Our Dining Room, probably on the last day it was clean, not cluttered. We remodeled it at least 10 years ago in order to address 2 issues we had. The first was the plumbing for the upstairs lies in the ceiling over the dining room. We had a few leaks over the years which always resulted in cutting holes in the drywall to access the water lines. The second issue was an outdated, popcorn-textured ceiling that made repairing the drywall very difficult.
So we removed the ceiling, replaced all the plumbing lines and installed tin panel sheets for the ceiling instead of drywall. This will allow us in the future to remove a single panel to reach any plumbing and then replace the panel easily. There are several options available for ceiling tiles. While we opted for actual tin there are some made of lightweight vinyl. There are options that can replace old fiber, drop down ceiling panels or ones that can be directly nailed over an existing popcorn ceiling. Great options if you are looking to update an ugly ceiling.
As a side note, you may notice the barn door hardware. Our dining room has 2 double door entrances one of which had doors that were left open all the time. Those doors always seemed to be in the way so we decided to remove them and re-hang them using antique barn door hardware from one our barn buildings. Bill Morris did a fantastic job rebuilding the rollers and mounting the doors. I highly recommend him for building and remodeling work if you need a construction guy.
Liz Walker Real Estate 