Luckily for me, my Dad's a pretty good bargain shopper, which is why we have a lot of things we may or may not use. If there's a sale, he feels inclined to buy. But occasionally he gets lucky and such was the case for this nifty new ceiling fix - tongue and groove boards designed especially for ceilings to give that wood floor look up above. Dad got a great deal on the ceiling panels, but with only 100 sq ft the question became where could we use it? The master bathroom ceiling was in desperate need of having something done to it, but there wasn't enough square footage to cover it all. So where else could we use it that needed it? The upstairs hallway. Bazinga!
Of course one of the hardest things when putting the ceiling up was leveling off the ceiling. Seems simple, but when the 2x4 studs in the attic run left to right for three feet then up and down for another 2.5 ft, finding studs to screw furring strips to is somewhat difficult. But once it was done, the ceiling was easy and simple. Measure, cut, screw into place. Unfortunately for us, the reason for Dad's bargain shopping was most likely the result of a special order which was returned to the store - with parts missing. There happen to be these little tabs which slide into the grove section and hold the boards in place by being screwed into the furring strips. Well, when the three boxes were returned, only one contained the tabs, so I only got about a third of the ceiling up before I ran out of tabs.
Regardless, the ceiling looks really good (even better once it's done and molding is put up) and I was really happy with how easy it was to drill through so I could hang the light in it's old spot. Here are pics before and after (as far as I can until I find more tab thingys).
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