Ceilings
The curved metal walls draw you in at the top of the entry stairs. A coat closet is behind the chalkboard-painted plywood panels. The cove lighting system in the rear part of the house was conceived by Andee Hess of Osmose Design and installed by "Sandy" Alexander Mills along the ceiling truss joists to create a beautiful amber glow.
On the ceiling you’ll see a trick Button used throughout the first floor. Because the ceilings are only about 8 to 8½ feet high, he chose a pale blue paint in a high-gloss finish, which helps them visually recede. “They seem about a foot higher because of the paint,” he says. Beadboard ceiling paint: #13210, Fine Paints of Europe;
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