I got three pieces from a freecycler a couple of years ago. They are 2ft x 5ft sections. I was going to make...(shoot..it's on the tip of my tongue......OH OH I remember it's Valances.. I was going to make Valances for my living room windows. And I planned on painting them chipped white. But then my DH finally got the trim put up around the windows...We spent a fortune doing that..and I just couldn't cover them. At least not for a few years...lol It was about two hundred a window plus since my husband had his stroke he just can't do that finish work anymore so he paid someone to install them.(to us that is a fortune) Another thing I've seen people do with them are backsplashes. BUT since you bought just one...I guess my ideas aren't helping you much... Oh well...8^) patti

Just finished up tin ceiling tiles for the same reasons as yours! I don't have pics yet, but it came out excellent. You do not have to worry about rust as everything is powercoated. They told me if we really want to, we can caulk, but it is really not necessary. We do need to caulk the corners in the crown moulding. See www.americantinceilings.com. They were very helpful. We did pattern #20 in bright white satin in a 37 sq. ft. bathroom. We've got a retro/beach thing going.

Very do-able, and if I were doing subways [I'm not], I'd definetly go with a herringbone. I 'get' the running bond look, but I've seen it so much lately it doesn't have much impact anymore. But combining with the tin could be a little tough: tin tiles [I assume we are talking about the embossed ceiling tiles] are generally too large and the wrong size to integrate easily. So I'd do the herringbone with no accent all around the room, then switch to a more 'picture frame' look with subways, chair rail and mitered corners over the range. I'd choose the tin tile [or tiles or medallion] now, and have it glued to a flame proof MDF for mounting. Then I'd screw [using the pattern of the tile to camoflauge the screw heads] the assembly to the wall and have the tile laid to fit around it exactly. This will give you the option of unscrewing the tin tiles at some point down the road and replaceing it with a mosaic or other accent piece without disturbing the subway frame. Since the tin could be painted, you could change it to match your accent color as often as you please. If you wanted to get *really whacky*, you could even buy enough tin now for several different centers, paint/finish them differently, and change them out with the seasons. But choose the tin carefully: it needs to be interesting, but not so textured as to catch grease, and rigid enough to take a good scrubbing without squishing.

rdsso I have the same armstrong tiles in my kitchen! It was difficult to put up (arms overhead a lot). We found that the edges were very delicate and anyplace there is a ding it is very noticeable. The ceilling tiles also were difficult to keep level so the ceiling looks a little wavy as if we are hiding a bad ceiling. If I had to do it over again I would opt for the larger plastic panels.