A picture's worth how many words? Patient work applying dark stain right up against old unfinished boards so as not to bleed all over their golden selves. The beams only got a light sanding, and I'm considering a second sanding just to the undersides; see whether there's something archeological hiding in all that grain.
Question remains whether the molding runs contiguously beneath the beams or sits flush to a common line slightly above the height of the lowest beam. In other words, single trim board with a dental notch for each beam or individual sections of board installed between each beam?
Leaning towards the latter option, but contiguous board keeps calling my name. The out of town wedding guests we're hosting this weekend have DIY expertise. Maybe pick their brains to break the tie.
One advantage of pieces between is that they're a lot easier to measure and cut than one long piece with notches out of it. That alone would probably push me to individual pieces between.
Posted by: Gene | 2008.09.19 at 18:04
wow. that's looks amazing.
i am kind of in shock.
nice work!
Posted by: jeff | 2008.09.25 at 19:45