Joists ceiling

I've been hinting at this ceiling project for a while and wanting to make our ceilings more custom to our home! A few months ago we opened the ceilings in the entire main floor of our house which you can read about . And while I love the open concept ceilings I decided I wanted something a little more custom. Which led to our newest project updating our ceilings! One of our main goals is to bring historic elements back into our farmhouse. Since I can remember, even when I was very young, I…

Idea: Mix areas of exposed joists with areas of lower ceiling height, but more refined drywall finish. Deliberately choosing to lower the ceiling in some places, even if only by an inch or two, causes the exposed joist area to feel like a higher ceiling than it is.

I was reading a book and saw this pic and was wondering what happens when you try to line up you drywall on center of the ceiling joists. Reffering to the...

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Is it possible to frame a hip roof without ceiling joists? I know you can do it with a gable having a structural ridge supported on each end, but what about...

Exposed Joist Ceiling A stylish home renovation idea for your new project could be an exposed joist ceiling . We covered this briefly in a previous blog about design changes, but it’s a great topic to discuss further.

Completed in 2015 in Oudenaarde, Belgium. Images by Dennis De Smet . An archetypal “Flemish wide-house” in the center of Ename, Belgium, next to the archaeological site of the St Salvator's Abbey, is the setting...

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