What You Should Know Before Buying Decorative Ceiling Tiles for Your Home

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE BUYING DECORATIVE CEILING TILES FOR YOUR HOME

Hanging Ceiling Decoration
What child wouldn't love a room decorated with favorite fairy tale characters, super-heroes, sports, or pets? If you have a daughter, you might think of a tea party theme, a ballet theme, or have butterflies flying around the walls or hanging from the ceiling. A boy might like to have posters of his favorite basketball players, cartoon characters or safari animals decorating the space.

Modern Ceilings
An aluminum alloy has now been created for art metal ceilings. The panels are still widely known as pressed tin although they are no longer made from tin. The easiest way to install metal ceiling panels is to fix building ply to the old ceiling and nail the metal to the ply. Most reputable ceiling suppliers will offer detailed fitting instructions.

Ceiling Beam Decoration
With proper scale and detailing, coffering - creating recessed panels or grid-like compartments in a ceiling - can add elegance to almost any style of house. Coffered ceilings are generally handcrafted by carpenters from architects' plans; a few companies; such as Cumberland Woodcraft in Carlisle, PA, and Ohio-based Norton industries offer custom coffered ceiling treatments in various woods; Cumberland also sells bead-board ceiling panels with crossbeams.

High Ceiling Beams Decoration
High ceilings are the trend in residential homes currently, but if you live in a condo or an older house, it may not be possible to actually increase the ceiling height. Here are a few tips for making your ceiling seem higher:

Lower the wall trim: instead of installing crown molding at the junction between ceiling and wall, drop it down about six inches to make the ceiling look higher.
Add coffers: you can create shallow coffers on the ceiling by applying molding that’s less than two inches deep in a honeycomb or diamond pattern; this adds interest to a flat ceiling and makes it seem higher.

Tray Ceiling Décor
If your space feels small and closed in because of low ceilings, paint it a light color, and add a border to the ceiling itself instead of at the top of the walls. This will create depth, making the ceiling seem higher, and giving the effect of a tray ceiling. You can get more ideas from the many interior wall and ceiling decoration magazines on the market.