Tall Walls and other Mysteries

Do you ever lie awake at night, contemplating mysteries of the universe like ‘If Mars had earthquakes would they be called marsquakes?’ and ‘If a bunch of cats jump on top of each other, is it still called a dog pile??’ and also, “How am I supposed to decorate tall walls???”

Let me try to help.

A: I hope so.

B: Yes, because the term ‘catpile’ insinuates something else entirely.

C: Like Melissa from Polished Habitat did here:

At least, that’s one way to do it! What an incredible way to maximize all that spaaaace!

Melissa ditched the teeny tiny decor that was above the bed in the before photo, and replaced it with an oversized print and geometric trim all the way to the ceiling. So fun.

Plenty of other gorgeous things are happening in this room, from the heavenly rug to the new bedding and furniture, to the pale pink/navy/gray color scheme which manages to look youthful and sophisticated at the same time.

Let’s swing ’round to the other side.

 

More tall-wall domination! Melissa created a cohesive gallery wall; another great solution to fill space. I like the balance of large prints mixed with smaller prints and plants.  Scale is always the key when decorating a tall wall. Too many small items won’t give your wall the impact it needs and can end up looking cluttered. Go big or go shopping for something big, that’s what I say. One time I was at a fancy decor store here in Phoenix and saw a huge airplane propeller for sale and it made me want to bulldoze my house and build a new one so I could fit an airplane propeller on my wall too.

But if you can’t find anything awesomely oversized, there’s always paint or trim, or plenty of other creative options. Remodelaholic has a great round-up of ideas to decorate tall walls here.

And you can see more from Melissa and her gorgeously glam bedroom on her blog Polished Habitat.