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Install Textured Panels

You can install traditional favorites like crown molding or board and batten, but there’s a whole new world of textured paneling that will give your space structure—and easily transform your wall from ho-hum to holy cow!

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Climb the Ladder

Bookworms, rejoice! Floor-to-ceiling shelving filled with your favorite tomes and topped with a rolling library ladder, like the den of your fairy-tale dreams, will add warmth to your tall space. Arrange your books in a pleasing color-coded pattern for extra aesthetics. Though, buyer beware: You’re hosting book club forevermore.

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Score Architectural Salvage

Big spaces can support big pieces. Architectural salvage stores are chockablock with nothing-else-like-it doors, windows, mirrors, signage, corbels, mantels and more. If you really want to wow, you can create a whole scene from ghosts of buildings past, in both traditional and modern styles.

Frank Lloyd Wright brought American architecture to the forefront.