I'm working with a blank slate here, and have a vision — but I need to know if this will look crazy. My husband is very against, and I was so so sure this would look great, but now I am second guessing.
This will be a living room and dining room. There is a fireplace in the center of the room. There are two dark olive green side chairs, a neutral cream boucle couch, and mahogany dining table.
I was inspired by a beyond stunning Scalamandre wallpaper, but to do the full living room would be around $8,000 just in wallpaper — so I am going with a really close dupe. I want to do the ceiling in a shade of pink or mauve pulled from the wallpaper —
questions:
1. which shade of pink/mauve for the ceiling? lighter and pale or brighter and bolder — I think brighter could be really fun but I don't want to overwhelm the space given the wallpaper is also busy
2. where do you think the ceiling paint should begin? I think given the molding situation and strange beam situation it makes sense to actually begin the ceiling paint right above the picture rail molding
3. is painting the ceiling a terrible idea and should I just leave it white
4. I initially toyed with the idea of doing a high gloss ceiling but now am having second thoughts — thoughts on paint finish for ceiling if we do paint?
5. is this entire design plan insane and should I just scrap the whole thing
I'd like to do a murano glass chandelier either in a tronchi shape or palmette style, in a shade of pink or a combination of pink and smoke grey
Pictures include the empty room, the wallpaper sample up close and applied on a white wall, wallpaper strip applied on our living room wall and I used my iphone to "paint" the ceiling to see how it might look. Any advice appreciated!