If your home game room or your office has standard, industrial ceiling tiles, you may feel that these boring, ugly tiles permanently compromise the beauty of the room. Fortunately, decorating and lighting can make ceiling tiles more palatable in a variety of ways. Don't give up on your room. Beautify it instead, by decorating those drab with sheer fabric scarves.
Instructions
1. Assemble materials. You need one sheer scarf for each ceiling tile. Look for scarves in complementary, but not necessarily identical patterns.
2. Remove the ceiling tiles, using the ladder if needed. You can usually push each one upward slightly, then angle it downward to fit through the opening. Remove tiles gently so that you don't scrape them as you pull them out. Leave any lighting fixtures alone.
3. Clean off the tiles. Use the hand broom to sweep off both sides. The backs of the tiles in particular will likely be dusty. Do this outside so you don't get your room all dusty.
4. Attach the scarves to the ceiling tiles. Lay the scarf flat, then place the ceiling tile on top of it. Pull the edges of the scarf up around the tile, pulling the scarf tight across the front (the side that will face downward and be visible when the tile's replaced in the ceiling. Staple the ends of the scarf to the back of the tile. Then secure the edges using a thin line of glue around all four sides of the ceiling tile. Repeat this process for each tile. You're creating pieces for a beautiful mosaic.
5. Allow the glue to dry for 20 minutes. If any of the scarves pull free, reattach them with staples and additional glue. This may happen simply because they're stretched so tightly.
6. Replace the ceiling tiles. Put them back into place one at a time. Be gentle so that you don't snag the scarves.
7. Set up floor and table-top lamps. These will replace the harsh, unforgiving, overhead florescent lighting commonly installed in offices and other rooms with industrial ceiling tiles. Softer light from lamps on the floor, tables, or desks will soften up the room. Your scarf mosaic will look beautiful and elaborate when it's lit from below.
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