From a distance

without knowing what the rest of your house looks like and what your furniture looks like, etc, I would say i would have gone the same color as your walls.

if I were painting the ceiling a different blue than the walls, I would have considered a much lighter shade, tho that is hard, esp in a dining room because a very light blue, even with a lot of gray can look baby/powder blue!!

i would not paint the ceiling white, b/c then u lose the effect of the crown molding. i like what u have, but i also like when walls and ceiling are the same color., i think it just depends what u like. i don't think there is a wrong way to do it. i think if the room does not get a lot of light, then keep ceiling as is., if it gets tons of light, then u can go same on ceiling as walls. being that the room is the DR, i would do ceiling and walls the same., i think that makes the room feel more formal.

HTH

I like it a lot! It sets off the crown moulding and looks really elegant.

Going to show my DH that color for our master bath... :)

Donna

Shoot- the responses are 50/50. I'm hoping for a consensus. Forget the white ceiling... Leave it or paint the same as walls?

I like it!

Love it!

I like it!

I like it. We did the same thing in our small dining room with sage green. A lighter mix on the ceiling. It really makes the crown molding pop and feels like a jewel box.

Leave it. I think it's beautiful. I thing the using the same color as the walls might make the ceiling feel lower.

melis, leave it. It's lovely.

Love it! Leave it!

Ok I've got my consensus- I'm leaving it! Thank you all for calming me down about this!! Now I'm back to hunting for a light fixture and chairs...

Leave it.

Tell your dh he's wrong! Leave it. You should have a consensus now!

I'd leave it. I think it looks really nice. BTW, 10% is a lot darker than I would have imagined.