border and cathedral ceilings

[Paula Lea]

We have a cathedral type ceiling. My husband and I have chosen wallpaper and border but when I began planning I realized I'm not sure how to hang the border in relationship to the ceiling. I am a visual learner and was wondering if anyone can recommend some place to look at different ideas? I was thinking it best to continue the border on a straight line rather than following the rise of the ceiling, but I think it may visually lower the ceiling and defeat the purpose of the cathedral design. I was also thinking of placing the border about 2/3 of the way up the shortest wall....any ideas? Thanks in advance for your help.

Paula

[Buff1]

Hi Paula,

Instead of putting the border on the wall, why not put it on the ceiling where it meets the wall. The attached picture is border I installed a couple of years ago in a large master bedroom. The paper was very neutral and the border was your basic 9 inch wide with a dark color on the edges. I ran it along the ceiling line, just barely overlaping onto the wallpaper. It looks great and accentuated the cathedral lines.

Buffy Groves
NGPP At Large
Heathsville, VA

[Buff1]

Here is a shot of the other side of the room. The border line you see across the top of the pictures is where the room opened up into a reading/tv area.