brand Qualy: http://www.newarriva.com/qualy/index.php
It's totally cute, not as expensive and so far I bought the Happle as both storage and a lamp.