easy and inexpensive options needed please.. countertops and ceiling

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  • JeanetteRene
  on Nov. 3, 2009 at 11:43 AM

• This link has a HGTV episode that renovates a kitchen on a budget, and they put bead board over he popcorn...http://www.hulu.com/watch/101825/dear-genevieve-kitchen-makeover-on-a-budget#x-0,vepisode,1,0

  
  

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  • Rychelle
  on Nov. 3, 2009 at 11:51 AM

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  Quoting JeanetteRene:
  
  

  This link has a HGTV episode that renovates a kitchen on a budget, and they put bead board over he popcorn...http://www.hulu.com/watch/101825/dear-genevieve-kitchen-makeover-on-a-budget#x-0,vepisode,1,0

  
  thank you!

   

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  • Rychelle
  on Nov. 3, 2009 at 12:01 PM

• It looks greta but they didnt really show how they did it.. do you know how you install it?? just screw it in?? do you use adheasive too?

   

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  • JeanetteRene
  on Nov. 3, 2009 at 12:15 PM

• I  found this when I googled it..."First, prime and paint your beadboard before you attach it to the ceiling. Second, measure out your openings for any light fixtures and cut those openings before you hang it. Third, make certain your lines where the boards meet are even, if not cut them to be. Fourth, it looks better when you use a molding where the beadboard meets the walls because you will find that not all walls are square and you may have gaps. Fifth, use a product called "Locktite" to adhere the beadboard to the ceiling while you are screwing in the beadboard (it really helps to have a helper holding the beadboard while screwing it into the studs, but the locktite makes the job so much easier). Make certain you know where the studs are and screw the beadboard into them. One final hint, make certain the ceiling is level before you hang the beadboard. Sometimes where they have drywall taped the seams before blowing the popcorn there is a bump. Simply knock down the popcorn with a metal spackle applicator. Your beadboard will adhere better and not bow."

   Removing the popcorn is very inexspensive, but also messy and more time consuming. Dampen the popcorn with water in a spray bottle, then scrape off the popcorn (you can by a simple scraper at most stores), next sand, skim with sheetrock mud, sand again, then paint. We will be doing this in our house very soon, but my hubby work in constuction, so he knows how to do these kind of things.

  
  

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  • Rychelle
  on Nov. 3, 2009 at 12:24 PM

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  Quoting JeanetteRene:
  
  

  I  found this when I googled it..."First, prime and paint your beadboard before you attach it to the ceiling. Second, measure out your openings for any light fixtures and cut those openings before you hang it. Third, make certain your lines where the boards meet are even, if not cut them to be. Fourth, it looks better when you use a molding where the beadboard meets the walls because you will find that not all walls are square and you may have gaps. Fifth, use a product called "Locktite" to adhere the beadboard to the ceiling while you are screwing in the beadboard (it really helps to have a helper holding the beadboard while screwing it into the studs, but the locktite makes the job so much easier). Make certain you know where the studs are and screw the beadboard into them. One final hint, make certain the ceiling is level before you hang the beadboard. Sometimes where they have drywall taped the seams before blowing the popcorn there is a bump. Simply knock down the popcorn with a metal spackle applicator. Your beadboard will adhere better and not bow."

   Removing the popcorn is very inexspensive, but also messy and more time consuming. Dampen the popcorn with water in a spray bottle, then scrape off the popcorn (you can by a simple scraper at most stores), next sand, skim with sheetrock mud, sand again, then paint. We will be doing this in our house very soon, but my hubby work in constuction, so he knows how to do these kind of things.

  you are such a huge help!! thank you so much!!!
  

   

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  • kyco363
  on Nov. 3, 2009 at 12:38 PM

• http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cdn-write.demandstudios.com/upload//5000/500/30/5/15535.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ehow.com/how_5104177_install-beadboard-ceiling.html&usg=__T1O7V-0V6qG_V_IOrtxlSIPdAdc=&h=960&w=1280&sz=168&hl=en&start=10&um=1&tbnid=1gx2alBbZIOVvM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbeadboard%2Bceiling%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENUS343%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

  You can google it - but I know one thing people screw up on a lot is that they dont nail it into the ceiling joists - this is important if you want it to last. Also, to save money you could try see if you have a lumber yard in your area that sells salvaged hardwoods. It is environmentally friendly, inexpensive and you can usually find really unique planks. Like wide weathered planks, then put a heavy wainscoting in an off white color. This would be beautiful!

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  • Rychelle
  on Nov. 3, 2009 at 12:58 PM

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  Quoting kyco363:
  
  

  http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cdn-write.demandstudios.com/upload//5000/500/30/5/15535.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ehow.com/how_5104177_install-beadboard-ceiling.html&usg=__T1O7V-0V6qG_V_IOrtxlSIPdAdc=&h=960&w=1280&sz=168&hl=en&start=10&um=1&tbnid=1gx2alBbZIOVvM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbeadboard%2Bceiling%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENUS343%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

  You can google it - but I know one thing people screw up on a lot is that they dont nail it into the ceiling joists - this is important if you want it to last. Also, to save money you could try see if you have a lumber yard in your area that sells salvaged hardwoods. It is environmentally friendly, inexpensive and you can usually find really unique planks. Like wide weathered planks, then put a heavy wainscoting in an off white color. This would be beautiful!

  that sounds like such a great idea!! ill def check that out. thanks!! and thanks for the tip about making sure we nail it to the joints
  

   

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  • sparky60
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 8:54 AM
• Hi,
  I have a suggestion for your old countertops. I don't know if you'll like this idea but I will throw it at you.
  I know a faux painter that actually paints kitchen countertops(Laminate). These girls do a great job!! Cost effective and they do an awesome job.
  Just a thought.
  Sparky60

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  • Rychelle
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 9:17 AM

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  Quoting sparky60:
  
  Hi,
  I have a suggestion for your old countertops. I don't know if you'll like this idea but I will throw it at you.
  I know a faux painter that actually paints kitchen countertops(Laminate). These girls do a great job!! Cost effective and they do an awesome job.
  Just a thought.
  Sparky60

  really?? i didnt know that ou could do that! it doesnt chip off or wear from heat or cutting and such?
  

   

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  • ceciliam
  on Nov. 4, 2009 at 9:25 AM

• Home Depot has premade counter tops that look like they are granite but are actually laminate. You can buy them from about $75.00 and up. We did this for one of our investment properties.....

  

  
  

  
  

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