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I'm very happy with the way the project turned out. I found the tiles easy to work with, and they're a big improvement over the standard drop ceiling tiles I had before. I'd certainly use them for any future drop ceiling projects. I painted the tiles antique white before installation, and I think this really improved the look.

Some photos are attached. They aren't the best pictures, but hopefully the tiles look good!

They aren't the best pictures in the world but then we aren't "pro" photographers either. I think they pretty accurately show the ceiling.  We love it...

We, upon first impression, probably "overkilled" on the fanciness of the ceiling but I love it.

My project turned out wonderfully. I installed the medallion tiles and for the perimeter I used a textured wall paper right over the old primed drop ceiling tiles. Like I said, it looks really great. In fact, company that's never seen our ceiling before thought the ceiling was a plaster cast that was actually original to the home (we live in an older house).

I left the old existing drop ceiling tiles in place along the outside edge. Where possible, I removed metal brackets that were not part of the ceiling support structure. Then to smooth things out, I used joint compound where metal brackets of the grid touched the old tiles. This way when I put up the wall paper it would not be so obvious where I still had metal brackets. When I feathered out the joint compound between brackets and tiles to my satisfaction,  I used a high quality sealer primer (Bin 1-2-3) over all of that.

The wall paper was a heavier paper, designed to go over paneling or cracked plaster walls and hide what was beneath it. I don't remember the
brand off hand, but I bought that at Menards. For some of my seams, I had to touch things up with a little white caulk, which blended in very nicely.

If I look hard or if the lighting is just so, I can see where I have metal brackets behind the wall paper, but it really isn't too noticeable for sure. It might just appear to be a ceiling joist behind plaster to someone who doesn't know - if they can see it at all.