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Basement ceilings (Polystyrene tiles - cheap and dirty)
By faustHey 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 » READ MORE
Giving your kitchen cozier look (with Antique Copper Tin look ceiling tiles)
By faustHello 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.
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First - we snapped a chalk line through the main focal point in that room - light fixture.
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Then we applied a glue (Contact Cement) to the ceilings along this line with a foam roller
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Glue was applied to the back of the tile (it is a good idea to apply glue to » READ MORE
Ugly bar stand? Cover it with Antique Copper tin look backsplash roll !
By faustAfter 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 s » READ MORE
Bad looking, old drop ceilings? PVC Tin look ceiling tiles (Faux tin) are the answer
By faustHello 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 » READ MORE
How to cover those stained drop tiles once and for all
By faustHey 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
How to transform ugly popcorn (stucco) ceilings into something worth looking at within just couple of hours .
By faustHi 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 » READ MORE
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