So I believe I mentioned a few weeks ago about wanting to try something different on our living room ceiling. Its vaulted and huge and so bare! I got a huge pile of 100 year-old reclaimed douglas fir.
This wood has so much character! I envisioned a wood that was distressed yet
smoothed over by coastal grays, whites and blues. Im redoing the room in grays witha
charcoal-gray velvet on the couch, silver walls, silver travertine flooring in a Versailles pattern,
touches of yellow, teal, white,,,,,I can see it all in my head. But for now, all I have
is the ceiling. I worked for two solid days.
What in the world was I thinking!! Houzz and Pinterest should be removed from the Internet!
***Please click on the individual picture to see the larger format** I need a wide-angle lens. I just cant get the whole room in the shot!
Heres what I started with: Over 300 square ft! They were all stained and painted....one by one.....oy! I used a weathered
gray stain, sunbleached stain, and mixtures of white and gray milk paint (REAL MILK PAINT CO. is my fave milk paint!!)
Then each board was stripped of its "tongue"(it was fabricated for flooring) and cut in 3 lengths.
We measured off the center of the ceiling and snapped a chalk line.
From that point we found the 45 degree angle and started the first board.
The boards were secured with Liquid Nails and a pneumatic nailer.
(Lord help me if I ever get tired of this look!)
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| lovely armpit shot |
We would check for our 45 angle to make sure we were on track. It is imperative that every
board is cut identical when doing the herringbone. Make a jig on the table saw before cutting your boards.
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| randomly picking out "random colored boards |
This is the part where the work came in. Thats 14 feet up! Mr Pretty stayed on the ladder, called out the measurement of each board, and I cut them and threw them up to him. Going up and down the ladder for each and every board would have been tortuous! Ditto for the boards that butted up against the boarder. I got really good at the chop saw and making miter cuts!!
(BTW,,,each single row is 39 boards!! Um,,there were like 11 rows! Uh-huh...You can do the math!!
The pics dont do justice to the chandelier!!
Placing the very last piece!!! OMGthankyouJesusImdone!!
These are temporary furnishings!!!
4-2-13Getting ready for some silver travertine flooring!Got the floor finished in the past few days! Versaille pattern. Man oh man, that is some work!Still have to grout.....I hate grouting.
To see what the room finally looks like all done.....see HERE
Linking up at these great parties:
Restore Interiors - Restored it Wednesday
Kammys Korner - Trash to Treasure TuesdaysTuesday....PJH Designs
Domestically Speaking - The Power of Paint Party
The Shabby Creek Cottage - Transformation Thursday
Miss Mustardseed - Furniture Feature Friday
Redoux - Friday Link Up Party
Homespun Happenings - Rustic Restorations Weekend
Funky Junk Interiors - Saturday Night Special
1929 Charmer - Sundays Best Party
Knick of Time Interiors - Knick of Time Tuesday
Elizabeth and Co., My uncommon Slice of Suburbia,
Savvy Southern Style. Weds, Beyond the Picket Fence, PJH Designs
From my Front Porch to Yours,
Between Naps on the Porch
The Dedicated House, Redoux
So those of you who recall the reclaimed wood herringbone
ceiling project (HERE)
that we did a few months ago, FINALLY can see the whole room with my
reupholstered furniture!
Only took 7 weeks to get my stuff back!! I seriously need to get a pro-photographer. The pictures look so flat!
But this will have to do for now. I'm not keeping the white chair in the corner. I will look for something different.
But the Ikat fabric chair is one of my re-dos!!
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