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Festive Season n South Africa, no festive season is and a canvas on which to design," says
truly whole until you have completed Grimshaw. “Gone are the days that we
Home Renovation - Ithe home renovations you have been should take it for granted that every room
putting off since January, in order to comes with a ceiling and see it rather as
The 5th Wall in showcase your home to visiting friends an additional space to play with.”
and family.
your home! When renovating your home, one Recently the ceiling has become much
area that is often overlooked is the more of an essential in the designing of
ceiling. Your ceiling, notes Carol- spaces.
by Saint Gobain Anne Grimshaw, Residential Sector More and more we are seeing deliberate
and Market Intelligence Manager for choices to explore bold ceiling design
Saint-Gobain Africa, has the potential solutions, be that with colours, more
to change the look, feel and energy of a refined suspended ceilings, different
room and should be treated as the fifth surfaces and materials for specific room
wall in a room. types. For example, Grimshaw says “You
“By repositioning how we look at can really influence the fit and feel of
ceilings, it easily becomes another your home when you use the ceiling
dimension for creative expression plane as a design element”.
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