Mary:  My bedroom, too, has been waiting for paint for about 4 months now.
All the bedroom furniture has been moved into a back room, and I'm tired of
having to walk across the bed to get into it.  But the simple paint job
involving some "easy" improvements to an added closet turned into more
complicated reconstruction.  In the interests of a higher quality of life ...

I'm reassured by your bedroom story.  Clouds sound nice.

Maura

At 06:46 PM 5/6/99 -0400, Mary Dierickx wrote:
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>In a message dated 5/6/99 3:06:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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><<  Anyone have comments on the position that tin ceiling @ kitchen is
> just adding that much more surface for dust/smoke/grease to adhere to?
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> DD >>
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>I can't pass this up  --
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>Metal ceilings (often not tin but sheet iron, painted) were installed for
>decoration and also for fireproofing.  They were considered more hygienic
>than plaster.  This shouldn't be much worse to clean than a plaster
>ceiling.
>Also, the metal ceiling panels were usually nailed onto multiple furring
>strips and are difficult to take down. Keep the ceiling, paint it. (As long
>as I don't have to - my bedroom has been awaiting painting for 6 months,
>raw
>plaster patches and all  -  with the blue walls and the white plaster
>patches, we call it the cloud room)
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>Mary Dierickx, NYC
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