ceilings

[paceus]

I am having trouble figuring out what to do with the ceilings of my Beacon Hill. I really do not want it to look like "painted wood". I have celing tile in one room but do not want it everywhere. I wanted it to look like a regular drywall ceiling. Any ideas?

mary ann

[Peggi]

Spackle, joint compound, or paper clay any of these should work.

[havanaholly]

Or if you want fancy, get some of the textured wallpaper.

[Anna]

Or look at those neat paper doilies... And lace and trim and mouldings and..... OK, sitting down breathing again

Hugs

[havanaholly]

I have used the paper lace doilies, and regular thread lace, too. I recently found some scrapbook page trimmings at Big Lots! that will work as ceiling moldings for coffered ceilings with foamcore.

[SallyG]

I used some textured ceiling paper and I really like it. I think I'll use it from now on. Generally, I painted my ceilings.

[havanaholly]

You can paint the textured wallpapers, too.

[Just One More]

I'll be getting the BH this week sometime. I thought I'd use the ceiling paper from HBS. It comes in white or off white. I usually just paint my ceilings with about four coats of paint but thr BH I want to be really different from my other houses.

[granny]

I love to do ceilings. In Victorian Days the ceiling was an important feature, and wallpaper was used to create mural-type creations or sometimes resembled intricate mosaics. I keep every scrap of wallpaper and use it to embelish ceilings. It's sort of like collage and really adds pizazz to your rooms. It is a good idea to make a false ceiling using watercolor paper, do the papering and then put the whole thing in with universal paste. Sometimes you can find interesting 3-D effects in the scrapbook isle of a hobby shop. Good luck! Granny

[kellee]

add some sand to your paint and it will give a texture as well.

[Wolfie]

There are many options: Paint, stucco, boards, doilys, plaster forms, etc. What looks good to one may not for another. Also there are pretty wallpapers made for ceilings! Love those!

[havanaholly]

I've used the paper lace doilies for texturing elements for ceilings, and recently I got some nifty resin scrapbook decorations that I plan to use coffering and otherwise fancying up dh ceilings. I'm also a huge fan of 1:1 scale anaglypta wallpapers for dh ceilings.