Inspiration #23
This week’s inspiration takes a look at the possibilities of a painted joist ceiling. At #ThisOldHouse, I’ll be taking down this godawful faux beadboard 1) because it’s ugly and 2) because of previous water damage that I know it’s hiding. Because I have to take it down, and because I’ve seen from taking down the dining ceiling how great the old joists look, I’ve been considering painting them and leaving the ceiling space open to the room. So let’s take a look at other rooms that have done just the same!
This is the latest in a weekly post of residential architecture inspiration. If you want to see past weeks, you can go here. If you want to see them curated on my pinterest (sometimes before they even hit the blog), go here.
This kitchen with a painted joist ceiling seems like a great mix of old and new with a modern farmhouse feel. The historic planks of the subfloor above (like what #ThisOldHouse has) repeat in pattern at the island/peninsula and the open shelves reinforce the linear geometries. Really well done. More importantly, while I know every photo can be doctored, the white ceiling appears to push the light further into the room while giving dimension to the ceiling.
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While actually a beam, this kitchen (featured last week for its tile) gives the feel of a painted joist ceiling. You can see how deep the light goes into the space and how long/high it feels by running the beadboard ceiling with the slope.
via http://www.contemporist.com/
This is clearly an older home that has been renovated, so it’s great to see the implementation of the painted joist ceiling and how clean it looks. The trusses and horizontal boards, coupled with some other design details, give it a cabin feel that fits the style of the home wonderfully. You can start to see hints of detail work in painting out the junction boxes at the ceiling, but this ceiling space is still relatively clean.
via http://www.desiretoinspire.net/
Man, this painted joist ceiling is bright and beautiful. It appears that they might have hung drywall in between the joists, but it’s honestly so bright I can’t tell – positive problem! I love the use of the black pendant to offset the white ceiling.
via http://www.desiretoinspire.net/
Now here’s what I need to see. A clearly renovated, messy ceiling that’s been painted out and doesn’t look too busy. I need to see stuff like this because part of my ceiling will be underneath the second floor full bath. In a 125-year-old house, you and I both know that piping won’t be pretty. In fact, if you’ve been following along, we KNOW it isn’t because we saw it when I tore up the floor. So seeing that a mess can be less messy when painted out is great.
So clean. So white. So pretty. This painted joist ceiling has me swooning. So I think I’ll leave you with that. Have a great weekend!
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