How To Remove A Ceiling Medallion

I've had lots of requests for this post, and figured a DIY tutorial was in order. It's no secret I'm a big fan of ceiling medallions, as you've probably noticed them throughout our home renovations in the past. They're very uncomplicated to install and really elevate the look of whatsoever light fixture. It'southward a simple piece of millwork that feels like the finishing affect the ceiling- especially if you lot have a beautiful fixture you'd like to emphasize. Obviously we've had millwork on the encephalon equally nosotros're mid renovation in 1 of our guest bedrooms. Last week I shared our tutorial for installing panel moulding, and this week we're shifting gears to focus on the ceiling. Click through for our complete tutorial on how to install a ceiling medallion, my thoughts on medallions with textured ceilings, why medallions vastly vary in price, how to determine what size medallion you'll need, examples of how I've used ceiling medallions in the past, and to see which light fixture I landed on for our guest room renovation- spoiler alert… it's beautiful!

I'll begin by saying, pre-painting your medallion is the easiest affair to do, but you'll nevertheless end up doing some touch-up painting at the end of the installation. I used "Ceiling Bright White" by Sherwin-Williams for my medallion this time around.

SUPPLIES + TOOLS

• caulk
• finishing nailer (with compressor)
• filler
• sanding block
• paint
• light fixture (linking ours for this project)
• ceiling medallion (linking ours for this project)
• longer screws (you lot'll want these to friction match the thread of whatever screws came with your low-cal fixture… just longer!)

Step 1 // Remove the existing fixture. Whether you lot're planning to keep your existing fixture or replace it, y'all'll need to completely remove information technology before installing your ceiling medallion.

Footstep 2 // Caulk the backside of the medallion. This is an important trick we've learned over the years. Caulk works much ameliorate than a construction agglutinative because it gives united states of america jerk room and time to perfectly heart our medallion while securing it to the ceiling.

Run a bead of caulk all the style effectually the perimeter of the medallion and position it on the ceiling. The caulk will agree it in place until you're ready to permanently secure the ceiling medallion.

Step 3 // Wire the light fixture. Next, it's time to wire your preferred light fixture. You can practise this by post-obit the instructions on your specific fixture. It's pretty self explanatory.

Once y'all accept it wired upward, stuff the wiring upwards into the housing, out of the way- similar shown below…

This is where your longer screws volition come up in handy. The hardware that comes with your fixture are most likely too short to get through the medallion. Secure the hardware loosely, but practice not fully tighten information technology at this point…

Step iv // Center the medallion. Since y'all loosely secured the fixture to the ceiling, you should be able to slide your medallion (thanks to the caulk) until it's centered with the calorie-free fixture canopy.

Once yous have it adjusted and centered, go alee and fully tighten and install the fixture.

Step 5 // Install a few finishing nails. This step is more important for larger ceiling medallions (15″-20″ or larger), but we tackle this step for all sizes… but to be safe. Tack a few finishing nails around the perimeter of the medallion, on an bending. This will go on the medallion from sagging every bit fourth dimension goes on. The light fixture is really holding the medallion to the ceiling, not the caulk– so adding these minor nails will ensure it stays in identify without drooping over time.

Step 6 // Fill the nail holes, sand, and touch upwards the paint. Adjacent, you'll want to fill up the blast holes, sand the excess filler, and touch up the paint on the medallion.

Step 7 // Finish installing the light fixture. The final stride is to finish installing the calorie-free fixture. In our case, we needed to install the pedant portion of the fixture, a lightbulb, and the glass "bubbles".

Isn't this bubbles chandelier from Annie Selke so beautiful?! This has me actually excited to keep pushing to cease this room. You lot tin grab the unabridged guest bedroom design plan here. This light fixture has been apart of the equation from the very first! Information technology's going to be amazing once it'due south totally finished. I've got big goals for this space.

At present that you know how to install a ceiling medallion, I'll share some examples from our habitation renovations and I'll answer some questions y'all sent over! Ready? Let's do it!

What almost textured ceilings?

My ceiling texture preference is ever smooth. All the same, I think ceiling medallions can work with a multitude of ceiling textures… so don't allow that deter you lot. Our current ceilings are textured throughout our home. As we renovate, we've been replacing the ceilings or skim coating them. Even so, I'm fairly certain we won't smooth every single ceiling in our house. There are some ceiling textures I can alive (like our current texture) and others I cannot (like popcorn ceilings). Depending on your ceiling texture, it'southward important to weigh the ROI, consider the extent of your renovation plan, and make up one's mind if skim coating or replacing the ceiling altogether is worth the expense.

For at present, we're addressing the ceiling as we renovate… and some rooms might not go a perfectly smoothen ceiling. Our ceiling texture isn't terrible. I've seen much worse and it doesn't bother me like a popcorn ceiling would. If I had to predict how we'll approach this- the bedrooms upstairs will probably keep their textural ceilings, but the main level and basement volition about probable go new ceilings because of the all-encompassing renovations we have planned for the future (knocking downwards walls, taking a space to the studs, etc). We've only had to practise minor drywall repairs upstairs, and so replacing the ceiling doesn't experience worth information technology. The main thing to retrieve is to continue things cohesive and intentional!

Why do ceiling medallions vary in price and then drastically?

Ceiling medallions can range from $10 – $1,000. Information technology's kind of crazy! The cost difference boils down to intricate details (like gilded leaf or gilded features), the material, and the size. We typically like to stay in the low to middle toll range. Our preference is a single piece medallion because they are easier to install (rather than 2 pieces split down the heart that take to fit together), and we prefer plaster, wood, or primed polyurethane (which looks and feels similar hard foam). The medallion in this tutorial was a lower finish selection, which toll $17 for a 16″ round medallion fabricated of polyurethane.

What size of medallion do I need? How practice I determine that?

You take to consider the size of the room rather than the low-cal fixture itself. Mensurate the length and width of your room in feet. Multiple the length and the width, so dissever by 7. This will give you the proportionate medallion size in inches. For example… a ten‐by‐14 human foot room adding would be: ten feet x 14 feet = 140 foursquare feet divided by 7 = 20 inches diameter. You can use that dimension as a starting betoken and determine what looks all-time with your light fixture, plus or minus a few inches.

Should yous always pigment your ceiling medallion white?

No- I do like it to match the ceiling though… unless I'm intentionally designing a space with dissimilarity trim or millwork. In our previous bathroom, I painted the ceiling medallion black. It was really more for texture and added millwork interest.

I hope this post was really helpful! If you have any questions, please leave them for me in the comment department below. Accept you e'er installed a ceiling medallion? Are you a fan of the await? I'll link a agglomeration below, if you'd similar to give it a effort! Anybody have a great week.

Sarah

Founder & Artistic Director

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