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Thanks for your reply, decided I'll go with softsheen (unless it looks terrible!) just done my third coat of it and can't tell if I'm being paranoid or whether it needs another coat! There's only so long you can stare at paint drying... will see what it looks like in daylight - hope it doesn't...

Hi all just after a bit of advice, I'm in the middle of repainting my lounge white. The room had dark silk (I believe) paint on the walls before. I read that I shouldn't put matt straight over so I went for brilliant white dulux soft sheen. I've now done one coat of that and I'm wondering...

I'm starting to wonder if I might be aswell just getting the sparky to put in the downlighters and get a plasterer to tidy up the ceiling a bit. Then I can have a taller ceiling which might make the room feel bigger and maybe get a better light distribution + the outlay that would have gone...

Cheers roy I'll keep this topic updated.

Oh and what would be my best bet for securing the 3x2 frame, would long screws and wall plugs cut it? Or would I be better off boring holes in the wood and using anchor bolts into the wall? (Or something else?) Oh and on the subject of hazards, whilst having a quick look for the cause of...

Oh okay then :mrgreen: ....: Unfortunately theres 14"+ of snow here in sheffield so project may have to halt there until I can get my hands on some wood and plasterboard. I've ripped the tiles out too, thinking of ordering a new kitchen from wickes as they look cheaper than b&q.

Now that maketh sense! Thanks for clarifying, and thanks again roy. I could get that far this week I guess and then get a sparky in then a plasterer as soon as this snow sods off! Any ideas as to what to use to suspend the new timber ceiling?

Also, do these look okay for the downlighters? http://www.amazon.co.uk/LOW-ENERGY-DOWNLIGHTERS-Satin-Chrome/dp/B0049QCK4U/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1291156147&sr=8-8 The room's 2450mmx1960mm so was thinking 6 should do it? I'll point out now, I'm trying to be as "cost effective" as possible -...

Thanks for all the replies very useful Sorry to be a bit thick but what do you mean by 3x2? do you mean a 3'X2' piece of plasterboard? There should be plenty of room for spots as, although it's a tiny kitchen the ceiling's quite high at about 2610mm (to the wooden batons)

So rip out the ceiling and get a sparky to put in the lights then get the plaster board up and get a plasterer in?

Here's what I'm contending with.

Hi all, Sorry if this is the wrong section, it looked most relevant though. Probably a bit of a daft/simple question but I've decided to take the plunge and rip out my old, horrible kitchen. First think I'm going to see to is disposing of the foul suspended ceiling, but above that are...