Beam colours and how do I match with the decor?
Hello! We've recently been updating our conservatory, and have repurposed old cabinets to work with this brick wall. I feel like the varnished beams clash with the rest of the colours - any advice on what shade of brown would work and even what to use to achieve this?
Thank you!
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Sandeep
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoThanks Wumi, I'm not sure whether hard or softwood - do you know how I'd be tell? I like the idea of wooden natural beams, but I can consider painting them white if need be.
It's worth mentioning that these beams were slightly lighter and I was advised that a few coats of Ronseal Walnut would remove the cherry colour of the beams. That clearly wasn' the case so I have beams with the older coloured stain or varnish, and new coats of this varnish
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Sonia
3 years agoThey can be stripped but it’s dirty work. I agree with Wumi to paint the beams white along with the ceiling or paint the beams taupe. It’s very popular to do that now as people prefer a bright and uplifting interior. However if you want to strip them there are tools you can hire for this. George Clark did it in one of the houses he was updating.
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3 years agoBoth colourhappy and Sonia, I think going down the stone/taupe is a great idea, given I probably wont be able to get the natural wood to a colour I'd like. I'm a little reluctant to go with completely white, as I feel as if it'd look like I'm trying to hide the beams. Other option I'm toying with is to go even darker - not completely black but a couple more coats of the dark varnish. Here is a mock up, do you have any thoughts on that?
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3 years agoI've been playing around with a stone/taupe colour but I'm not sure if it works? I think I've been staring at this for too long now!
Ribena Drinker
3 years agoI'd paint them.
We had original, genuine heavy oak beams in our smaller sitting room, it made the room feel low and dark, the best thing we did in the whole room was to paint them.
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