Picture below of the bedroom, that I took at the realtor open house when I first looked at the place. Can you notice that the vaulted ceiling is plain wallboard, and there is not much in the way of trim around the closet? The work in this post is to give the room definition and charm.
In the following pictures I install textured panels on the vaulted ceiling, and border the top & bottom of the panels using trim made from planks.
Picture below shows the making of trim to go above and below textured panels: 5 x 1 planks, nailing screen strip to side for a beaded effect as I had done in living room:
Shelf for window. This house does not have thick walls for deep-set window sills. So the shelf will project out into the room. to provide the needed storage. Sorry the picture is sideways.
Photo below shows shelf upside down. The part that is vertical here, will go against the wall beneath the window. Can you see the 2 x 2 brackets which will help support the shelf? Both the shelf and vertical support wood will be nailed or screwed to wall studs.
Photo below shows shelf upside down. The part that is vertical here, will go against the wall beneath the window. Can you see the 2 x 2 brackets which will help support the shelf? Both the shelf and vertical support wood will be nailed or screwed to wall studs.
In picture below, 5x1 planks, lattice screen strips, & panel
Below, 5x1 with (right) and without (left) screen nailed in.
In photo below you can see the bead effect, in plank on right. A "bead" is just a groove in wood to give it a textured effect, such as seen in wainscoting. It is easier for me to nail screen strips to the wood, than it is to cut a bead into the plank using a router.
Below, 5x1 with (right) and without (left) screen nailed in.
In photo below you can see the bead effect, in plank on right. A "bead" is just a groove in wood to give it a textured effect, such as seen in wainscoting. It is easier for me to nail screen strips to the wood, than it is to cut a bead into the plank using a router.
Below, cutting MDF textured panels for vaulted ceiling, using table saw and circular saw:
Below, cutting starter hole to insert the star rosette into a chair rail. I was then able to square the hole using a sabre saw, see the hand held power saw to the right? There is a picture of the final result further below.
Below, nailing moulding to a post, which will support a small shelf and serve as one end of the wainscoting (the wainscoting will not go around the entire room, so the ends need to be visually bracketed).
In picture below, the planks, paneling, and most of wainscoting are up. I used the same textured paneling along the wall and vaulted ceiling. Along the vertical wall, I'm calling it wainscoting and on the vaulted ceiling, calling it paneling. But really it's the same exact board material from Home Depot. Planks and baseboard define both top and bottom of the panels and wainscoting. You can see the small shelf and post from the previous picture, where a black soda can is on the shelf.
Picture below shows wider trim I put in around windows, and the chair rail with star rosette from previous photo.
Picture below shows small shelf to right of door. Door (unhinged) on right is antique from New Bedford, I believe there is an earlier post about this door. The smaller door in this picture is eave access hatch.
Wider trim around door and closet, in picture below. I'm using 4 x 1 with screen strips, similar to the rest of the house, where I'm gradually replacing all clamshell moulding which was only 2 1/2 inches wide. 4-inch wide trim gives so much better definition of doors and windows, in my not-so-humble opinion.
In the eaves, here I am installing a light switch for new track lighting! It is easy access to the backside of the walls here.
Picture below shows new junction box, above an existing electrical outlet box.
After making wire connections....
Hole cutout for new light switch:
Paneling complete!
Track lighting...just one light is in for now, to test the circuit:
Ready to paint!
Wiring for new light switch:
Painted! And check out the window grilles.
I put the track lights along the vaulted ceiling so they can serve as reading lights when a a double bed eventually goes into this room.
The new colors are Behr brand from Home Depot: walls are Orange Confection, trim/panels are Swiss Coffee. The previous color (Distant Haze) is still in the closet, on left.
Below, cutting starter hole to insert the star rosette into a chair rail. I was then able to square the hole using a sabre saw, see the hand held power saw to the right? There is a picture of the final result further below.
Below, nailing moulding to a post, which will support a small shelf and serve as one end of the wainscoting (the wainscoting will not go around the entire room, so the ends need to be visually bracketed).
In picture below, the planks, paneling, and most of wainscoting are up. I used the same textured paneling along the wall and vaulted ceiling. Along the vertical wall, I'm calling it wainscoting and on the vaulted ceiling, calling it paneling. But really it's the same exact board material from Home Depot. Planks and baseboard define both top and bottom of the panels and wainscoting. You can see the small shelf and post from the previous picture, where a black soda can is on the shelf.
Picture below shows wider trim I put in around windows, and the chair rail with star rosette from previous photo.
Picture below shows small shelf to right of door. Door (unhinged) on right is antique from New Bedford, I believe there is an earlier post about this door. The smaller door in this picture is eave access hatch.
Wider trim around door and closet, in picture below. I'm using 4 x 1 with screen strips, similar to the rest of the house, where I'm gradually replacing all clamshell moulding which was only 2 1/2 inches wide. 4-inch wide trim gives so much better definition of doors and windows, in my not-so-humble opinion.
In the eaves, here I am installing a light switch for new track lighting! It is easy access to the backside of the walls here.
Picture below shows new junction box, above an existing electrical outlet box.
After making wire connections....
Hole cutout for new light switch:
Paneling complete!
Track lighting...just one light is in for now, to test the circuit:
Ready to paint!
Wiring for new light switch:
Painted! And check out the window grilles.
I put the track lights along the vaulted ceiling so they can serve as reading lights when a a double bed eventually goes into this room.
The new colors are Behr brand from Home Depot: walls are Orange Confection, trim/panels are Swiss Coffee. The previous color (Distant Haze) is still in the closet, on left.
