Faux Beams - Share Your Experiences!
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Anonymous
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Our family room has very tall ceilings and the walls are all white. I’d love to add faux beams on the ceiling - one portion of which is sloped but then it flattens out, so it’s like a half cathedral ceiling. I think it could add warmth and visual internet.
If you’ve added faux beams, how hard / involved / expensive was it? We’re you happy with the end result? |
Anonymous
| What does the outside of your house look like? I think the main thing is that it makes some sort of architectural sense. If it doesn’t, it won’t matter what they’re made of or how they’re treated, it will never work. |
Anonymous
| I would not. If the beams are real, then great, enjoy them. But if the house doesn't have them, then there is something very unappealing about faking them. To add warmth try painting the ceiling the same color as the walls, or a slightly lighter color. If they are a stark white, that might be the problem. |
Anonymous
It’s like a cross between a Tudor and a craftsman. I can see your point if the house were a traditional colonial. |
Anonymous
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OP as long as they are far from the eye and not touchable, they can look good.
We went to one open house and the beams just looked too stripey/dark/fakey and DH reached up to touch them and they were foam. Home was 1.2M. Pass. |
Anonymous
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If by "fake" you mean "foam" or "plastic" then no, never.
If you mean "decorative" but made from real wood (either solid or box beams), then definitely. I had a shed roof ceiling in a midcentury modern addition great room. It was a slanted vast mass of white. I built 6x6 box beams from fir, about 6' spacing, mitered the edges and they look fabulous. First thing people comment on when they enter the room. |
Anonymous
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OP here. Sorry, I should clarify. By faux I mean they are not structural or load bearing. I would absolutely want real wood, definitely not foam. My decor is very rustic, think a chalet in a ski resort.
So with that - how much have folks paid and what was the process like? |