Julia (who writes one of my favorite blogs, Hooked on Houses) featured the home of designer Roger Hazard earlier this week, and I love how he used extra tall board and batten, painting the top of the walls and ceiling a dark contrasting color:
Roger Hazard via Hooked On Houses
It adds instant architecture, and the dark ceiling gives the room such a cozy feel. He used the same technique in other rooms, although I don’t love it quite as much with the lighter color paint on top.
Roger Hazard via Hooked On Houses
What do you think of this look?
Oh wow. I LOVE it with the dark color on top! I’m saying that photo away to the design files for sure! Great find!
I love any kind of wainscotting… short, tall, whatever… it’s all awesome! So funny that you posted about this because my friend and I were discussing this for her bedroom just yesterday!
Love it! Our board and batten goes up six feet, which just makes the room look so much more classy than shorter b&b would have, IMO.
xo,
Shannon
Love board & batten. The dark color on top really makes it. Happy Friday!
Love it, and I agree, it definitely looks better with the dark color. I love the contrast of the white and navy.
I love the look!
Gorgeous rooms. Hugs, Marty
Love the dark top, but I am with you on the lighter. It just doesn’t seem to do much for the room! I had to do a double take to see where the light paint was!
I love it! Ever since I saw Sarah Richardson do a paneling treatment in the dining room of her country home about 2/3 of the way up, I’ve wanted to try it out in my kitchen, with grey on top.
It’s on my ever growing to-do list. Hope my husband’s on board ; )
Have a great weekend.
I love this – I have taken the color and run it totally across the ceiling -oh, what a statement. I too am ‘hooked’ on Hooked on Houses. (but I missed this great post – will go back and revisit!)
Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend!
Oh gosh I think this might finally be THE solution for our dining room. We have a long, plain empty wall that just needs SOMEthing but I hadn’t completely settled on WHAT. (grass cloth, paneling, gallery wall–the current look that I don’t LOVE there–stripes). I thi k this is IT. Thank you for sharing!!!
Love the dark ceiling!!! wow!
Oh yeah – I love this! I agree it looks better with a dark color on top. It’s weird how the dark color actually makes the ceiling look taller.
beautiful! We’re just adding Board and batten to our daughters rooms, and now I’m thinking we should have gone taller lol. We went 6.5 feet, but we have 11 ft ceilings. We did use a dark colour on top which looks great, though =)
OH BOY emily – i love the dark ceiling!!!!
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What a cool trick! I agree that the lighter color doesn’t feel as cozy, but it does make the ceilings look sky high!
That’s gorgeous! I love the dark paint with it.
What a fantastic idea! I’m definitely doing this somewhere in the house. I’m wondering how tall his ceiling is in the bedroom picture.
Love the minimalist feel!:)
I LOVE this look. I’m a little concerned about whether the dark paint at the top of the wall (not necessarily the ceiling) would make our ceilings appear lower (they’re 9 foot). What do you think?
Jenna
I love it at any height! The dark looks amazing… I might be reconsidering the height of ours when we do our B&B treatment.
I love the look of the dark wall color! Great idea! I love when navy is paired with camel, like it that chair! Gorgeous! :)
A friend of mine did that in a small room with chocolate brown as the wall color and it was really amazing. She also had the molding at the top be more of a shelf so she could display things. Apparently she got the idea from Martha Stewart!
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I’m slightly obsessed with board and batten at this point. I’m hoping to do it when we finish our basement!
I love it, I like the fact that it gives texture and dimension to a room. Great examples, and it is fun with the navy!
Hi Emily, I’m with you…..love the darker color on top……it’s a great idea! Also love your new blog design!
Love it with the dark colour. There’s something so comforting about a dark sky overhead.
I agree completely… darker color on top! Looks great!
Love the look..reminds me of New England. I do want to say Emily..love your new profile pic..gorgeous!
I think it beautiful. The exterior of my home is board and batten. Although I’ve always wanted to remove it, its really grown on me over the years. I love the way it looks inside this home.
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I love it especially with that dark colour on top! :)
I love the look, especially with the dark ceiling in contrast to the light board and batten walls….gorgeous!
love it! I’d do it on my bedroom walls with a greyish blue on top~!
thanks for the great ideas!
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I think it’s fantastic. What a great mix of modern and antique feeling in the second shot. The dark ceiling in the first image is just luscious.
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