Decorating and Design - alternative ceiling dressing
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jabsin
10-12-04, 04:47 PM
I live in a pretty old apartment building in nyc. The walls and ceiling are plaster, and definately in a state of disrepair. The walls, I think I can repair and get them looking pretty nice, but the ceiling is a whole other problem. There are parts of the ceiling that have fallen, leaving 1/4 inch deep holes through the 75 years of paint layers. Also, as with most plastered walls and ceilings, the ceiling in my apartment is uneven, making filling the holes with spackle a chore.
What I'm looking for is some alternative ceiling ideas. I had thought about maybe stretching a lightweight canvas across the ceiling. This apartment has some great molding and there is a perfectly rectangular depression centered in the ceiling. It's kinda hard to describe, I hope you can understand.
How heavy would the lightest canvas be? I've seen it used as a wall covering on tv before, but never on the ceiling. how couldi attach it? I think maybe attaching it to a wooden frame and then hanging that might work best. Also, is there any downside to this that you can think of? A khaki-colored canvas would go with my furniture pretty nicely.
Are there any other ideas that you can suggest? Im not really into the tin plates, I'm looking for something more contemporary.
Thanks,
Jabsin
What I'm looking for is some alternative ceiling ideas. I had thought about maybe stretching a lightweight canvas across the ceiling. This apartment has some great molding and there is a perfectly rectangular depression centered in the ceiling. It's kinda hard to describe, I hope you can understand.
How heavy would the lightest canvas be? I've seen it used as a wall covering on tv before, but never on the ceiling. how couldi attach it? I think maybe attaching it to a wooden frame and then hanging that might work best. Also, is there any downside to this that you can think of? A khaki-colored canvas would go with my furniture pretty nicely.
Are there any other ideas that you can suggest? Im not really into the tin plates, I'm looking for something more contemporary.
Thanks,
Jabsin
Annette
10-13-04, 11:08 AM
you could use wallpaper lining. it's like felt. it's meant to be hung with heavy wallpaper glue onto uneven surfaces, and then papered over. but you can just paint it.
or you can get wallpaper that's meant to be painted, called Anaglypta. it comes in all sorts of patterns, some that look like a tin ceiling, or others that are just random patterns. it's thick & spongy, flat on one side & raised pattern on the other, so it will hide the ceiling imperfections.
lightweight canvas, if adhered to the uneven ceiling, will probably show the uneveness. you need something thicker, like the lining or Anaglypta.
if it were me, i think i'd just get some drywall joint compound & trowell over it. you can a kind of plaster/stucco effect that way, or go for an actual design. then paint it.
or you can get wallpaper that's meant to be painted, called Anaglypta. it comes in all sorts of patterns, some that look like a tin ceiling, or others that are just random patterns. it's thick & spongy, flat on one side & raised pattern on the other, so it will hide the ceiling imperfections.
lightweight canvas, if adhered to the uneven ceiling, will probably show the uneveness. you need something thicker, like the lining or Anaglypta.
if it were me, i think i'd just get some drywall joint compound & trowell over it. you can a kind of plaster/stucco effect that way, or go for an actual design. then paint it.