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 ...

The revival of the Victorian-era tin ceiling is providing a modern-day, decorative flourish that is getting many home owners to look up. Tin ceilings can add drama to a home's ceiling. Coming in a ...

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 ...

New York’s mot beloved architectural innovation might be among its most overlooked: the humble tin ceiling. Today, people view the geometrically embossed covering with rosy nostalgia. But tin ceilings ...

We independently select everything we recommend. Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. Ceiling design has come a long way from painted drywall or standard textured ...

Exposing the tin ceiling in the kitchen was also a labour of love. The result is a multicoloured tin ceiling due to all the beautiful colours of oxidized metal,” added Markham. The home is steps to ...

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 ...

Houses are packed with clues about their history. From floor to ceiling, if you look closely at the details, they may reveal when the house was built and how people lived in the space over time.