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I like the suggestions from Gene of wood. Also, Keith's cabin ceiling of
tongue and groove pine. We have one house which has the beadboard approach
on all walls, floors and ceilings. Where we live is mainly sheetrock and
we've had to do some work on it recently.

The living room and one bedroom have 1940s versions of the ceiling tiles.
They are ugly and in need of repair. Maybe we can opt for wood.

Thanks.

>>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?
>
>Sheetrock is less work than boards but I don't like the atmosphere of
>it; too cold modern for my sensibilities. I sheetrocked the ceiling
>of the Heartwood living room, which we have used as an office, to
>help control humidity, which was important in the early days of laser
>printers, when we were publishing. In the future I anticipate using
>boards of solid wood. Tongue and grooved if I choose to take the time
>and effort to do that, plain boards otherwise. Btw, I did our present
>Heartwood kitchen ceiling in pine boards, one by six, not tongue and
>grooved. I put a plastic vapor barrier above, then the insulation.
>Even though I had those sixteen-foot boards stacked in the room for a
>couple months, they have shrunk, showing the reflective plastic. So,
>if not T&G, I will in the future top ceiling boards with black building 
>paper.
>
>Depending on the room, I will use pine or oak, both homegrown. Pine
>imparts a more casual atmosphere, oak more formal.
>
>
>
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