This'll be short & sweet, but I just wanted to share what was revealed to be beneath
about an inch of plaster on our ceilings after a wall was removed...
{Taken with my cell phone, so please excuse the poor photo quality}
There are original beadboard ceilings under all that crazy plaster!
Ditto for the walls! Beadboard there, too!
Ditto for the walls! Beadboard there, too!
So we now need to decide (like in the next few hours) whether we want to see
what's behind "door #2" so to speak and have ALL the rest of he plaster knocked off
and have beadboard ceilings...
or
take the the "safe route" and just try our best to repair the 6" wide swath of
plaster and try and make it blend in with the rest of the ceiling...
What to do?!
There are no guarantees that the beadboard is in good shape beneath all that
plaster and it covers THREE rooms.
It's pretty much of a gamble... But the reward for bravery could be that
we get to enjoy antique beadboard ceilings instead of funky, chunky plaster ceilings
with an odd "circular swirl" design all over them.
By the way, removing the plaster off all the walls is NOT an option.
I love the plaster walls (they are not done in a weird, thick design like the ceiling)
and I really don't think I'd care for the wall and the ceiling to be all wooden.
So, what would you do??
Well... I'm off again, but I just had to share the discovery with you. :)
I would take the chance! My husband would not. Lol, but as you said...could be a real gem of a find!
ReplyDeleteUm hello....thats like finding gold in your ceiling! Take it off and take your chances :)
ReplyDeleteI would chance it for the beadboard!! Oh yea!
ReplyDeleteI would definitely get rid of the icky stuccoed plaster...the beadboard would be soooo worth it! :)
ReplyDeleteTake it off, take it all off!!
ReplyDeleteBut that's how we roll here at the barn
Go for the beadboard---definitely!!!!
ReplyDeleteOH how cool! I say go for it! WOW! You are such a lucky duck! So, intriguing!!
ReplyDeletem ^..^
Do you really have to ask???
ReplyDeleteGo for it!!!
You could always sheetrock over it if it is really bad under there!! I think I would haft to see!!
ReplyDeleteRisk it! (if you haven't already) xoxo
ReplyDeleteMy vote is for bead board too. How often do we long to add just such a thing but don't because it is so expensive. go for it! Keep posting pics.
ReplyDeleteI'm way late on this Lit'l Miss R but if it twere me I'd be standing in piles of plaster in the blink of the eye. Bead board can easily be patched & blended into the bad spots. A whole lot better then trying to match plaster techniques!Ohhhhh just think patina white bead board...heaven it's almost orga...well maybe not that, but heck it runs a close second! :)
ReplyDeletePattie ;)
Mazatlan Mx.
PS Be sure to post pictures!
Down it comes!
ReplyDeleteYes, take the risk : )
Dee
yes yes to the beadboard ruth! :) chris
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