DIY fan reveals clever painting trick to make your low ceilings look and feel much higher

A DIY fan has shared her amazing hack for creating the illusion that your ceilings are taller than they are.

The woman, called Melissa, revealed her trick in a video on TikTok - and all you need is a pot of paint.

In the post, the social media user revealed that she has "standard UK ceilings" and was going to share how to "cheat your way to a high ceiling".

To create the optical illusion, she "created a little alcove around my bed" using teal paint which she painted 40cm into the ceiling area.

She added: "It really does create this illusion of height."

Her post was popular with viewers, who left more than 63,000 'likes' on the clip.

One person wrote: "That's fantastic."

Another commented: "Brilliant."

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A third shared: "Wow love it."

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And a fourth added: "This is so clever."

Many joked that Melissa had effectively mastered "contouring" for walls.

Several also asked where the paint she had chosen was from.

One person asked: "Love the green colour. What's the name of your colour paint."

Melissa revealed that it is Farrow & Ball's Dix Blue no.82, which according to the brand "is a relaxed blue that has a large dose of green included".