Editor’s note: An updated version of this post can be viewed here. As Americans, we can feel patriotic when considering tin ceilings. It’s one of the few decorative elements found in the Victorian Age ...

Tin ceilings were very popular in the mid-1800s and early 1900s. These mass-produced ceilings, stamped with decorative patterns, were lightweight, hardy, and fire-resistant. They offered an ...

In the late 1970s, Barbara Schiller and her husband bought a decaying brownstone in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, then in its early stages of gentrification. The house was structurally ...

A HUNDRED years ago, tin ceilings were the way to go for two reasons: The fire-proof plates provided a quick fix for cracking plaster, plus they were very, very cheap. These days, it’s charm, not ...

Embossed tin ceilings, created to mimic the grand plaster ceilings of Europe, offer an ever-changing play of light and shadow not possible with a flat painted ceiling. They originated in the mid-19th ...

SHELDON GRUBER never met his grandfather Joseph Punn, a ceiling man from an era when pressed-tin ceilings could be found all over New York. But he has heard the stories. Too poor to afford a truck in ...

I’ve occasionally been known to throw myself onto the face of a home-improvement cliff so steep that I can barely make it to the top, let alone finish with something pretty. Last week, I bailed ...

Then, a problem: the pine crown moulding at the top of the cupboards and the pot lights. That detailed explanation comes from a true love of the product by owner Brian Greer. “At 12 years of age,” ...

Armstrong Residential Ceilings has released a new line of faux tin ceiling tiles called Tin Look that can easily and affordably bring a unique look to your units or common areas. The ceiling is all ...

NEVADA, Mo. — The W.F. Norman Corp., a manufacturer of tin ceilings and ornamental sheet metal products, last week announced a change in ownership. The company has been acquired by longtime employee ...

We live, work and play, in the town where we were born and raised - Pittsburg, California. Urban renewal hit our downtown in the early '70s. Dozens of turn-of-the century buildings were leveled to ...