I was able to purchase 105 tin ceiling tiles ( 20 x 24 ) from an old building, probably 1880's. A few will be used to make a backsplash behind my grandmother's Hotpoint stove that I still use. I hope to replace the new copper tins that should never have been placed in a pegged 1850's pie safe by cutting some squares and using an iron punch to make a pattern. Finally, the drinking gourd crop was successful. I hope to end up with about thirty in all. When the summer ends, the green gourds either rot or turn rock-hard. There is absolutely nothing that can be done. Mother Nature makes the decision.
Hello Mr. Cunningham. Those ceiling tiles are a treasure. We have a 1900s dog trot style 4 rooms with enclosed breezeway in Wilton. The Adams house. A early Southern Railway house with high ceilings. We may do our living room with those tin tiles in the future. We are the Researchers that discovered were Wilson's hill was at. One day my Wife and I would love to visit your lovely Historical home. You need a Historical marker down by the roadway.
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