How To Add DIY Wooden Beams Round a Tray Ceiling | Thrifty Decor Chick
Costume up your boring tray ceiling with these simple wooden beams!
These wooden beams are a straightforward strategy to give some character to your tray ceiling. I additionally painted our ceiling so as to add to the comfy really feel.
This beam undertaking is one among my favourite DIYs on this home thus far! I work with Minwax sometimes and this undertaking 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 undertaking! I’ve seen many remedies on some of these ceilings, from including crown to putting in wooden to the tray half.
This was a unique tackle the standard tray ceiling remedy and we LOVE the way it turned out!
I had assist with the primary a part of this undertaking and due to that I did the steps somewhat backwards. I’d have a lot most popular 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 alternative means I’d usually suggest. Extra on that in a bit!
The purpose 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 once we nailed the aspect and backside collectively, it might appear like 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 toes and two at 16 toes. I do not belief that the mitered corners would have met up completely at these lengths.
I am glad we did not go that path. It will have been WAY extra work and the ultimate end result 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 (make 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 may see the underside a part of the beam began in that picture above.
Full dimension boards aren’t wanted — you could possibly even use scrap wooden to do that. Simply be sure that 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 might 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 accomplished you will have “beams” working across the outdoors of the tray ceiling.
Like I stated…the perfect strategy to full this undertaking could be to prep earlier than hanging the beams. I painted the ceiling after the wooden was up.
Portray a ceiling isn’t enjoyable however it went faster than I although it might. I used an extended portray pole to get the 2 coats up.
We moved furnishings and put a giant painter’s fabric over the whole lot as I moved across the room. I did must climb up and down the ladder one million instances to chop in across the wooden.
Portray earlier than the wooden goes it up could be SO a lot simpler since you would not have to fret about chopping 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 believe is a VERY vital product, particularly on a undertaking like this:
Extra importantly, it provides you time to stain the wooden, which is extremely vital on a undertaking like this that has massive items you are engaged on:
It is vital to maintain a “moist edge” when staining — which suggests you wish to make certain you do not apply the stain after which let it dry in any respect at any level. When you do, you will see the place you stopped and began.
This wooden conditioner makes it rather more forgiving so you will have much more time to work in your stain.
Stain and defend the wooden
Through the years I’ve discovered the best strategy 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 accomplished? (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 often solely use one coat of stain on my tasks — extra coats will deepen the stain however I discover it is hardly ever wanted.
I like the Provincial colour, however it was leaning somewhat orange on this pine. I did not actually discover it till I stepped again.
It is a gorgeous colour! Positively extra brown, which is what I needed.
Here is a take a look at the distinction — Provincial on the left, then with a coat of Jacobean on prime on the precise:
That is one more reason I like working with stain! You may experiment with totally different layers of colours and get a customized look. You may also combine stains forward of time to discover a colour that is good on your wants.
Once more, you will want gloves and a clear rag to use. You may see how the poly on the left actually deepens the stain and makes it look even higher!
One factor to notice right here — if you stain there will probably be fumes! I had the home windows open all day every day and had an air air purifier working continuously. We did not sleep on this room for a pair days.
In any case was dry, we had been lastly in a position to get pleasure from this room once more…and we’re obsessive about the ceiling! It seems to be superb 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 take 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 rather more cozy and that is our favourite half:
I am contemplating portray the dresser now too — nonetheless deciding on that one. Possibly black?
My favourite half — the earlier than and after pics! Here is a reminder of the way it seemed a couple of weeks in the past:
And the way it taken care of this ceiling and beam undertaking! Would not that fixture look nice towards the darkish ceiling?:
Listed below are a couple of suggestions for this tray ceiling wooden beam undertaking:
- If you are able to do the staining and portray earlier than the wooden goes up, that is splendid. Nevertheless it actually wasn’t that massive of a deal to do it after. I assumed it was going to be rather a lot worse!
- We did not reduce down the width of the boards — they’re off the shelf and simply the size was reduce. 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 mistaken.)
- 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 trouble me in any respect. You do not even discover it.
See one other one among my favourite stain makeovers right here!:
