How to Bake a New Ceiling from Scratch...

Start with 1 part gross drop ceiling, 1 part neon lights

Rip those out to expose ratty tin ceiling.

Works best if tin ceiling is already starting to fall apart at the seams.

With luck, you will find original timbers underneath. At this point, you should begin to question "Why the hell did they cover these?"

Clean up, sand.

Add soundboard, insulation, and drywall between wood beams

Prime to taste

Paint and Let sit overnight

Et Voila!

When Blogging ceases to be top priority....

So, sorry about the gap in entries. We're back, and in fact very near to moving in! It didn't happen by magic, so let's recap some of the action...

Over the course of a weekend, our house went from sort of neglected/moldy retro 70's with marinara splattered wallpaper to this:

Some might actually call it an improvement...

The dust was so bad it drove our friends Darren and Jessica out of the upstairs apartment for weeks...Sorry!!

The picture is so fuzzy because the place became so dark and dusty, you couldn't get a much better shot!

My memory of that time is about as equally dark, dusty and cluttered!