Midday Muse: Serious Cathedral Ceilings

September 25, 2007

This church-turned-house in Brisbane, Australia, (via Desire to Inspire) gives new meaning to the term "cathedral ceilings," and it looks downright peaceful. How do you feel about high ceilings?

38 Comments

tdamji 5 years 34 weeks

why would you want your house to be an old church? totally creepy. i mean, unless it was the church-cum-library in Venice in the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade movie. :) i've lived in 3 places now with high ceilings and too much open space. i just don't like it at all! besides, aren't cathedrals/churches designed in order to allow a carrying of voices from the guy at the front to the back?! yeah. this just doesn't make sense to me.

MamaD 5 years 34 weeks

I have high ceilings but these are really high!! I can't even imagine dusting up there or painting!!! Yeesh!

Lyv 5 years 34 weeks

OMG OMG! Turn a church into a house! This is best idea I've ever heard! I'm so going to do that when I'm rich. This is seriously like, my new goal in life.

heather cannady 5 years 34 weeks

Open space is one thing. Wasted space is another.

ashprice34 5 years 34 weeks

i think its totally gorgeous!! i love open spaces... and most definitely love the high spaces!

LaLaLaurie06 5 years 34 weeks

oh my! i wish i had that much space!

niffyat 5 years 34 weeks

I like high ceilings, but that room looks less like a home and more like an modern cathedral people put furniture in. I like the style of the furniture, I just think the ceiling is a little too high., The floor is very shiny though. Nice.

missquiet 5 years 34 weeks

Oh my goodness, that's beautiful! I could so live there.

libs1dlab 5 years 34 weeks

It is a pretty room but I don't think I could live there. Too much open space. Is there a word for the opposite of claustrophobic?

InfernalMari 5 years 34 weeks

That's very beautiful, but it'd be a little awkward to live there in person. Overall, though, I love high ceilings.

snickerdoodle 5 years 34 weeks

It's absolutely beautiful to look at, so much so that my first instinct was to comment that "I would hate to live there!" But really, it manages to looks lovely, serene and peaceful. The white walls are lovely, not spartan. The longer I look at this picture, the more I long to be there! Dorm life looks worse and worse...

tee0206 5 years 34 weeks

I love high ceilings and that building, but I personally would not be able to live in an old church!

princessangry 5 years 34 weeks

beautiful!

princessangry 5 years 34 weeks

beautiful!

sgdish 5 years 34 weeks

Shiny basketball/gym floor!

sgdish 5 years 34 weeks

Shiny basketball/gym floor!

ducks 5 years 34 weeks

I dislike them except in converted school and churches. I wonder what cooling and heating is like.

MrsJigglesworth 5 years 34 weeks

Although it is beautiful, I would not want to live in this particular space. It feels too cold to me... reminds me of church camp or something.

MandyJoBo 5 years 34 weeks

I love high ceilings. Most cathedral-style ceilings are no where near that beautiful. If you can take a picture of the top of it whilst standing anywhere in the room (unless you live in a church), it is too short, IMO. Our townhouse is vaulted, and it has separate central air to control the temp up there.