Friday, September 9, 2011

De-plastering

The previous owners of our house had some cute ideas. One was to plaster cement "blocks" around an opening leading to a hall and the stairway.
Stain was never added to make them visible - you can just barely see the block pattern here

The fun part will be getting the plaster off the textured ceiling of the hall

Cute, but not "me". So, I am trying to remove the plaster.

My first idea was to sand it, but Doug nixed that idea. It would be very messy. And, you can just scrape off the plaster when it is wet. I went to town getting it wet and scraping it (also a very messy process, but more containable than sanding), and have so far removed three of the six surfaces. 

When they're done, I think matching sconces on each side of the opening would look nice, don't you think? And what about an archway instead of the rectangular opening?

3 comments:

  1. Archway for sure!YOu know, I know a guy who does pretty good work with stuff like that. ;) too bad we don't' live in Utah...

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  2. You know, I've thought that very same thing many, many times! Tile, archway...but it's a great learning experience for me! : )

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  3. Ooh, archway, YES!! Oh, and I bet Daryl would come up to visit and do the tiling thing for you if you paid for supplies and the trip and stuff... ;)

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