Boston Home Building And Home Additions
Designing a Boston home or addition is a matter of seemingly endless choices and decisions. In fact, the type of ceiling you choose for your new home or addition can make your home feel larger or smaller, can make it feel claustrophobic or open, or can make it feel light and bright or dark and dreary. Here are some ceiling designs to consider as you plan and design your new home.
Traditional Flat Ceiling - This is the most common type of ceiling in any Boston room. It is the least expensive to build, and is essentially a wall laid on its side. The traditional height for a flat ceiling is 8 feet, although many builders are using 10 foot ceilings to make the room feel larger. Options for making the flat ceiling appear higher include using a vertical stripe paint or wallpaper, using a border at the top of the wall, or adding crown molding or other decorative moldings at the top of the wall.
Cathedral Ceiling - This high, sloped ceiling is becoming increasingly popular in kitchens. The ceiling is attached to the roof trusses and creates a very dramatic feeling of space. Whether this style ceiling is built with open beams or a solid drywall panel, the rise to the very top of the house offers both space and a few challenges. The challenges are in getting proper insulation over the ceiling (although there are some new insulated boards for this purpose), the difficulty getting to the ceiling for painting, cleaning and installing light fixtures, and the additional heating cost due to heat loss to the top of the ceiling.
Vaulted Ceiling - A ceiling that rises from the walls at an angle or in an arch is a vaulted ceiling. These vaulted ceilings can rise from one side of the room to a center point at the top of the house or they can rise from two or all four walls of the room to a center point at the top of the house.
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Home Additions In Needham
In the current uncertain economy, many people who would normally upsize their home will instead add on to the one in which they live. Home additions in Needham have a number of advantages over changi […]
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Needham New Home Builder Information
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