House built in 1893.
Removed the dropped ceiling in the living room. Found this ceiling underneath.
See pictures below!
Looks like some form of panels (masonite?) with a grid pattern created by moldings. Just guessing, but I imagine it might be from the 50s/60s.
The ceiling sags a bit if you stand and look up, but nothing you might notice in the future.
Now the question is, should I tear down this grid-patterned ceiling too and probably reveal an old tongue-and-groove ceiling underneath, or preserve this one?
I can also add that this living room has an open plan to the adjoining dining room.
In the dining room, there's tongue-and-groove on the ceiling.
Or should I leave it as it is and see the living room more as a "parlor"?
Maybe put up a ceiling medallion in the middle.
Upstairs, I have the same type of grid-patterned ceiling in the hallway you come up to first, and there's also a ceiling medallion here.
The wood floors in the living room and dining room are to be sanded and hopefully look like old "scrubbed floors," maybe stain them a little.
Surely, a panel of some sort with an underlying wooden ceiling! The only downside to removing this might be that the underlying surface may have separated, and there might be chip insulation falling through the gaps. Otherwise, a proper wooden ceiling is much more attractive
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