The ceiling.
It’s tricky business.
I, of course, wanted to rip that commercial tile sucker down.
Underneath, there were nasty linoleum tiles, and underneath that, beautiful tin tiles. And we needed to leave the grid up so we could add the tiles back if the heating and air bills became ridiculous.
So, despite all reasoning, we started ripping that ceiling down.
And then we learned there were boards nailed to the beautiful tin.
We could have stopped there, put the tiles back.
But there were original rafters above the tin.
So we’re ripping that down, too.
I love your posts and seeing your shop come to life. Usually things look worse before they look better. You will get there.
What a mess! I hope you are getting lots of help!
I’m enjoying your honesty, and how difficult your reno is at times. Sometimes you feel like “is it only me??!!” You won’t regret going the extra mile. Thanks for the laughs.
Awesome! So exciting to see what each layer reveals–I know the end will look amazing. I also love that this old building is being restored to its original bones, despite years of “upgrades” with flooring, sheet rock, etc over the brick.
man too bad the tin was nailed in to. Love the brick wall in the back! keep chugging along….it looks great!
Ohhhh, that beautiful tin ceiling 🙁
So sad to see such a beautiful ceiling covered. What are people thinking?! It’s going to look fabulous when you finish!!
It’s going to look amazing! Good luck 🙂
in a word, inspiring!
Could the bones of this building get any better!!!!
Bliss
looks fantastic! love the exposed brick – what do you plan to do with the tin ceiling tiles? You guys are doing a great job!
Our plaster ceilings were covered with tiles. We pulled down the tiles and have the same boards nailed in. Not sure what we’ll do next, but at least we don’t have a deadline like you! Good luck!
My God I want to be there with you and this WONDERFUL treasure hunt you’re on. I would give anything to help you with those ceilings. What a find! I just want to know who the idiot was that nail boards to those tin tiles….. grrrrrrrr. Have you thought of filling the holes with, maybe, caulk? Might be too many of them, but you could do the bigger ones because at that distance the little ones would be too noticeable.
Either that or pull them all down – do a different ceiling and sell all the tin tiles after you’ve redesigned them. With those brick walls, anything is going to look gorgeous up there!
Just like in life, sometimes what we imagine doesn’t work out, but we find something better along the way.
Oh, please try to save the tin panels! Even with holes in them from the nailed wood, they are rare, and really popular! I have two of them from an old bank in my home town of Tacoma, Washington. I have them mounted on my walls, using scrabble tiles with magnet backs, and everyone who sees them wants one! Save them, and sell them in the shop, holes and all!
Good choice! Where there’s a will there’s a way!
I am in the process of opening a flower/gift shop in an old building (built in 1927) that we are renovating. Your journey is so similar to mine! We pulled out ceilings also because the original tin was underneath. The tin was good enough to save though, and it is so beautiful and gives the building such character. I hope you are able to salvage your tin and do something else creative and useful with it! Good luck with everything…I’m enjoying your blog! Nice to know I’m not the only one going through this!! 🙂