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Why are high ceilings the only ones getting celebrated? Sloped ceilings–like the kind you find in attic spaces–have a ton of character and make cozy rooms like bedrooms and family rooms feel a whole lot more intimate. Here are seven rooms that get it right when it comes to angled ceilings. The owners of these spaces haven’t just worked around the sloped ceiling challenge, they’ve embraced it.

BEFORE When we bought our home 7 years ago, the upstairs felt like it was mostly unfinished, other than one room – the guest room. Our first move was to finish the open attic room, dry walling it, and adding electric and flooring. We did that almost immediately when we moved in, and it then became Charlie’s bedroom. In the rush of day-to-day life we ended up leaving the rest of the upstairs mostly as-is, ignoring this large chunk of unused space at the top of our stairs. It became a dumping…

this is a corner of the attic playroom/library at our house -- we turned raw attic space in this 40 year old house into a playroom, bedroom, storage and bath.

Boston designer Linda Holt shows three ways to deal with angled walls and sloped ceilings when wallpapering or painting.

While slanted walls can create a cozy feel in a room, they can also be difficult to decorate. For instance, hanging pictures from a slanted wall comes with the extra challenge of having to attach all 4 corners. Luckily, with a few...

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Welcome to our current house tour! We bought this house in Spring of 2015 when I was pregnant with our daughter Caroline. I call this our “right-sizing” move. We were able to shed the massive mortgage had on our previous house and relieve a LOT of the stress on our finances. It’s been ... Read More about Current House Tour

Craft room features a sloped ceiling fitted with skylights over a reclaimed wood plank desk lined with white metal chairs alongside a built-in bookcase filled with numbered bins.

Figuring out how to decorate a sloped ceiling bedroom can be tricky without some inspiration. Are you more of a minimalist, or is an opulent chandelier or accent chair more your speed? When it comes to decorating a bedroom with a sloped ceiling, lighting is everything. Adding a hanging light fixture is an easy way […]