Diy Faux Wood Ceiling Beams

The faux ceiling beams will need to be nailed to something solid to support their weight.

Diy faux wood ceiling beams. A longer beam will need longer boards scrap pieces of pine for blocking and attaching the beam to the ceiling. With the opportunity to remodel my master bedroom it seemed the perfect time to try out my diy faux wood beam idea. Do not attempt to attach beams to drywall only. Used framing lumber to build out and hide the smaller support beams.

Their contractor was able to nail the framing lumber directly onto the existing beam. Supplies for the reclaimed wood stain can be found here with the full tutorial. To create the look of a chunky solid wood beam and column duo in room dividing doorways lindsay of the white buffalo styling co. I wanted the faux beams to be suspended and not run along the ceiling since it was going to be impossible to do that because of the way the ceiling lines were.

Existing ceiling joists can definitely be used but if you have removed the ceiling to install a new one this is a good opportunity to add blocking between the beams. How to make a faux beam what you need to build a wood faux beam 1 x6 x8 pine boards the cheap ones. Measure cut and attach untreated and unfinished pine 1 x 8 s to your ceiling.