; Dear Debbie: I have read your columns with interest and am hoping you can help me. I want to do a faux tray ceiling in my dining room. Can you tell me how to achieve this effect? -- Seena J. Dear ...

DEAR Debbie -- I have read your columns with interest and am hoping you can help me. I want to do a faux tray ceiling in my dining room. Can you tell me how to achieve this effect? Thanks, from a ...

When designing or renovating a space, the ceiling is typically one of the last factors considered. Generally, eye-level features—like furniture choices and wall paint colors—tend to take precedence.

Basically what you're doing is adding two strips of molding in from the crown molding and then tying them together with paint to fool your eye into seeing it as recessed. First, decide how far in from ...