Help with drop ceiling 2x4 panels
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Shop stores like Homedepot or Lowe's, and check out the different types, styles and textures. You'll find something you will like that has a wood look.
Before you do anything, check with the building codes in your area for basements and the piping and electrical the drop ceiling is concealing. Even though a homeowner can usually do "anything" they want to their home, you want to make it is safe and if you ever want to sell, something that can be sold without having to tear it out.
Check out Architectural Depot for their many colors and styles of vinyl ceiling tiles.
get some wood looking construction paper and put it on the tiles, or you could paint them to look like wood as well, which is easy, if you are artistically inclined, also you could use actual thin 3/ 16" wood plywood, and have it cut to the size of your panels (they will cut it for you at the lumber yard, for a price, and you could easily just take the existing panels number them where you took them out of the grids, and use them for a template, and cut from those, and replace them with that. It would be an expense, but it would look great, also make sure the grids are secure of course, and do some secured wiring of the wire grids ( and paint those as well before you put up the new wooden tiles), if necessary to be sure they will hold the weight, but it should be no problem.
White ceiling has always been my choice. It reflect the light and keeps a room bright. You could use a raise stencil with drywall mud. then paint the stenciled tile with a color may be gold spray and go over it in a white with a wash or distress it.
or glue on picture frame moulding to each panel and paint.
I found some beautiful replacement tiles @ proceilings .com. There are also other sites . Choices ranger from traditional looking, to photos, tin looking, and wood .
Paint
Joanne has a good point about white tiles in a basement ceiling being the brightest and reflecting the most light. "Wood look" ceilings are much darker.
If you are really set on the darker ceiling, then I would suggest that you replace your light fixtures to the new flush LED style at the same time.
If the tiles are still level, paint them, that's what I did and they looked great.