Hidden Treasure...

This'll be short & sweet, but I just wanted to share what was revealed to be beneath

about an inch of plaster on our ceilings after a wall was removed...

{Taken with my cell phone, so please excuse the poor photo quality}

There are original beadboard ceilings under all that crazy plaster!

Ditto for the walls!  Beadboard there, too!

So we now need to decide (like in the next few hours) whether we want to see

what's behind "door #2" so to speak and have ALL the rest of he plaster knocked off

and have beadboard ceilings...

or

take the the "safe route" and just try our best to repair the 6" wide swath of

plaster and try and make it blend in with the rest of the ceiling...

What to do?!

There are no guarantees that the beadboard is in good shape beneath all that 

plaster and it covers THREE rooms.

It's pretty much of a gamble... But the reward for bravery could be that

we get to enjoy antique beadboard ceilings instead of funky, chunky plaster ceilings

with an odd "circular swirl" design all over them.  

By the way, removing the plaster off all the walls is NOT an option.
I love the plaster walls (they are not done in a weird, thick design like the ceiling)
and I really don't think I'd care for the wall and the ceiling to be all wooden.

So, what would you do??

Well... I'm off again, but I just had to share the discovery with you.  :)