In a message dated 10/30/2000 6:52:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > Q - a 1916 bungalow (fancy architect designed one) had - according to a > newspaper article of the time- a "domed ceiling" in the DR? (now > altered with drywall and new small crown - appears to be close in height > to neighboring rooms) --- any ideas what that could mean? A friend of mine has a 1896 Queen Anne, and all the walls are coved. It does create kind of a 'dome' effect. All the wall corners are chamfered too. All done with plaster and several buckets-full of skill. Just a thought. -Heidi