Trade Secrets

Interior designer Steve Toedebusch shares an idea for creating a tea-paper ceiling.

During a decorating assignment, he was working with a long narrow kitchen to and wanted to pull the look together with a wall treatment. Unfortunately, there was not much wall to work with because the cabinets and appliances break up the space. Instead, he used the "fifth wall," the ceiling, for his treatment and decided to paper the ceiling with tea paper. It pulls the room together and draws the eye into the room. He also opened up the back window and created a dining nook.