Tips and Tricks for Wall Decoration with Sloping Ceilings
Sloping roofs are often a challenge when it comes to furnishing and decorating. But with a few tips and tricks, we will help you to effectively and stylishly stage the “nuisance” sloping roof. With wall decoration as a visual highlight, you give the sloping walls a personal touch and integrate them decoratively into the living space.
Wall Decoration for Sloping Ceilings - What is possible?
What is suitable as a wall decoration for sloping ceilings at all?
Pictures
Pictures are the wall decoration par excellence and can be found in almost every room. You wonder whether you can also attach them to sloping roofs? Don’t worry, with the help of small tricks you can mount your pictures safely and decoratively on your sloping walls. The easiest way to hang pictures on roof slopes is with picture frames. The frames provide enough surface to attach the necessary hook or eye screws, so that the picture has a proper hold on the wall.
Fabrics
Especially in rooms where you want to create an atmosphere of security, fabrics are excellent wall decorations for sloping walls. Large cloths or long strips of fabric can be wonderfully draped along the slope, making it look like a canopy. Especially in the bedroom or children’s room, this is perfect as a decoration above the bed, so that the first look in the morning and the last in the evening falls on a beautiful piece of cloth instead of a bare sloping roof.
Attention: In addition, if the fabric is long enough, it can be used to cover chunky pieces of furniture, such as a cabinet.
Mirror
Mirrors are often used in small rooms for optical enlargement – this impression can also be achieved on wall slopes. Due to the fact that the surface is reflected, everything seems twice as big and simulates vastness. To avoid clutter, make sure that the mirror reflects a calm surface and not a messy shelf. The effect of light reflection is also particularly beautiful: the light spreads to all corners of the room and makes the room shine.
Hanging decoration
If space allows, hanging decoration on the sloping roof is a nifty idea to make the bare wall look beautiful. Flower hanging baskets, medallions or other hanging objects make perfect along the slanted wall and liven up the space. Make sure that the decoration does not protrude too far into the room, as it could disrupt the harmony on the one hand and cause unsightly clashes with heads on the other.
Wall Sculptures
What prevents many to hang decorations for the wall on a sloping roof? The fact that you are always worried that the decorative object will fall down, because it is not well fastened. On the Wall sculptures from KunstLoft there are eyelets on the back, which allow flexible and secure hanging – even on sloping walls. See for yourself and hang a wall sculpture on your sloping roof with the help of angle screws. You will be thrilled!
Wall painting
Don’t feel like wallpapering, but want to express your creativity on the sloping roof? Then grab a brush and paint and design your own work of art on the slanted wall. In the bedroom, for example, a starry sky or a sky covered with fleecy clouds is a good idea, whereas in the children’s room a striped circus tent roof will stimulate their imagination. You will never find such an individual wall decoration for roof slopes as through wall painting.
Wall Color
If you want to accentuate your room through color on the slanted wall, there are two options: Contrast or harmony. Either the colors of the wall and the furniture contrast each other or they harmonize with each other. For example, if your bed is in gray, a strong yellow tone for the sloping roof is a good choice to create the feeling of coziness.
Watch out: Dark colors rob a room of light and visually constrict it. If you dare to use a dark shade for your sloping roof, think carefully whether the size of the room and the purpose of the premises will allow it. While it can provide comfort in the bedroom, this type of room design is out of place in the office.
Wall tattoos / Wallpapers
Decorative design of sloping ceilings is particularly easy when the decoration can be applied directly to the wall and covering the entire area – the solution: wall tattoos or wallpaper. These set real eye-catchers in a room and are easy to stick on and also remove again. While with classic wall decoration for straight walls you may always be a bit worried that it will fall off on sloping walls, with tattoos and wallpaper you don’t have to worry.
At KunstLoft you can browse through a wide selection of Wallpaper in browse different styles, so you can be sure to find the perfect wallpaper for you.
Which Fastening is Safe?
Some people are reluctant to decorate on the slope of the wall, because the attachment can be a delicate issue. But do not worry unnecessarily, because now there are several solutions to this alleged problem:
To securely mount pictures with frames on wall slopes, hook or eye screws are a good choice.
If you want to be on the safe side, you can also use special Anti-theft devices. Thus, the wall decoration is protected on the one hand from falling and on the other hand from theft.
Set Accents with Light Sources
Sloping ceilings often make the room look darker and thus smaller than it actually is. A clever lighting reverses this and lets the roof slopes shine in a new light. It doesn’t matter whether you want to use pendant lights, LED ceiling spots or swivel wall lamps – they all serve their purpose.
However, there are a few tricks to keep in mind:
- Pendant lights: Absolutely make sure that the cable length of each bulb is adjustable. The goal is that all light bulbs hang at the same height.
- LED ceiling spots: The all-rounder among the lights. The only disadvantage: they have to be recessed into the ceiling, which is why you should plan their installation in advance.Schwenkbare
- Wall lamps: you can direct them in any way, which makes them the perfect source of light in any corner. When buying make sure that the wall lamps are explicitly suitable for roof slopes.
Effective Wall Decoration on Sloping Ceilings in Different Rooms
Decoration for Sloping Ceilings in the Living Room
Unique Reading Corner
A sloping roof in the living room causes most people to put a sideboard underneath and complain day in and day out about the wasted space. Instead, how about creating a cozy reading nook for yourself under the sloping wall? Thanks to a shallow armchair or beanbag, the height of the sloping roof is enough for you to fit underneath. Design your personal oasis of calm just the way you like it – atmospheric candles, warm colors, pleasant fabrics – and the area under the sloping roof will become your personal retreat.
Mirror
In the living room, decorating the wall slopes with a mirror will attract attention especially if you place the mirror above the sofa. The reflection visually enlarges the space, which can be very effective, especially in small living rooms. But make sure that the mirror surface does not reflect chaos, but it is tidy and neat opposite the mirror.
Photos & Pictures
The evergreen among wall decorations can also be wonderfully decorate a sloping roof in the living room: Photos and pictures. Whether personal snapshots, hand-painted pictures or art photographs – in principle, there are no limits to your imagination, but we would still like to give you a tip on the way: Limit yourself to a few, but expressive photos and pictures, so that the wall is not overloaded and each motif can develop its effect.
Deco for Sloping Ceilings in Bedroom
Especially often, bedrooms have a sloping roof, because you sleep best directly under the sky. But the fact that the roof slope is almost a blessing in the coziest of all rooms is shown by our two tips on how you can use the wall slope to multiply the coziness factor.
Tip 1: A fabric bed canopy
As mentioned above, you can easily cover bare sloping ceilings with long lengths of fabric or large draperies to conjure up a cozy feel in the bedroom. Warm shades support the feeling of security and help you fall asleep. For the absolute feel-good factor, you can also drape fairy lights on the fabric. You’ll feel like you’re in 1001 nights.
Tip 2: Your personal night sky
Create your very own starry sky on the sloping roof in your bedroom. You can use fluorescent luminous stickers in different shapes for this purpose, which you can place on the slope according to your taste, creating a unique night sky. You will never sleep better and dream more beautifully than under your personal starry sky.
KunstLoft Wall Decoration for Sloping Ceilings
Whether Wallpaper, Mirror, Images or Art photographs, the curated selection of KunstLoft is guaranteed to have the right wall decoration for sloping ceilings ready for you. Browse through the store and find your dream decorative object. If you’re looking for decorating ideas specifically for certain rooms, have a read here:
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