The Best American Tin Ceiling Contest

Announcing the winners of our bi-annual tin ceiling photo contest.

Grand Prize = $750

#10 Antique Burgundy  Installed tin ceiling panel #10 in Antique Burgundy from The American Tin Ceiling Co. - #1 Manufacturer of authentic Tin Ceilings, cornice, backsplash, molding, wall decor and accessories.
Our neighbors think the room is amazing! Thanks, Kevin & Ann Kelley - MD | Click here to view this entry >>

This customer demonstrates how simplicity can be transformed into grandeur with the mere addition of an American Tin Ceiling. Basements across America are being updated with American Tin Ceilings, an affordable new fashion trend.

Second Place = $500

#7 Antique Silver
 Installed tin ceiling panel #17 in Antique Gold from The American Tin Ceiling Co. - #1 Manufacturer of authentic Tin Ceilings, cornice, backsplash, molding, wall decor and accessories.
Tom Tompkins - San Francisco, CA | Click here to view this entry >>

Third Place = $300

#6 Antique Silver & Filler
 Installed tin ceiling panel #6 in Antique Silver from The American Tin Ceiling Co. - #1 Manufacturer of authentic Tin Ceilings, cornice, backsplash, molding, wall decor and accessories.
Nancy McNeely - Ontario, Canada | Click here to view this entry >>

Due to the to the significant participation in our Winter 2005 contest, we will be awarding consolation prizes of $50 to the following entries:

Consolation = $50

#2 Royal Gold
 Installed tin ceiling panel #2 in Royal Gold from The American Tin Ceiling Co. - #1 Manufacturer of authentic Tin Ceilings, cornice, backsplash, molding, wall decor and accessories.
David J Eberhardt - Novato, CA | Click here to view this entry >>

Consolation = $50

#10 Antique Copper Burgundy
 Installed tin ceiling panel #10 in Antique Copper Burgundy from The American Tin Ceiling Co. - #1 Manufacturer of authentic Tin Ceilings, cornice, backsplash, molding, wall decor and accessories.
Jeff Murphy- Lima, OH | Click here to view this entry >>

Consolation = $50

#10 Antique Copper
 Installed tin ceiling panel #2 in Antique Copper Vein from The American Tin Ceiling Co. - #1 Manufacturer of authentic Tin Ceilings, cornice, backsplash, molding, wall decor and accessories.
Wallace and Jane Wason | Click here to view this entry >>

Consolation = $50

#8 & #9 in White w/M1 flat molding
Installed tin ceiling panels #8 and #9 in Bright White from The American Tin Ceiling Co. - #1 Manufacturer of authentic Tin Ceilings, cornice, backsplash, molding, wall decor and accessories.
Karin Argeris, Raleigh, NC | Click here to view this entry >>

Consolation = $50

#12 Stainless Steel and Dark Antique Silver Iinlaid with Gold
 Installed tin ceiling panel #12 in Antique Silver with Gold Inlay and Stainless Steel with Gold Inlay from The American Tin Ceiling Co. - #1 Manufacturer of authentic Tin Ceilings, cornice, backsplash, molding, wall decor and accessories.
Joan Congdon , Indianola, PA | Click here to view this entry >>

Why are Tin Ceilings so popular today?

Tin Ceilings remind us of a different time in our country's history. Tin Ceilings stir memories of gentler days when elegance and beauty reigned. A slower paced era where style and grace were the watchwords in home decor. Old time victorian homes, formal parlors, farmhouses with wood burning stoves and other historic architecture we've seen in literature and film or remember from our childhood.

It is said that "Everything Old Becomes New Again". It reinvents itself and becomes fashionable again, perhaps because it was so fashionable in the first place. Fashion goes in and out of style as modern ideas are introduced to the market. But the popular styling's of the past always cycle back into modern contemporary culture. The Tin Ceiling exemplifies this concept.