Costume up your boring tray ceiling with these simple wooden beams!
These wooden beams are a simple technique to give some character to your tray ceiling. I additionally painted our ceiling so as to add to the comfy really feel.
This beam mission is one in every of my favourite DIYs on this home up to now! I work with Minwax sometimes and this mission is one other one I completed utilizing their superior merchandise.
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It has modified a lot since then! These beams and the painted ceiling added a lot heat to this area.
Once I see a tray ceiling I see a possible mission! I’ve seen many therapies on some of these ceilings, from including crown to putting in wooden to the tray half.
This was a distinct tackle the everyday tray ceiling remedy and we LOVE the way it turned out!
I had assist with the primary a part of this mission and due to that I did the steps a bit of backwards. I might have a lot most well-liked to color the ceiling after which stain the wooden after, however as a result of I used to be on the mercy of another person’s schedule, I did the steps the other approach I might usually suggest. Extra on that in a bit!
The aim was to create “beams” across the sides of the tray ceiling. We had two choices — take the wooden and 45 it on the desk noticed so after we nailed the aspect and backside collectively, it might appear to be a true beam.
Or, take the 2 items of wooden and simply nail them into one another to create the look of a beam. You may see the seam the place they meet, so it would not look fairly as genuine.
We went with the latter, principally as a result of we had been utilizing very lengthy items of wooden — two at ten ft and two at 16 ft. I do not belief that the mitered corners would have met up completely at these lengths.
I am glad we did not go that route. It could have been WAY extra work and the ultimate consequence seems to be nice with out that additional step.
Add your helps to the ceiling and wall
To begin, you will want one thing to connect your wooden to. The wooden “beams” are solely two sides — the underside and the aspect.
So the piece on the ceiling (be sure you connect to studs) was there to stabilize the aspect board, and the wooden connected to the aspect of the tray ceiling was there to carry the underside piece in:
I hope that is sensible. The arrows are pointing to the items that the wooden that makes up the beam had been connected to. You possibly can see the underside a part of the beam began in that photograph above.
Full dimension boards aren’t wanted — you would even use scrap wooden to do that. Simply be sure it is the identical distance from the tray wall all all through.
Set up the edges and backside of your beams
When the underside items had been up, the edges may go on — nailed into the board connected to the ceiling after which nailed to the underside piece. The arrows present you the place to nail:
If you’re performed you may have “beams” operating across the exterior of the tray ceiling.
Like I stated…the perfect technique to full this mission can be to prep earlier than hanging the beams. I painted the ceiling after the wooden was up.
Portray a ceiling is rarely enjoyable however it went faster than I although it might. I used a protracted portray pole to get the 2 coats up.
We moved furnishings and put an enormous painter’s fabric over all the pieces as I moved across the room. I did need to climb up and down the ladder one million occasions to chop in across the wooden.
Portray earlier than the wooden goes it up can be SO a lot simpler since you would not have to fret about slicing in.
I painted the ceiling in Westchester Grey by Sherwin-Williams (flat end!) after which it was time to start out the staining course of. Even with the wooden already put in, it went a lot simpler than I assumed it might!
Prep on your stain
I taped off the ceiling after which began with what I feel is a VERY essential product, particularly on a mission like this:
Extra importantly, it provides you time to stain the wooden, which is extremely essential on a mission like this that has massive items you are engaged on:
It is essential to maintain a “moist edge” when staining — which suggests you wish to be certain you do not apply the stain after which let it dry in any respect at any level. In the event you do, you will see the place you stopped and began.
This wooden conditioner makes it way more forgiving so you may have much more time to work in your stain.
Stain and defend the wooden
Through the years I’ve discovered the simplest technique to apply stain is with a rag. Gloves are wanted!
You simply use the rag to wipe the stain on, then rub it into the wooden:
See that edge the place it is moist and assembly the half I had simply performed? (The stain to the precise seems to be prefer it’s dry however I had simply utilized it.) If the wooden was not conditioned a few of that line would keep — and it would not look good!
Due to the pre-conditioner, it got here collectively properly. No line!:
On the primary beam, I did the primary coat and stepped all the way down to test it out. I normally solely use one coat of stain on my tasks — extra coats will deepen the stain however I discover it is hardly ever wanted.
I really like the Provincial coloration, however it was leaning a bit of orange on this pine. I did not actually discover it till I stepped again.
It is a gorgeous coloration! Positively extra brown, which is what I needed.
Here is a have a look at the distinction — Provincial on the left, then with a coat of Jacobean on prime on the precise:
That is another excuse I really like working with stain! You possibly can experiment with completely different layers of colours and get a customized look. You may also combine stains forward of time to discover a coloration that is good on your wants.
Once more, you will want gloves and a clear rag to use. You possibly can see how the poly on the left actually deepens the stain and makes it look even higher!
One factor to notice right here — whenever you stain there shall be fumes! I had the home windows open all day every day and had an air air purifier operating continually. We did not sleep on this room for a pair days.
In any case was dry, we had been lastly capable of get pleasure from this room once more…and we’re obsessive about the ceiling! It seems to be wonderful and I could not be happier with it:
It fully modifications the texture of the entire room. It would not darken the room in any respect — simply provides a heat, customized contact that I like to put in mattress and have a look at. 😉
Due to the ceiling top and having a bunch of home windows in right here, it would not make it really feel closed in in any respect. It does make it really feel way more cozy and that is our favourite half:
I am contemplating portray the dresser now too — nonetheless deciding on that one. Perhaps black?
My favourite half — the earlier than and after pics! Here is a reminder of the way it regarded a number of weeks in the past:
And the way it taken care of this ceiling and beam mission! Would not that fixture look nice in opposition to the darkish ceiling?:
Listed below are a number of suggestions for this tray ceiling wooden beam mission:
- If you are able to do the staining and portray earlier than the wooden goes up, that is ideally suited. But it surely actually wasn’t that large of a deal to do it after. I assumed it was going to be rather a lot worse!
- We did not lower down the width of the boards — they’re off the shelf and simply the size was lower. We used 1×4 and 1×12 boards. We discovered the lengthy 16 foot boards at an area lumber retailer (I do not imagine the large field {hardware} shops carry that size however I could possibly be unsuitable.)
- The 1×12 used for the aspect piece did not go all the way in which to the underside of the tray ceiling, which does not hassle me in any respect. You do not even discover it.
See one other one in every of my favourite stain makeovers right here!:
