How Do You Make Cheap Tin Ceilings?
Rolled tin ceilings from the old days are hard to come by these days; if you do find one, it will probably be brittle, making it treacherous to work with. Plus, the price of brand-new tin ceilings is exorbitant. There is an inexpensive way, however, to get the look of a tin ceiling. All you need to do is head to your nearest home-decorating store and break out the wallpaper books. Measure the square footage of the ceiling. Purchase rolls of embossed, paintable wallpaper. There are patterns that look just like embossed tin ceilings. Clean the ceiling by dusting it with a terrycloth towel draped over the end of a broom. If there are any paint chippings, scrape them away with a paint scraper. Prime the ceiling with a water-based acrylic primer made especially for hanging wallpaper. Let the paint dry. Turn the electricity off and remove the ceiling light fixture. Take the width of the room, divide by two, and measure in from one side wall; mark the exact middle of the room’s full length. H
