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   BossHog | Aug 26, 2002 04:12pm | #1

   No pics, but a couple of thoughts.

   About one print in 4 that I get has coffered or "tray" ceilings in them. Typically they're in the master bedroom or dining room.

   Also typical is that the homeowner wants something that's geometrically impossible. Like a coffer that comes in flat for 2 feet from the exterior wall, then jumps straight up a foot. Of course, the roof is only a 5/12, so there's only about 3" from the ceiling up to the roof. No way will that work.

   So I guess my suggestion is to make sure you have enough height outside for what you want inside.

   Keep in mind that they're expensive. Lots of pieces to work with, and a lot of labor. A sloped ceiling is typically cheaper if you're just wanting a bit more height in the room.

   My intuition nearly makes up for my lack of good judgment.

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   andybuildz | Aug 27, 2002 04:51am | #2

   Boss,

           My bedroom here in the house I built/ renovated and just sold has a tray  I ceiling I built and it WAS a lot more work then just a flat ceilling but I think it  looks awesome and way worth it...My new / old 322 year old house I just went into contract on..I think I may just do a coffered ceiling in the living room because the existing ceiling is kinda fugged for one and because I think coffered ceilings look awesome......I think in the dining room I may do a wainscott ceilng as that ceiling too is fugged and I like the look in an old house of wainscotted ceilings.....My time is my own so thats what it'll cost me besides the material. The wainscotting I think I'll run off myself through my Williams and Hussey Molding planer machine and as far as the coffered ceiling goes I'm bettin in material alone it'll cost close to a grand with all the clear one by and molding work.....but this will be a labor of luv......lol

   BE well

            Namaste

                         AndyIt's not who's right, it's who's left ~ http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM

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   BossHog | Aug 27, 2002 01:26pm | #5

   Andy -

   Most of the tray ceilings I've seen are just done in drywall, and don't really have much definition to them. Sounds like you're talking about doing some wood details of some sort, which should make it look a lot nicer.

   My Wife walk with me when I take the garbage out. That way she can tell her friends we go out once a week.

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   brisketbean | Aug 27, 2002 02:06pm | #6

   another pic

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   andybuildz | Aug 27, 2002 03:09pm | #7

   Boss man

                The tray ceiling I did here is just a simple sheetrock tray....the tray part is about two feet wide around the whole room with 9 1/2' ceilings. It looks pretty good. If I were to stay in this house I'd probaby have put a crown molding on the vertical walls to give it a bit more detail but we're a leaving.......

    I have a question for you....and Brisket (being that she has so many pics of coffered ceilings...lol). In my new / old 322 year old house.....In the living room which is about 35-40 feet long by about 15' wide with ceiling height of about 8' (maybe less).....do you think a coffered ceiling would be to much due to the ceiling height? I really want to get into detail with it and am kind of excited about putting that all together but as I tell my customers,,,,,Dont put details in your home just cause you like them if it doesnt fit the area. I kinda think it would work but the comment about needing high ceilings has me wondering.

   BE well

            Namaste'

                            andyIt's not who's right, it's who's left ~ http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM

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   BossHog | Aug 27, 2002 03:20pm | #8

   Andy -

   I hate to give an opinion, as I have very little "taste" when it comes to how things look. I tend to go for function, and not form. Hopefully Brisket can give you some useful advice.

   I haven't been the same since that house fell on my sister.

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   Piffin | Sep 01, 2002 11:49pm | #9

   Andy, In a room that size with a low ceiling, you'd feel like you werre in a basement bowling alley.

   This attachement isn't much but hints at how closed in the beams can make it feel. I don't have so many photos in my PC any more since the crash.Excellence is its own reward!

   
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   DougU | Aug 27, 2002 05:01am | #3

   Boss is right about the cost for coffered ceilings, we do them in a few of the higher end homes and they are labor intensive, thus expensive. Most of the roomes that we do them in has ceilings that start out at 12 to 14 feet high, so if you dont have enough height then coffered ceilings  will look like they are to low and out of place. Tray ceilings, as Boss said, would work better if you dont have the height.

   Doug

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   brisketbean | Aug 27, 2002 06:08am | #4

   here are a couple of pics of a beamed  ceiling, and a chippendale beamed ceiling, what size room do you have to work with? Have you considered a domed or vaulted ceiling?