Kitchen with ceiling finishes

December 24, 2011
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To finish the kitchen portion of the ceiling, I used a piece of textured scrapbook paper called Pressed Tiles - Brown, by The Paper Studio. Love this paper! I painted it with a few coats of white acrylic. The paper buckled in a few places, but I like that imperfect look to it, as though some of the tiles have popped out of place over the long years. I left the original wood for the remaining kitchen and the bay window ceiling but painted it with a few coats of white acrylic to even out the tone. The wood is in good shape and the minor imperfections it does have only add to the realistic age of the house.

Even with pressing, the ceiling board had a rather obvious warp making the center of the ceiling dip in the middle. To fix this problem, I added a solid wood beam across the width of the kitchen just beyond the ceiling tile paper. I used tacky glue, super glue and some nails hammered in from above. I then painted it white to match.

The ceiling board is cut in such a way to allow for its installation around the front sided walls. This leaves two obvious gaps on either side of the bay window. I cut a piece of strip wood to bridge the gap of the bay window to add after installation. I painted it white to match the ceiling so it will look like a structural element while covering these gaps. It's just taped in place right now, so you can still see light coming through.

I have a few more things to work on in the kitchen before I can install the ceiling board permanently, but it is starting to take shape! There are gaps that will need to be addressed, but trim can cover these remaining problems. With the furnishings in place, the textured ceiling really adds that vintage feel.