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Show SUSPENSE STORY If you've been sleuthing around for a practical and tasteful way to redecorate your home, you may have already detected a new decorating trend: suspended ceilings. f- !' ' J i j! i r -v 11 DRAMATIC NEW CEILING: WHO DUNNIT? You done it! A new ceiling can add excitement ex-citement to your decor by changing or intensifying a mood. Installing a suspended ceiling is economical, and easy enough to consider as a weekend do-it-yourself project. proj-ect. No fancy carpentry is involved. A metal framing is suspended from your existing ceiling by wires, and then the panels are simply lain into place. Today, stylish, maintenance-free lay-in panels come in a wide variety of textured designs and warm earth tones that help dress up a home. Fiber glass panels made by Owens-Corning are available in an array of colors, textures tex-tures and patterns: Batik, Sunburst, Rough Hewn and reDDie, to name just a tew. A rustic-looking, embossed pattern, for instance, will enhance en-hance the mood of an Early American or Mediterranean room, while a more formal texture would probably better bet-ter suit French Provincial or Regency styles. When modernizing your home, you might take a clue from some experts: start at the top. |