After: Griffin used the ceilings to make the room brighter as well as taller. “I had drywall added between each joist to cover the second level’s subflooring. Then I had it painted the same color as the walls to bounce the light around.” The wall and ceiling paint color is Dove Wing by Benjamin Moore. “I needed to go with a creamy white because a brighter white would have felt too stark and sterile,” Griffin says. joists were painted white by accident, then had to be sanded but left w a nice white washed look
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