; Dear Debbie: I have read your columns with interest and am hoping you can help me. I want to do a faux tray ceiling in my dining room. Can you tell me how to achieve this effect? -- Seena J. Dear ...

DEAR Debbie -- I have read your columns with interest and am hoping you can help me. I want to do a faux tray ceiling in my dining room. Can you tell me how to achieve this effect? Thanks, from a ...

Tray ceilings started to appear in the 1980s and quickly became commonplace in the 1990s. Ceilings now have become a focal point for many rooms, featuring beams, insets and lighted molding. If you ...

Basically what you're doing is adding two strips of molding in from the crown molding and then tying them together with paint to fool your eye into seeing it as recessed. First, decide how far in from ...

When designing or renovating a space, the ceiling is typically one of the last factors considered. Generally, eye-level features—like furniture choices and wall paint colors—tend to take precedence.

Ceilings aren't usually something that an average homeowner gets to choose, but if you're in the market to update the look of any room, changing your ceiling will have a big impact. If you're sick of ...