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I guess I should not have used past tense and did not mean for it to be
exclusive.

Rewording:
In lieu of using sheetrock for ceilings, since you do not want to do the
work involved (and I agree it is prodigious), what do you suggest for
ceilings?

I think the old-fashioned tin is attractive, and it can be painted, but are
there other possibilities?

>>What did you use for ceilings?
>
>"Did" moves us from future-tense to past-tense.
>
>I've done paneling; I've done sheetrocking; I've done stuccoing. I
>have not done plastering except for patchwork in an old house and for
>that I used sheetrock compound. I expect plastering a wall to be very
>much like stuccoing. When the time comes I will research it and
>decide on the plaster formula. I have lots of various trowels.