How to Decorate Walls and Doors with Ceiling Medallions, 55 Modern Ideas

Today, beautiful medallions are not just ceiling decorations. Traditionally, ceiling medallions are decorative elements typically installed in the center of a ceiling to surround a light fixture or ceiling fan. Still, these architectural features are surprisingly versatile and can add elegance, texture, and personality to walls and doors, too. Here is the Lushome collection of creative and modern ideas to use on walls and doors, helping you visualize layouts and design styles.

Medallions add interest and artistic flair to interior design and range from simple and contemporary to ornate and classic styles. Arranged on a wall, medallions of various sizes, colors, and designs create beautiful gallery wall designs, surprising with asymmetrical patterns or unusual forms. Medallions work as mirror frames and make unique centerpieces on modern doors.

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beautiful ceiling design — Beautiful ceiling design with a large chandelier

Beautiful ceiling medallion in vintage style

Wall decorations

Painting medallions in modern colors or giving them a metallic shine adds a stylish touch even to traditional homes that benefit from a contemporary twist. Decorative frames for round mirrors bring vintage-style charm and add depth to walls. Framed medallions and wall panels with them elevate wall designs with a touch of drama.

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Bed headboards and door decoration

Medallions can decorate bed headboards, doors, and all vertical surfaces, creating striking designs. Doors look elegant and well-dressed with an attached medallion to the center or around a knob. Entry, interior doors, pantry, and closet doors look beautiful with medallion decorations. A small medallion behind a doorknob or handle works as a charming and elegant decorative rosette.

Creative bed headboard decorating with medallions

elegant door decoration — Elegant door decoration, a medallion behind a knob

Modern ideas

Layering medallions of different sizes creates a surprisingly beautiful, dimensional, and impressive effect on large surfaces. Bright painting ideas amplify the beauty of medallion designs. Monochrome arrangements bring subtle elegance, while medallions in contrasting colors or metallics create striking, luxurious designs.

colorful wall decorations — Painting medallions in bright colors for white wall decorating

wall mirror frame — Medallion mirror frame

Materials

Modern ideas mix medallion materials, adding beautiful wood, metal, and plaster designs to wall decoration. Polyurethane or PVC medallions are lightweight and easy to install. In small rooms, ceiling medallions can add elegance to any vertical surface without overwhelming the space, if you choose the right style and size.

Modern lighting fixtures with medallions create unique ceiling designs

door decoration wreath — Painted medallion wreath, original door decoration idea

Decorating small spaces

Minimalist and elegantly simplified designs are perfect for decorating small spaces. Clean lines and little details work well for decorating small apartments and homes. Compact classical motifs add ornate designs and beautiful patterns to small spaces without overpowering. Petite rosettes and floral accents make medallions charming home decorations, ideal for small spaces.