Ceilings are a room’s ‘fifth wall’ so include them in your design

If you are looking for a way to spice up a room, it might be time to look up, way up — at the ceiling that is.

“Most people just paint their ceilings white, and they’re done,” said Annette Phillips, principal and designer with Inspired Design LLC, in Vienna. “But ceilings are really the fifth wall. It can transform a room to do something different with that space.”