Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
>
> Kevin Tarr wrote:
>
> > Still haven't started yet, waiting for the mad season to be over with:
> > He thinks the nine foot ceilings are too much and should put in drop ceilings
>
> I love high ceilings, but it is worth considering the decoration you put on them to
> make the most of them. I did something spectacular with ours so now our rather high
> (we also have 9 ft ceilings downstairs) narrow long tunnellike livingroom has that
> feel of spaciousness and luxurious width it doesn't have by nature. Everybody is
> surprised when entering. I've noticed that it totally fools the eye. So it just all
> depends on what you do with it. Just don't put in drop ceilings.
>
> I personally dislike the look of any form of drop ceilings. Wood, panneling or
> other. But there is a new kind of system of 'drop'ceiling. Actually it is more like
> a fake ceiling. It kind of works kind of like laminated flooring only the panels
> are much bigger and nailed to a wooden support that has to be put onto the ceiling
> first. When finished it rather looks like it has been plastered really fancy and
> since it is synthetic it is rather easy to clean. And the best part is that you
> don't loose much hight or see any of the fixings. There is only a loss of 3 to 4 cm
> that you need to put in the pannels. It looks really great. I've seen it in a
> friends house and it is absolutely gorgeous. Only problem is the price. It is
> somewhat expensive. But I think rather worth it if you aren't good at plastering
> ceilings.
1) We have 10-foot ceilings downstairs and 9-foot ceilings upstairs.
2) We have crown molding in most of the downstairs rooms. We also have
a wallpaper border in the kitchen just under the crown molding. It's a
pattern of 4 different birds. (I hated most of the borders in the
wallpaper books when we were picking out wallpaper, but this one wasn't
all fruity, flowery or obviously designed for either a laundry room or
bathroom.) We also have some crown molding upstairs, most notably in
the big open room.
3) Plaster? Not only are the walls drywall, but the ceilings are, as
well. They used a thicker drywall for the ceilings than for the walls.
And they did a very good job of putting it all up, but then again, they
were paid extremely well to do so.
I like the idea of panels similar to the ones for laminated floors. But
I think those would be harder to install, gravity working against you
instead of for you. :)
Julia
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