Centre Point | Colourful interiors | Angel O'Donnell | West End

Centre Point | Colourful interiors | Angel O'Donnell | West End

Raising the
roof

Designing a room’s fifth wall: the ceiling

For centuries, ceilings have been home to Olympian gods, allegorical figures, illusionistic architecture, and chromatic splendour. Then, inexplicably, we settled for stippled Artex and plain c-shaped coving.

But not anymore. Angel O’Donnell, Studio Vero, Sarah Vaile, BuiltIN studio and other top designers are lavishing ceilings with powerful, statement-driven designs – from the whimsical to the robustly engineered.

These vast expanses of underutilised space are being reimagined as the fifth wall that dictates the design ethos of a room – and the effects are dazzling. Click below to see for yourself.