For decades, ceilings were little more than blank canvases—painted white, fitted with recessed lights and quietly forgotten. Today, however, the so-called ‘fifth wall’ has emerged as one of the most ...

Plaster latticework frames the main ceiling design, which consists of layer upon layer of ornate moldings repeated in a symmetrical pattern. Acanthus leaves, roses, hummingbirds, fluting, bundles of ...

Editor’s note: This story originally ran in 2010 and has been updated. You can read the previous post here. As Americans, we can feel patriotic when considering tin ceilings. It’s one of the few ...