Art DEco Ceiling
Home OfficE | Tulsa, OK
Creative Brief
It all began with a
downtown tunnel tour.
A home office very visible to the main living space needed some personality without fighting the design in the living room.
Inspired by a stained glass ceiling seen in Tulsa’s downtown tunnel tours, this side room was transformed into a faux-vaulted ceiling complete with details paying homage to the city’s art deco past.
Final walk-thru right after painting the final detail.
making a ceiling
center-stage.
Design: Completely customized design pulling inspiration from art deco stained ceiling downtown, colors from original fireplace detail within home,
Location: Older neighborhood in Tulsa, minutes from downtown
Room: Home office seen from the entryway and main living space, light fixture is original, older house so ceiling had many repairs and nearly sinking.
Total supply cost: $286
Size: 10ft x 8ft, flat (almost sinking) ceiling with a lot of repairs
The Devil’s
in the details.
Don’t ask me how long this took or how my neck is doing. But it was worth it.
Colors: Pulled from original ceiling and other home details. Only 4 paint colors were bought. All other colors were mixed by hand to achieve variation and gradient effect.
Technique: Hand-painted, using tape for straight lines and a lot of slow hand strokes for the curves
Planning: Spent a lot of time beforehand to measure the different design areas to ensure there is a vaulted ceiling effect.