How do I add ornamentation when there's no cornicing?

Create a decorative 'lid' to a soft-coloured room by wallpapering the ceiling and down to picture-rail height with an exotically patterned paper. For a clean finish, add a simple picture rail and paint in a toning colour.

Cassis Fuchsia wallpaper (03042/ 04), £79 per roll, Manuel Canovas at Colefax & Fowler

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