Adding Wooden Beams

I wanted to add some extra details to the attic bedroom ceiling so I added wooden beams. This both added extra interest to the ceiling and also reinforced the roof ready for when I add the card slate effect roof tiles.

I used square wooden doweling which I bought from a local diy store. I cut it to size and wittled all along the edges to make the wood look worn and old. I stained them with dark oak wood stain to match the wooden floors and glued them in place with wood glue. I left them over night to dry in place. This created a lovely solid roof.

I aged the plaster ceiling around the beams with watered down burnt umber acrylic paint so they looked like they had been there for centuries.