Our dining room redo is SO close to being done – it’s black and white and vintagey all over. Post to come on that soon, but today I’m sharing this little pop of personality and color with this super easy ceiling medallion update. Follow these four simple steps to install a ceiling medallion – the key is getting a medallion that doesn’t require you to take down your existing light fixture and then making it look like you didn’t do just that.

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If you already have a light fixture that you like (here’s ours), chances are you really don’t want to take it down, add a ceiling medallion, and then reinstall your light. Don’t blame you; that’s where I found myself, but then I discovered that they make them in two pieces! Duh, genius. Follow these four quick steps and nobody will be able to tell you hit the easy button on this one.

Step 1: Pick out a ceiling medallion that comes in two pieces

Here is the one I chose plus a few others, but Amazon has a ton, so just browse until you find on that speaks to you. The first one listed here is the one we chose for our dining room.

Step 2: Paint the medallion

I think it’s way easier to paint it before you install it and then just touch up at the end. This is the perfect place to add a little pop of color because it’s just a small accent in any room. I chose Sherwin Williams Koral Kicks. I keep using this color everywhere lately – it’s like the perfect pink but not too pink color. I’ll soon be sharing my daughter’s bedroom redo that features this color in a big way, and I also painted my kitchen window this color.

Step 3: Install the medallion

These medallions are super lightweight, so you could hang them many ways, I’m sure. We just tacked it up with a few brad nails and called it a day.

Step 4: Caulk and touch up paint

This is really the important part. Because this is a two-piecer, there will be a line where the two come together. I thought that, with it all painted, the line would look fine, but it really didn’t. Unfortunately, I don’t have a great picture of that, but the line made it obvious that it wasn’t one solid piece. My solution was to caulk the line and then paint over the caulk. Just use a small amount of caulk, and caulk that line all the way across and then down the edge as close to the ceiling as you can get without getting caulk on the ceiling. A tip on caulk is that if you are struggling to get it smooth just put a little water on your finger and smooth it out. I did not caulk the entire edge to the ceiling – you certainly can, but I didn’t want to have to touch up ceiling paint. Here are some close-up photos of how it turned out.

I hope this post inspires you to add some personality and color the easy way to any room. It’s perfect for a dining room, but I can also imagine it in a bedroom, bathroom, heck, maybe even a closet. Next up (hopefully) will be our dining room reveal – I’ve already started filling it with family treasures and hitting up our local thrift stores for more, so I must be closing in!