Making two rooms out of a living room with vaulted ceiling
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bonus room over garage or should we get rid of vaulted living room
Comments (7)We have a two story foyer and a regular 10' ceiling in our great room which is in view of foyer...it looks fine. As far as whether to do the playroom over the great room vs over the garage, for me there would be several factors to take into consideration. 1. Like cpartist said, a lot would depend on the floor plan upstairs. 2. I like the 16 x 18 dimensions better than the 12 x 25....I don't think long narrow rooms are as easy to use or decorate. Plus, I would imagine the natural light would be better in the 16 x 18 space. 3. To me, the only drawback to having the playroom over the great room would be the thumping from activity. My ds plays vigorous indoor bball games with friends, and my dd is a tumbler. I am grateful the floor space is well insulated, but still hear the occasional thump. 4. Could you make the space over the great room, and leave the space over the garage unfinished? That way you leave all of your options open. I really think you will prefer not having a 2 story great room, regardless....See MoreI need light to read in my living room with a vaulted ceiling
Comments (7)Hello Dede! Have you seen the West Ninth Vintage [Dixon 6-Light Pendant[(https://www.houzz.com/products/west-ninth-vintage-dixon-pendant-chandelier-prvw-vr~25144660)? This is a handcrafted light built with heavy duty steel sockets combined with vintage twisted cloth wire to hang individual pendants. Shown here with Edison bulbs (sold separately). Ceiling to the Steel T bar is approximately 14". Each Pendant comes with 4' of twisted wire to adjust individual pendant lights by wrapping around the bar. Feel free to browse through the rest of our products!...See MoreI'm tired of the knotty pine vaulted ceiling in my living room.
Comments (18)Those current wall colors are awful as they don't even seem to complement the actual wood tones and they are dark. It looks like an awful murky dreary mess. There has to be a color that lightens and brightens the room without it being a "horrible contrast". There is a veritable universe of light paint colors which read completely differently from each other because of the undertones. You might really benefit from hiring a true color specialist to suggest a specific paint that works best in your room. And of course lighting would make a huge difference....See MoreLiving Room Vaulted Ceiling Help!
Comments (5)If you are doing wood beams and you are set on a wood ceiling I would match them- you don't want three woods in one room (floor/ beam/ ceiling) It can be done of course but it is tricky to get all the tones to work. Secondly if you are building beams and wrapping the main beam I would choose woods that have clear straight grain- much easier to make it look like real wood if the grain and color is consistent board to board especially since the main beam will have to have joints along its length. Without knowing where you are I cannot suggest materials as that is somewhat regional. I'm in the south which means I have a ton of yellow pine at my disposal, followed by oak and poplar (poplar would not be a good option for stain) Funny story about pine beams- we were installing pine 'beams' in a remodel and the client wanted them to match her new oak floors. The painters made a stab at staining them to match the floor and it just didn't work- no one was happy. One of my employees got up on a ladder and in a couple hours sanded and glazed them so the color was perfect. The painters came back the next day and saw that something had happened to their work and proceeded to re stain them to look like they had looked when they left the previous day. Oh vey!...See Morenovice_from__ct
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