The missus recently took to the walls with a knife and started hacking all the wallpaper off, so I decided it was time to do the project properly. I also wanted to do something slightly different, so I had a dig around in the shed for a ceiling grid and some tiles I had doing nothing
Firstly...what a mess! The old warm air cupboard taking up loads of space!
Have to hide those pipes and box the radiator in:
Warm air heating is out...what a job. Started putting up battens for plasterboard.
With the boards on:
Recess boarded out and electrics going in (This is going to be used for my AV - video, stereo etc):
Now, the biggie! Suspended metal ceiling goes in:
Blind reccess for continuous blind along the sliding door. This will also have hidden lighting to wash down the blinds (I'm thinking blue halogen at the moment ) :
The plasterboard perimeters will have about 15 twinkly downlighters on a dimmer, and there will be another circuit for the main lights in the metal tiles:
Pipes all hidden now, the old lights still need to come out:
A lot of people (specially the wife ) have said that a metal ceiling in there will make it look like a shop, but I think the tiles that I have used look really good, and the more I do the more I think it looks okay. It's also very practical, easy for access
I'm also going to throw away the old speakers and install 4 speakers in the ceiling to hide them.
One question, could anyone recommend a nice cover to use for the boxed in radiators? For the fronts and the tops. I'm a bit stuck for ideas
Firstly...what a mess! The old warm air cupboard taking up loads of space!
Have to hide those pipes and box the radiator in:
Warm air heating is out...what a job. Started putting up battens for plasterboard.
With the boards on:
Recess boarded out and electrics going in (This is going to be used for my AV - video, stereo etc):
Now, the biggie! Suspended metal ceiling goes in:
Blind reccess for continuous blind along the sliding door. This will also have hidden lighting to wash down the blinds (I'm thinking blue halogen at the moment ) :
The plasterboard perimeters will have about 15 twinkly downlighters on a dimmer, and there will be another circuit for the main lights in the metal tiles:
Pipes all hidden now, the old lights still need to come out:
A lot of people (specially the wife ) have said that a metal ceiling in there will make it look like a shop, but I think the tiles that I have used look really good, and the more I do the more I think it looks okay. It's also very practical, easy for access
I'm also going to throw away the old speakers and install 4 speakers in the ceiling to hide them.
One question, could anyone recommend a nice cover to use for the boxed in radiators? For the fronts and the tops. I'm a bit stuck for ideas