Contest Terms and Conditions

There is no obligation to enter and submission is free! The deadline for submission is April 30, 2008. Previously submitted entries do not qualify. To be eligible to enter the contest, your submission must meet these qualifications:

    Terms and Conditions
  • For the first 100 participating entrants only.
  • The ceiling pictured in your photo submissions must have been purchased from The American Tin Ceiling Company
  • Customer comments must accompany the submission.
  • Photos must be a first time submission (resubmissions are not eligible).
  • Photos must be of a full traditional tin ceiling installation.
  • One entry per contestant.
  • Contestants are responsible for producing and delivering their own photographs.
  • The American Tin Ceiling Co. makes no guarantees as to inclusion for final judging.
  • To be eligible for the gift certificate 4 - 10 high resolution digital Jpeg files must be submitted.
  • Photos must be of good quality / resolution to be eligible for consideration.
  • The photographer must hold the copyright to all photos he or she submits to the contest. Photographs that violate the laws of copyright will be disqualified.
  • Photographers must have sufficient permission of any recognizable models or other persons appearing in the photograph to be able to grant to The American Tin Ceiling Co. the right to display their photographic submission online. The American Tin Ceiling Co. will not be liable for any legal disputes concerning photograph permissions. Any contest submissions that receive legal challenges from either copyright infringement or insufficient permissions will be removed from the contest.
  • Photographs that include sculptures, statues, paintings, and other works of art will be accepted as long as they do not constitute copyright infringement or fraud.
  • By submitting an image to The American Tin Ceiling Co., you hereby grant The American Tin Ceiling Co. permission and rights to store, display, and use the image, its thumbnails, your name, city and state of residence as the photographer, and your personal comments regarding the photo, indefinitely on any of The American Tin Ceiling Co. web sites and in any of The American Tin Ceiling Co. advertising or promotional materials both printed and on-line.
  • System malfunctions, network delays, and other technical problems occasionally occur, therefore, the American Tin Ceiling Co. is not responsible for assuring that photos are submitted to the contest, nor does it make any guarantees of when or if the photos will be entered into the selection pool.
  • Employees of American Tin Ceilings and or any of it's sponsors, associates, vendors, dealers, trade representatives and their families are not eligible.
  • Prize winners may be responsible for shipping charges, taxes, or import tariffs according to location and/or local laws.
  • All federal, state, provincial, and local laws apply.

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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.