A plaster ceiling rose typically will not look appropriate on a low ceiling. They are meant to be gazed upward at, and you cannot do that with a low ceiling. If your home features high ceilings, plaster ceiling roses in Battersea should look right at home.

A ceiling rose is a very traditional architectural feature and will look great in most Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian homes. But it will likely look out of place if yours is a modern or postmodern home. Still, you may be able to install a plain ceiling rose in a modernist house.

In many cases, people hang large, elaborate light fixtures from their ceiling rose. If you plan on doing so, you will need to make sure the fixture does not overwhelm the scale of the ceiling rose. If you think it might, you can opt for a slightly larger plaster rose than you originally had in mind. The opposite is true if the light fixture is too small for your planned ceiling rose.

Most older homes featured large plaster ceiling roses with ornate designs, while others opted for a simpler design aesthetic. If you have either type of ceiling rose in your home and it is in need of restoration the team at Keaneys are the ones to call. We'll make sure the restored ceiling rose is historically and architecturally accurate.