When we think about flooring, we usually look down. But as flooring specialists serving the Denver metro area, we know that your room’s "feel" is a relationship between the floor beneath your feet and the ceiling above your head.
At Simply Floors, our shop-at-home experience in Arvada, Centennial, and Aurora allows you to see your flooring samples in their true environment. One of the most common questions we get while looking at planks in a client's living room is: "Will this dark floor make my ceiling feel lower?"
The answer depends entirely on your ceiling color. Here is how you can use the "fifth wall" to change the perspective of your home.
Table of Contents
Tips for Choosing the Right Ceiling Color to Improve Your Home’s Ceiling Height
The Classic "Lift": Crisp White
The "Infinity" Effect: Painting to Match the Walls
Creating Coziness: Darker Tones
Gloss vs. Matte: The Finish Factor
Create the Stunning Look You’ve Dreamt of with Simply Floors Inc.
Ceiling Color Frequently Asked Questions
Tips for Choosing the Right Ceiling Color to Improve Your Home’s Ceiling Height
The Classic "Lift": Crisp White
There’s a reason most homes in Wheat Ridge and Golden feature white ceilings. A light, cool-toned white reflects the most light, making the ceiling appear to recede upward.
The Flooring Match: If you’ve fallen in love with a rich, dark LVP pattern, a white ceiling is your best friend. It provides a visual "escape" that prevents a room with dark floors from feeling like a cave.
The "Infinity" Effect: Painting to Match the Walls
If you want to blur the boundaries of a room, try painting your ceiling the same color as your walls. This eliminates the "horizon line" where the wall meets the ceiling.
Why it works: In smaller Parker townhomes, this trick makes the architecture disappear, giving the illusion of endless height. We recommend pairing this with a neutral, mid-tone vinyl plank to keep the room grounded but airy.
Creating Coziness: Darker Tones
It sounds daring, but a dark ceiling can be incredibly sophisticated. Painting a ceiling a deep navy, charcoal, or even a warm terra cotta brings the "sky" down, making a large, cavernous room feel intimate and intentional.
The Design Balance: This works beautifully in rooms with high vaulted ceilings. To keep the space from feeling too heavy, we suggest balancing the dark "lid" with high-quality, light-colored flooring to bounce light back upward.
Gloss vs. Matte: The Finish Factor
The sheen of your paint matters just as much as the color.
Matte: Hides imperfections in the drywall (great for older Denver bungalows).
Gloss: Reflects the floor like a mirror. If you have a beautiful, slightly reflective vinyl floor, a semi-gloss ceiling can double the perceived height of the room by bouncing light vertically.
Create the Stunning Look You’ve Dreamt of with Simply Floors Inc.
At Simply Floors, we believe in "Excellence in the Ordinary." It’s not just about selling you a box of planks; it’s about helping you understand how that floor interacts with your paint, your furniture, and your lifestyle.
When our mobile showroom comes to your doorstep in Arvada or Aurora, we aren't just looking at the ground. We’re looking at the whole space to ensure your new floors make your home feel exactly how you’ve always imagined.
You can visit our convenient locations in Arvada, Centennial, and Aurora to learn more about our painting services.
Service Areas: Wheat Ridge, Centennial, Denver, Arvada, Aurora, Golden, and Parker, CO
Arvada, CO
Address: 5945 Ward Rd Arvada, CO 80004
Phone: (303) 731-5380
Centennial, CO
Address: 8101 S Quebec St. #2 Centennial, CO 80112
Phone: (303) 731-5380
Aurora, CO
Address: 17034 E Quincy Ave. Aurora, CO 80015
Phone: (303) 731-5380
About Simply Floors Inc.
At Simply Floors, we believe the best place to choose your new flooring isn’t under the buzzing fluorescent lights of a warehouse, but in the natural light of your own home where your life actually happens. As a woman-owned, family-operated business serving the Colorado Front Range—from Arvada and Wheat Ridge to Centennial and Parker—we’ve traded the high overhead of "mega-showrooms" for a personalized shop-at-home experience that puts you in control.
Our mission is built on a simple promise to enthusiastically exceed your expectations by providing curated, high-quality selections and transparent pricing without the big-box stress. Whether you are replacing well-worn carpet or updating your forever home, our dedicated team handles every detail with "Excellence in the Ordinary," ensuring a seamless, professional journey from the first measurement to the final plank.
Ceiling Color Frequently Asked Questions
Q: If I have low ceilings, should I stick to light-colored flooring?
A: If your goal is to make the ceiling feel higher, light-to-medium flooring is often the safest bet.
However, if you have your heart set on a darker wood look, you can still make it work! The trick is to use a very light, cool-white paint on the ceiling and ensure your baseboards match the wall color rather than the floor. This "lifts" the wall and keeps the room from feeling compressed.
Q: Does the texture of my floor affect how high the ceiling feels?
A: Believe it or not, yes! A floor with a slight satin or gloss finish reflects light upward, which illuminates the ceiling and makes the entire room feel taller. If you prefer a matte-finish LVP, you can achieve a similar "heightened" effect by using "up-lighting" like floor lamps that direct light toward the ceiling.
Q: Should my crown molding match the ceiling or the wall?
A: In our experience serving homeowners in Centennial and Parker, if you want to increase the "feel" of your height, paint the crown molding the same color as the walls. This extends the vertical line of the wall all the way to the top.
If you paint the molding the same color as the ceiling, it can actually "drop" the ceiling visually, making the room feel shorter.
