How To Build Coffered Ceilings Like A Pro

Our first dining room coffered ceiling build.

How to build coffered ceilings like a pro.

Measure your ceiling space and draw it to scale on a piece of paper. Contributor chris beidel owner of pernt a handmade furniture company in brooklyn new york walks you through this ceiling beautification project. They are an expression of luxury and refinement. If you d like to add dimension and character to a plain room nothing beats the traditional look of a coffered ceiling with its grid of bold beams.

In fact you ll likely be hard pressed to find a small cupboard anywhere in the house. Cabinets and cupboards are typically over sized often reaching to the so high ceilings. Using your rough sketch as a guide draw your coffered ceiling. In very old homes you ll notice a curious thing.

Constructing coffers on your own may seem daunting but we ll show you how even the average diyer can create this hallmark old house feature. How to install wood soffits above cabinets. Building coffered ceilings is technically no different than framing a wall and. Photos of the one man build compilation.

After much discussion we decided to treat our ceiling like a basic box when creating the grid and then just shortened the sections that extended to the angled portions of our tray ceiling. They are an expression of luxury and refinement. How to build coffered ceilings like a pro hunker coffered ceilings are gorgeous and have a tremendous impact on the look and feel of an interior space.