Pecky Cypress ceiling paneling
When designing a room, amazingly, the ceiling is often overlooked. But, a well-ornamented space is best designed from the top down. What’s over your head has more to do with the feel of a room then any other aspect.
Like all aspects of home construction, paneled ceilings have seen their share of changes come and go. Prior the 16th century the structural frame of the roof served as the only ceiling in most houses. The degree of ornamentation and embellishment depended on the status of the building and the wealth of the household.
By the 17th century, finer homes had wooden beams that divided ceilings into compartments, called coffers. These coffered ceilings were embellished with various degrees of decorative molding and paneling.
During the 20th century tongue-and-grooved boards were installed as paneled ceilings routinely in kitchens and bathroom; often v-jointed, beaded, or merely butt-jointed.
Cypress V-Grooved Ceiling, Antique Heart Pine Beams
Now with the renaissance of vaulted and higher ceilings, architects and designers are able to design and decorate adapting and reinterpreting many traditional forms of paneled ceiling architecture.
In virtually any wood species you can imagine—plank ceilings, coffered ceilings, exposed beam, timber frame, decorative trusses, bead board and v-jointed board paneling for ceilings, log beams, and decking are among the many alternatives we have for you to consider.
Wood paneling is available in reclaimed antique, and new imported and domestic wood species, including: oak, maple, cherry, ash, hickory, mahogany, cypress, cedar, walnut, heart pine, and many other species in a variety of grades and cuts.
WOOD & Co. specializes in wide plank flooring and other hardwood interior architectural elements for the home. For more information about wood ceiling paneling, visit them online at: www.theWoodCo.com.
If you do not want your flat screen TV displayed proudly on the wall in the family room, one good solution is to house the HDTV in a fine cabinet that enhances your room décor. However, today’s flat-screen HDTV’s and home theaters present unique challenges for design of wooden element and, especially, cabinetry. Thin contemporary flat screen TVs do not require the deep cabinets that once housed bulky TV’s of the past. In fact, new TVs now look very much out of place hidden in a re-purposed armoire or deep cabinet. Continue reading 
