How Do You Paint A Ceiling Medallion?
Ceiling medallions give a touch of fancy elegance to plain rooms. Sometimes they’re used as a base for light fixtures, or are merely included in the architectural design of the ceiling. Either way, if you’ve got an artistic side and you think that the trumpets that those angels in the medallion are blowing should painted gold-leaf instead of the same plain white as the rest of the thing, you should go for it. The beauty of this project is that if you don’t like the results, you can just re-paint the whole thing white and start from scratch. Lay a tarp on the floor under the medallion. Set your ladder up to reach the medallion. With your painter’s tape and newspaper, tape off the wall at the border of the medallion. Make sure the newspaper covers the ceiling for at least a foot around the medallion. If there is a light fixture in the center of the medallion that can’t be easily removed, tape it off as well. With your spray paint can, put a light coat of flat spray paint all over the med
