Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - Ceiling texture help! Orange peel and knockdown on same ceiling

I have just removed a wall between my kitchen and dining room. The dining and living rooms have a knockdown texture and are painted white. The kitchen has an orange peel texture and is painted green. I intend to paint the kitchen ceiling white to match the dining and living rooms.

Do I need to re-texture the entire kitchen ceiling, or can I transition the texture from orange peel to knockdown without it being too obvious with white paint? Thanks for the help!

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The color is off in the pictures, but hopefully they give you an idea of what I am working on.

I've painted more than one ceiling that had a texture change [or texture/no texture] from one room to another - never thought a whole lot about it :)

So you don't think that it will be very noticeable? That is good to hear!

Some other people have told me that I will have to re-texture the entire living room, dining room, and kitchen for it to look good.

In that case, I think that I will just try to do the texture transition and then paint it a flat white to match. Thanks!

I wasn't trying to say it wouldn't be noticable, just that it probably wouldn't be offensive looking. Just try to have a clean line where the two different textures meet. Although I suppose if it was blended right - that would work too.

Generally unless it is something hideous, most people won't notice - except for a painter, drywall man or diyer :D

Thanks, that really helps!