We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Decorators refer to the ceiling as the "fifth wall" to remind themselves that it is just as important as any other part of a room. Yet the ...

One of life’s greatest missed opportunities is designing a room without considering the ceiling — breaking what designers call the “fifth” wall, either subtly or (gasp!) dramatically. At Apartment ...

A more than 90-year-old lakefront mansion in Michigan featuring a stand-alone, two-story library with its own hand-painted ceiling mural resembling the Sistine Chapel has hit the market for $4.75 ...