A deteriorated ceiling is a high-altitude problem. Cracked plaster, sagging drywall and water stains that can’t be camouflaged with a coat of paint call for radical remedies. Fortunately, there are ...

Question: On one of your shows, I saw you painting an embossed tin backsplash and love the idea, because I don’t have to change the whole backsplash if my color tastes change — I can just repaint.

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 ...

A pressed tin backsplash is given more dimension with an ocher glaze rubbed over the yellow base coat. Dear Debbie: On one of your shows I saw you painting an embossed tin backsplash and I love the ...

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Editor’s note: This story originally ran in 2010 and has been updated. You can read the previous post here. As Americans, we can feel patriotic when considering tin ceilings. It’s one of the few ...