Renovate Brooklyn! Promises, promises...

You may remember, somewhere deep in the recesses of your memory, that we have been aspiring to pull down our existing kitchen ceiling to expose the original pre-war tin ceiling that is installed above our dropped dry-wall ceiling. There were a couple of postings about it, and we even included a few ominous-looking photographs like the one shown below...

Looking good, right? No wonder we can't resist! 

We've been trying to ignore this project for as long as possible and so far, have had quite a lot of success... More specifically, John has come up with every excuse imaginable to postpone doing this, but he's finally run out of reasons. and we're going to seize the bull by the horns! I even called all of our neighbors, to make sure there was no reason they could fathom why it can't come down (no such luck!), and now I'm determined, DE-TER-MINED, to bring this baby down next week. Come hell or high water. Or probably just a lot of dust, bug skeletons, and other 40-year old detritus.

I thought a quick slide show of lust-inducing, action-inspiring images might help you understand why we would want to pull down our perfectly decent dropped ceiling, and will hopefully also serve as a reminder to us when we are part-way through this horribly messy, very unpleasant task...

I wonder if our windows will magically become massive 5' X 8' panels of light and glass once we pull down our ceiling? Wishful thinking...

Lots to look forward to! 

Have a terrific weekend and we will see you next week, swaddled in drop clothes, respirator masks, and haz-mat suits. 

The fun continues...