We are in the process of painting our living room in our antique style cape cod house and want to change the ceiling beams to white (they are greenish now). We have low ceilings and the green beams have always made the ceilings look even lower. In the other room with beams, my husband used white ceiling paint on the beams. I am wondering if the beams should have more of a glossy finish. We are keeping the trim green for now because we plan to have full replacement windows in the next year.

Do we paint the beams the same as the flat ceiling paint for now and then match it to the window trim when the windows are replaced? Or do we just match them to the ceiling? The goal is to make the ceilings feel higher.

Thanks!