budget - covering up window frames

The previous owners of the house refinished the basement but cut a lot of corners. I am trying to do what I can on my own and have come to the basement drop ceiling grid. The wall angles are drooping slightly since they were mounted directly into the drywall... the drywall was installed about 3 inches higher than the topmost line of studs and the wall angles tacked into the very top of the drywall. I can't drop the entire ceiling down by 3" due to other bigger problems that would create, so I'm wondering if I have any options for tacking up the wall angles a little more securely? The only thought my dad and I could come up with would be to install 4" molding around the entire ceiling, butting it up tight against the wall angle and then nailing it into the closest available studs. Any other thoughts? to make it a bit more complicated, the sewage drain pipe runs along the longest outside wall of the basement at the very top of the drywall line and that prohibits me from installing long screws or extensive backing onto the drywall tops. Thanks.

Hi, I am in the middle of redoing the bathroom of my first house. I have the tub installed and need to build an alcove wall. My initial thought was to make the entire alcove wall out of glass block - but then I figured I would need at least a row or 2 of tile so that I can integrate the tile flange on the tub with the wall for water-proofing purposes. So now my thought is to build the stud wall up about 6"-1' above the tile flange, and then continue from there with glass block to the ceiling. My issue is this: I'm thinking to do this right I would need to have the glass block flush with the face of the tile. The way I was thinking of constructing the wall would be to first build the stud wall, then furring strips over the studs down to the tile flange and install cement backer board & tile over that. Is it possible to have the glass block flush with the tile? It seems I would have to have the front of the glass block supported by the furring strip & cement board...which I doubt is a good idea. The wall is going to be pretty heavy and I would think it should rest flush on the top plate of the stud wall (not overhang). I attached a rough sketch of what I am planning (without the glass block for clarity). Any ideas/suggestions? [ATTACH]36872[/ATTACH] Thanks, Steve