Ceiling design detail

I’m in India for an Asia Pacific Color conference and staying at the Jai Mal Palace hotel in Jaipur.

For the past couple of mornings I have enjoyed having this be the first thing I see every morning when I first open my eyes.

While I liked the detail immediately it wasn’t until I had a few days to ‘wake up to it’ that I realized just how nice this decorative element is in my beautiful, elegant but otherwise neutral bedroom.

Also notice that rather than using a crown moulding like those we typically see in the United States that they have simply layered straight cut boards one on top of the other for a very nice effect.

I may just have to add a painted detail like this to the ceiling of my bedroom at home.