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Basement ceilings (Polystyrene tiles - cheap and dirty)
By faust
Hey everyone, Recently we moved into new house . And I decided to build a new office for myself in the basement (working from home - dreams come true :-) It will take a while before we'll finish the whole basement , but for now I just found a nice corner to start from. The walls, floors - everything was done traditional way . The last thing was to decide what to do with the ceilings. One option was to install the drop tiles, but since my ceilings aren't too high I didn't want to lose a couple of inches... »MORE
Giving your kitchen cozier look (with Antique Copper Tin look ceiling tiles)
By faust
Hello everyone,Just wanted to share with you the details of one of our latest projects. We installed PVC glue on ceiling tile in the kitchen ceilings.First - we snapped a chalk line through the main focal point in that room - light fixture.Then we applied a glue (Contact Cement) to the ceilings along this line with a foam roller Glue was applied to the back of the tile (it is a good idea to apply glue to three-four tiles at once)First tile was applied the way that one of its corners "touched" the light fixture. Then we continued the first row.... »MORE
Ugly bar stand? Cover it with Antique Copper tin look backsplash roll !
By faust
After finishing the ceilings for the restaurant (http://www.curbly.com/faust/posts/1712-New-day-new-look-) the owner asked us to do something with his ugly bar stand Here is what we did for him (two and a half hours of work): Here is how we did it :We took one roll of PVC tin look backsplash (come as a roll - could be found here http://www.talissadecor.com/?p=catalog&m=24)One can of contact cement from Home Depot and foam roller to spread it both on the stand and on the roll itself After the glue become tacky we just attached the roll to the stand and here we are : The only tools we used... »MORE
Bad looking, old drop ceilings? PVC Tin look ceiling tiles (Faux tin) are the answer
By faust
Hello everyone! On the pictures below you can see the interior of "Pan" restaurant in the heart of Greek-town in Toronto. First picture was made on Wednesday (two days ago), the second on Thursday (yesterday). Before (Wednesday, May 30,2007) After(Thursday,May 31,2007)Quite a difference, right? Here how it was done :We just bought new ceiling tiles from Home Depot (the cheapest ones). Normally we use the old drop tiles but those in the restaurant were in really bad shape and we couldn't use them . Then we glued TalissaDecor's tin look ceiling tiles on the big 2x4 Home Depot's tiles with PL 700(Two TalissaDecor's tiles on... »MORE
How to cover those stained drop tiles once and for all
By faust
Hey everyone. Here I'd like to show you how did we covered old ugly drop tiles my friend had in his office with a new ugly ones (at least the new ones weren't stained :)This is how this office's ceiling looked like before we started....about half an hour later.We just attached PVC glue on ceiling tiles to the old drop tiles one by one (used them as a support)For that purpose we used PL construction adhesive Hour and a half later. A-ha, here we realised that it could be very good idea to paint the grid first :)As most great... »MORE
How to transform ugly popcorn (stucco) ceilings into something worth looking at within just couple of hours .
By faust
Hi everyone,Here I just wanted to show how you can transform ugly popcorn (stucco)ceilings without tearing it off - fast, clean and easy. On the pictures below you may see all stages of "covering" the existing popcorn ceilings with Polystyrene ceiling tiles (this specific model called R-16) The whole job took about two hours. Tools used - utility knife, putty knife for adhesive (Acryl-Pro from Home Depot ), miter box to cut the crown moldings, measuring tape and pencil.I used polystyrene crown moldings to cover the gap between the wall and the last tile and was cutting them with utility... »MORE
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