Black Ceiling Tiles. For her basement media room, @homewithkrissy added ceiling tiles to make the space look more polished.

Going dark, even black ... You can also use paint to add texture. In one recent project, Almonte applied a coat of paint to the ceiling, then pressed it with a broom before it dried.

“If I’ve got texture on the walls ... and the tin ceiling reflects a lot of light,” Mr. Wright said. “It took what was kind of a dim, dark space and made it bright, warm and cozy.” ...

Like cork walls, mirror tiles and avocado- green shag carpet, acoustic ceiling texture was all the rage in the 1970s and 1980s. Builders of thousands of new Colorado homes relied on it for a quick ...

My wife insisted on a smooth ceiling with no texture whatsoever. Easier to clean, she said. But how many people clean their kitchen ceilings, let alone an aging 4-foot-10 matriarch? More Builder ...