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| My husband just finished installing a coffered ceiling in our office. I am planning on painting the beams the same sheen as the window trim and baseboards, but what about the flat part of the ceiling? I am planning on it being a little darker than the white beams, but am unsure if it should be painted in flat or the same sheen as the beams and crown? Does anyone have a recommendation? |
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- Posted by christophern (My Page) on Tue, Jan 31, 12 at 5:19
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| We did ours in a darker color as well and used flat paint. |
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- Posted by vtremodeler (My Page) on Fri, Feb 3, 12 at 19:07
| There are two ways to approach a coffered ceiling: one is to treat the whole thing as a "Trim" detail, meaning paint it all the same color and sheen as the rest of your trim. If you do this, make sure to apply the paint (or at least lay-off) the flat areas with the same implement that you apply the paint to the beams so that it all looks the same (ie: if you brush out the beams, dont just roll out the flat parts, lay them off with a brush - the texture difference will look wierd). The second way is to treat the beams as trim, but the flat parts as ceiling. If you do this, the sheen on the flat parts should be FLAT, and feel free to just roll them out. You can also experiment with color according to your tastes, but I have generally found that it looks best if you keep the flat areas "ceiling" white. |
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