I’m in the process of planning a small addition/kitchen/dining room/family room redo. We have 8′ ceilings. DW wants coffered celings throughout the entire 3 room area. The proposed ceiling in all three rooms is the same plane with no divisions.
I like the idea of the coffering, but have concerns about the height. Anybody succesfully coffered an 8′ ceiling and have you got any details of the trim arrangement?
Thanks.
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nope ;)
hmmmm, your post perplexs me
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hmmmm, your post perplexs me
If you don't want to loose too much height, you can just use 4/4 or 5/4 pine flat on the ceiling, and trim it out with some panel mouldings.
Run a crown around the walls, and its looks pretty good.
I've got some pics of something similar somewhere. I'll try to find them, and post 'em.
you can just use 4/4 or 5/4 pine flat on the ceiling, and trim it out with some panel mouldings.
Run a crown around the walls, and its looks pretty good.
Hmm. I kind of like that idea. I doubt the evil one will, but it's worth a try. I think I'll mock it up and see what she thinks. http://grantlogan.net/
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Try and decide what your ceiling layout will be before any lights are installed.
Trust me, moving hi hats after the rock is up isn't fun.
Try and decide what your ceiling layout will be before any lights are installed.
10-4. Unfortunately, there's a bunch of cans in place now.http://grantlogan.net/
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Oh, come on. Don't cha know you should have everything planned before you start construction? LOL
Depending on what you decide, it might be easier to take out those cans, leave the wires hanging, and use old work cans once everything is up.
Unless you're insulating the ceiling. Then you can't use old work cans.
Oh, come on. Don't cha know you should have everything planned before you start construction? LOL
That's what I'm doing - the cans are existing. I'm not actually adding to the foot print. We have a porch that was converted to living space before we bought the house. It's a step down for both the floor and ceiling. I'm going to demo it and rebuild on the same foundation and move the kitchen into that area from the adjoining space.
What is now the kitchen/family room, the porch and the dining room will share the same "t" shaped ceiling plane. I'm working on drawings that I'll post for ideas soon.http://grantlogan.net/
But you all knew that. I detailed it extensively in my blog.
Yes, but it is tricky. You need those false beams to be a good 5" deep to make it happen, but you can't really afford to lose more than 5-6" of height in such a small space.
Then you need to consider proportions of coffers to beam height to room size.
Ask her if she remembers how disproportionate a Barbie doll could look.
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It's gonna be a pretty big room - "T" shaped with the bottom leg the family area and the kitchen area and dining area are the left and right sides of the top of the tee. I think 5" may be do-able. I'll try some mock ups and stick them on the ceiling and see how it feels.http://grantlogan.net/
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Ask her if she remembers how disproportionate a Barbie doll could look.
39-18-33. ;)
i forget which comic did the bit about barbie-
"they say if barbie was 6 ft tall she'd be 39-18-33.
i say make her 6 ft tall!"
i say make her 6 ft tall!"
How 'bout 8' tall?http://grantlogan.net/
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This ceiling is high, but the coffering is only an inch thick. They sorta' sit on painted flowerdy things on the wall. The panels are individual 22" square pieces of pre-painted sheetrock. One piffin screw under the gold button on each intersection square.
660 pieces of birch, all premade and prefinished. Actual assembly was under eight hours; just screwed it up, and tapped the gold-spray-painted wooden buttons into the screw countersinks.
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Edited 3/20/2008 8:02 pm ET by McDesign
Or integrate the lights in the faux beams -
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Edited 3/20/2008 8:09 pm ET by McDesign
Dang, that's a lot of light bulbs. Unconventional heating system?
Well, they're rarely all on at once - DW had a healthy cooking class Tuesday night for the little old ladies, so they were then. They're on four different circuits, plus one for the undercabinet and one for the pantry.
We'd love to go CF, but the color looks awful with our midnight-blue/cobalt cabinets.
I've built a similar kitchen with (20) rather than 16, and we used CF with Silestone counters and maple cabs, and it looked good.
Forrest
I like it! It's original and didn't cost to much.
I think I've seen that fabric pattern on boxers;)
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I did this ceiling a couple years ago. granted it does have some issues but does look better than the photo. The colour is off. and I really dislike the can lights!
This is more of a frame and panel than a coffered ceiling and is in an 8' height.