I pretend to be a wood worker. I made a faux beam out of wood to use as a mantle for fireplace. I too did not want the look of a box made with butt joints, so I miter cut the pieces. The project turned out pretty good, but it was really a challenge. I don’t ever want to do that again. On a fun note, I turned the mantle into a time capsule. Inside it I put a current newspaper, I few dollars and coins, small toys and trinkets. When the next person comes along, and decides the ly do not like my mantle, they will find what I left behind and will smile hopefully. I also wrote a little letter to whoever finds it in the future. Your project looked great and was very well done. Great idea and execution!
It's a fun idea. There are several small "art projects" hidden throughout our current whole house remodel, and my kid is going to have friends over to paint the subfloor in the living room with artwork for next person who replaces the floors.
@@mtcrabtree when we demo’d part of an older home (built 1962) for a ‘open concept’ type remodel, inside a surprisingly large wall cavity was a surprise…the house was new when bought by the grandfather of the guy we bought it from (who we had gotten to know a bit, and he was a prankster). During one of their projects they had staged an old shirt, raggedy jeans, shoes, glasses and a ballcap, and a couple beer cans and Taco Bell wrappers!! Like a worker had been trapped inside the wall! But the coup de grace was they’d filled the clothing with sawdust. And left a note of course, which was hilarious. Instead of calling him when we discovered it, we took pictures and made a ShutterFly Christmas card posing with the “lost worker”.
Bruh!! I’ve been praying for a better option and foam beams the industry makes are HUNDREDS of dollars per ONE. THANK YOU for making this video!! I’m going to work on it! Yay! 👏🏻
The 'fooling a buyer into thinking you spent almost "a few hundred dollars"' was worth the entire watch. Very Howard Hughes of you and I support chasing insane perfection for no societal and monetary gain with only personal satisfaction in mind, completely.
I have a 10x16 shed that I wanted a wood tongue and groove ceiling in, but I didn’t want the weight. I used foam sheets as well. I cut them down into 7 inch strips on table saw. Then I used a tongue and groove but on my router table and made all the boards tongue and groove including on the ends. Then I also chamfered the edges.Then I used a wire brush to create the grain and knots the same way you did. I painted them all with gloss white paint. Then I used a grey glaze and spread over them. The grey settled down into the texture. I then used construction adhesive to glue them to the ceiling as I put the pieces together. The nice thing about having t and g in the ends is everything lies flat in the same plane. The ceiling is very convincing and no one knows it’s foam unless I tell them!
actually in a million years u would definitely notice. the way the foam would degrade over that length of time would be completely different to wood. u would definitely tell it was wood way sooner than a million years.
If I learn just one thing from any video, I feel like my time was invested and not wasted. Your video was a great return on investment!! Just the tape on the screws trick was enough, but your detailed explanations and “tests” were awesome. I know how much time it takes to shoot, edit, and voice-over a video so I really appreciate the effort you made to produce and share that with us. Thank you!
I made 4x 30 feet beams for my living room and they look amazing! it worked like a charm! Looks awesome! Like real wood, thanks for the idea! I finally got my beams, on a real low budget!!! I used interior water based paint( light ash color) and a water based dark walnut stain over it. Joint compound to hide the seams where the boards met. Hot glue worked great for me to glue them together, dries quickly! And yes we also made some test board before to exercise making the wood faux wire brush design and also to try the diff. stains.
Came for the artsy yet ludicrous nature of this project, but I am now humbled by your achievement. The tape on the screws was definitely worth the time. I’d suggest that you celebrate the joints on your next beams with a barn or ship style angled joint. We did that many years ago in a condo my uncle bought. He wanted to hide the concrete seams in the dock planking pour of his building with faux beams. We couldn’t get full 14 foot long beams on the elevators. We used old tools to recreate the hand hewn look and cut 27 degree angles into the seven foot sections to accept faux wedges and bolts.
As a Wood worker & framing carpenter who built houses, pretty good job! I'm thinking about doing some beams in my new house in the basement once it gets built. A few suggestions though. Stagger the seams so they all won't be at the same place. You could also use a wire paint stripper to give it a rougher look. The type that has the metal roto stripper (think coat hangers). Make some bigger gouges in some spots. A heat gun might make the surface a little rougher too before you scrap it. Something sort of a crust like, but keep heat gun far away to prevent melting it.
I love making faux thins out of foam. I have made some very convincing rock faces but have been wanting to branch out to wood. This is great! While I am not doing wood beams, I often do miniatures or my current projects of using recycled materials to make little boxes/storgage things
I just did this last October to use as Halloween props. I used a wire brush for smaller grain and the back end of skinny paint brushes of different sizes for deeper grain texture and make it look a bit more aged. I used a knife to shave off circular pieces to imitate knots in the wood. I then painted it with several shades of brown and used a watered down black paint to fill in the grain and add some depth. I then coated it with matte mod podge to seal it. When it was done I used Velcro strips to stick them up on my windows. I hung a few boards over each window to make make house look like an old abandoned house that was boarded up. We even had a couple over the front door and handed out the candy between the boards. It’s a time consuming project, especially when waiting for each shade of brown to dry when using 5 or 6 colors to really age it. Next year I might get some shades of green and grey and use a sponge to dab it on and give it a mossy effect
Perfection! This was a really helpful video. I just priced a faux wood beam (two 12’ sections) for the cathedral ceiling in my living room. My cost for beams only was $982.00 and that is the “sale” price. I think I could build these, now I just need to find somebody with a couple of tall ladders to help a 67 year old woman complete the job! Thank you, I am a new subscriber as of today.
Very very clever! Absolutely brilliant and original hack, you've taken something used for one purpose and made a great piece of decoration for the home, love it.
This would be a great way to quiet a large room with vaulted ceilings. Big rooms can get pretty loud and sound dampening is a challenge. Thus could be really cost effective for aesthetics and function.
This is extremely impressive 👍🏻 Thank you for this how to video, I've wanted to add ceiling beams to my 1917 barn house for years but didn't want to add the extra weight to my ceilings . This is a great idea !!! 🥰
Wow! Very creative and they look fantastic! My hubby and I were going to purchase faux beams, but now we are going to diy it using your example. Thanks for sharing!
Nice. A woodgraining tool takes a long time to learn to use, without developing a repetitive technique, that shows up after you thought you were doing so well!
Well I clicked the like button, but it isn't Tuesday that I found your channel. It's Monday, but, I subscribed anyway. I always wanted beams on my ceilings. Yours looks awesome. Now to find someone who can do this for me. But , now I have a link to refer to. Thank you.
I’m a professional that has made many faux beams and have developed some wild techniques. I rarely comment on videos, but I have to tell you that this is a great idea that you executed well. I wonder about the longevity of the finish… I’m going to try it out. Nice job.
I really enjoyed watching your method. You were also fun to listen to. Of course, people that comment are going to criticize and poke holes into your creativity but who cares -I think they came out fantastic. You are really ambitious. Great results.
I bought extra tracks for my track saw to get 12ft miter cuts to make wood beams that I was painting anyways. This seems like a better approach. Mine are mid-span though so down the road if someone steps on them they won't be in for a shocker. The amount of sanding and filling I did because my miters aren't perfect makes me really liking your technique. Plus, you're right the wood was expensive.
I know someone who bought a house with faux beams. Actually, they were real wood, but added after the ceiling was put in for that... look. They took them out, and the room looked so much better. The previous owners had done some weird stuff to the house. They even had a square of tile in the hallway that matched no other tile in the house. It wasn't something fancy decorative or anything. It was just random. A lot of things the previous owners had done were just random.
So freekin' impressed! They're beautiful & so very real looking. You'd never guess they weren't. 👏😄 (My parents installed store-bought foam beams in our dining room, in the 70s. They were a similar yellow foam & colored to look like hand-hewn walnut. Not bad looking, as I remember. The ceiling was very low & the beams added a colonial/English tavern feel to the room. Unfortunately the shag carpeting kinda messed up the ambience, lol :)
These looks so good! Great job! Something anyone can duplicate. Start small with a bathroom or laundry room! Dude. I’m inspired! Give me some room people! I’m rushin in with a wire brush and some pink foam!
He worked magic with that wire brush. From the grain to the knots, it was mesmerizing. Then the coloring/staining just made it truly authentic looking.
Awesome techniques!! Thank you for showing us how to make wood grain out of foam. I have no intention of making wood beams. I actually thought you were making a console table. I may attempt to make one using this technique. Thanks again. 💯💯
"If I was into wood working enough to know that do you think I would be making beams out of foam?" "So for the minority of people watching this who actually try to build these..." Love the humor. And, as fate would have it, I'm watching on a Tuesday so I'm compelled to subscribe. My question: the video is only a couple of months old; assuming this project was for your own home, what are your thoughts after having lived with them for a bit? Are they convincing enough for YOU? My fear is that -knowing what they *are* would mess with my mind and that it would be difficult to get over the artificial-ness of it -even though so many other things (laminate/vinyl flooring, backsplash, tile etc are often artificial imitations of natural materials... Coincidentally I have a similar space with a similar colored chimney (which in my case is entirely artificial as my fireplace is electric lol) Wonderful video, I enjoyed your humor and detail.
I love this. There is no way anyone is going to look up there and say, "Ugh, you used pink foam on your ceiling? How horrible." In fact, I'm pretty sure this is how Disney builds all of their theme parks. Big thumbs up! Oh, and not a woodworker either, but stain is supposed to be wiped off again. I've found that it either never dries when sitting on the surface or it takes days or weeks. Since the stain really doesn't soak into foam like it does wood, that's probably why it was sticky. . . I think.
Thanks professor, and good point on the stain, I think most of it would've soaked into wood but I had neglected to remember that it is wiped off in the application typically
@@AverageDadChannel I listen more then watch i followed what you said.. and mine look amazing!! Paint was ur problem not smooth board. Only 1 x did i think u were using paint and that 1x you said didnt like the paint so I went back to thinking when u said paint it was painting the stain 6:50 you say took Long time. You are scratching then you paint then you scratch again., That’s why im writing . What took longest is the not necessary part. 3:56 try paint not like 4:07 2 stains i like 4:14 got 2 new stains it’s a winner What you did at end was wire brush after paint so it was scratching off paint then apply stain so stain able get on board 4:50 5:00 ♦️♦️you say apply stain right on foam.. … stain was never on the foam ,♦️♦️ Mine looks so good as i did what i heard u say :) Scratch first then used General finishes flat water based stain Espress or Ebony as only coat, stain rt on pink board On the blank side of foam. I then used blk spray paint wherver I saw pink I didn’t wipe it after just applied w foam brush. Dry about 20 min .
We used similar steps to create a faux fireplace. So good, it fooled the building appraiser. Lol We use our maniacal skills for Halloween props. Thanks for the tutorial!
Nothing stops you from adding cheap veneer or wrap to the foam either. Another great idea would be using this for hiding home theater installs and/or LED wiring. Much safer also vs going through walls and risking damage to underlying utilities.
Looks Great! Miter those seems and you would have saved a bunch of time, you could have also just assembled in place, with the miters all you'd need is a brown felt pen to touch up where the miter is not perfect. All that filling and sanding and reshaping took a bunch of time you could have saved by just setting your saw to 45 when you made those initial rips.
Those do look amazing. I wonder about fire and flame spread with exposed foam. Maybe not a big deal with so few of them but once they catch fire they will fill the room with black smoke. Usually foam like that needs to be covered with drywall for fire safety.
Wood grain tool work’s Amazing actually. Kinda need to just keep trying. Do one pull/drag at a time and make sure the pull or drag you will be doing with the wood grain tool the strip of paint is damp with whatever color you are using. And do one pull/drag at a time. And you can overlap each drag also. I’ve only done it with paint only latex, acrylic, I have never attempted it with stain. A think that right there is a huge issue because imo wood grain tool works best on a non-porous surface . Hope this helps. Either way you’re beams. Look freaking awesome! Nice work!
@@dkuivyes exactly and that is per beam price you quoted. I think faux beam cost is what Inspires a lot of diy folks to make their own faux beams esp if you need more than one or long lengths. I’m actually perplexed on what path I want to take now that I saw the foam option. The faux beams are made of pvc, foam, wood, etc and I’ve planned to use 2x4s etc from local lumber yard and now… I just might have to do foam. I didn’t mind lumber prices but if u can save why not. Most importantly the install ease is a huge bonus. Decisions decisions.
You nailed. It. Stain is too thin to grain woth. I use clear glaze tinted to the color i want. The rocker tool and all graining tools for that matter work far better with glaze than with stain
I loved your video! Much like you, I like to save money, the concept of this project of yours can be applied to many other projects around the house. Thanks alot.
I started to mock out an upper cabinet with foam board bc so cheap vs wood. I kinda thought full mock-up but figured too expensive. But really not as you taught. But mine is a ground cabinet. So close to eye and touch. Still wouldn’t work. But it looks awesome. I may still try it just to play with it a bit now. Awesome job
Back in the day, foam hand hewn beams were extremely popular in our area. This evolved around the old barn siding craze back in the late 60’s early 70’s …The beams were one piece with a channel on the mounting side. If a 12’ foam beam weighed two pounds, I’d be surprised….
I am thinking about ripping some of these foam board sheets into strips to glue to my garage ceiling to cover up bad tape joints and popcorn. Also get some added insulation.
Good video. Only edit to make in that measure twice and whatever - if you put the short side pieces on one end of the long bottom and the short bottom on the sides that stick out, you would minimize the risk of someone noticing all the joints in one place. And you could preglue and paint before the single install. Good idea. Parsimony!
This is what I’d like to do in our small living room - maybe three of them. We have a crack that never stays fixed because it’s where the room was extended, and I think it would be perfect.
Anyone thinking of doing this - It's important to point out that any burning or cutting of the pink foam should be done while wearing a respirator like you are in this. Not just a mask but a full on respirator. This came out really beautiful!
Dude you are a genius! I've been wanting to add beams to my great room's cathedral ceiling, but real beams are too heavy, pre-made foam faux beams are too expensive and beams made with 1 X lumber always shows the joints no matter how good your 45's are. I've used the pink foam board insulation for displays before and I'm the king of using the faux wood graining tool with paint, but I never thought of putting the two things together. My only suggestion / improvement will be to alternately splice the pieces to create a beam longer than 8' so I won't have to do any splicing, patching, staining at the ceiling level.
Next time you need to make joints, make it in the center and use thin Masonite or plastic sheets to make a faux steel joint plate. Paint it black or rustic and 10:38 You can even use bolts or bolt heads to make them very authentic.
They look great. The next homeowner is going to have quite the surprise when he/she tries to hang a lamp or something on those beautiful beams. LOL
😂😮😆😆lol
Just bought a house and looked into adding beams. They are very expensive right now, so I’m going to try this method
Thank you for this video
Of course, good luck!
I pretend to be a wood worker. I made a faux beam out of wood to use as a mantle for fireplace. I too did not want the look of a box made with butt joints, so I miter cut the pieces. The project turned out pretty good, but it was really a challenge. I don’t ever want to do that again. On a fun note, I turned the mantle into a time capsule. Inside it I put a current newspaper, I few dollars and coins, small toys and trinkets. When the next person comes along, and decides the ly do not like my mantle, they will find what I left behind and will smile hopefully. I also wrote a little letter to whoever finds it in the future. Your project looked great and was very well done. Great idea and execution!
That’s a great idea about a Time capsule!! I love it!!🥰
Awesome idea on the time capsule!
It's a fun idea. There are several small "art projects" hidden throughout our current whole house remodel, and my kid is going to have friends over to paint the subfloor in the living room with artwork for next person who replaces the floors.
@@mtcrabtree when we demo’d part of an older home (built 1962) for a ‘open concept’ type remodel, inside a surprisingly large wall cavity was a surprise…the house was new when bought by the grandfather of the guy we bought it from (who we had gotten to know a bit, and he was a prankster). During one of their projects they had staged an old shirt, raggedy jeans, shoes, glasses and a ballcap, and a couple beer cans and Taco Bell wrappers!! Like a worker had been trapped inside the wall! But the coup de grace was they’d filled the clothing with sawdust. And left a note of course, which was hilarious. Instead of calling him when we discovered it, we took pictures and made a ShutterFly Christmas card posing with the “lost worker”.
So cool
I am a finish carpenter and I can tell you , you did an amazing job!!
I absolutely cannot believe how great these turned out. I've never been more impressed by a DIY video.
Thanks for the kind words MJ
Bruh!! I’ve been praying for a better option and foam beams the industry makes are HUNDREDS of dollars per ONE. THANK YOU for making this video!! I’m going to work on it! Yay! 👏🏻
Thanks good luck!
The 'fooling a buyer into thinking you spent almost "a few hundred dollars"' was worth the entire watch. Very Howard Hughes of you and I support chasing insane perfection for no societal and monetary gain with only personal satisfaction in mind, completely.
Alright, the painters tape over the screw tips to hold them in the blocks overhead. What have I been doing with my life?!!?!
I’m not sure, but it sounds like in part having screws fall on your head
I have a 10x16 shed that I wanted a wood tongue and groove ceiling in, but I didn’t want the weight. I used foam sheets as well. I cut them down into 7 inch strips on table saw. Then I used a tongue and groove but on my router table and made all the boards tongue and groove including on the ends. Then I also chamfered the edges.Then I used a wire brush to create the grain and knots the same way you did. I painted them all with gloss white paint. Then I used a grey glaze and spread over them. The grey settled down into the texture. I then used construction adhesive to glue them to the ceiling as I put the pieces together. The nice thing about having t and g in the ends is everything lies flat in the same plane. The ceiling is very convincing and no one knows it’s foam unless I tell them!
MAKE A VIDEO of it... even if you only use the pictures...
WE want to SEE it.
Do you have any photos or videos of this?
I’ll try to remember to take some
This is the ceiling in the shed
@@JudiChristopherI just uploaded a short video of it.
Wow I'd never in a million years know this was not wood beams. These look fantastic!
Thanks Alice!
actually in a million years u would definitely notice. the way the foam would degrade over that length of time would be completely different to wood. u would definitely tell it was wood way sooner than a million years.
that looks so real. you nailed the wood grain
thanks Keki
actually, he screwed it.
Ingenuity at its best!! And….your sense of humor is killer.
Thanks Kelly, that’s what my mom says
If I learn just one thing from any video, I feel like my time was invested and not wasted. Your video was a great return on investment!! Just the tape on the screws trick was enough, but your detailed explanations and “tests” were awesome. I know how much time it takes to shoot, edit, and voice-over a video so I really appreciate the effort you made to produce and share that with us. Thank you!
thanks Philip!
I made 4x 30 feet beams for my living room and they look amazing! it worked like a charm! Looks awesome! Like real wood, thanks for the idea! I finally got my beams, on a real low budget!!! I used interior water based paint( light ash color) and a water based dark walnut stain over it. Joint compound to hide the seams where the boards met. Hot glue worked great for me to glue them together, dries quickly! And yes we also made some test board before to exercise making the wood faux wire brush design and also to try the diff. stains.
Hey Katja, that’s great to hear! Glad it worked out for you
Thanks to your very encouraging and informative video, i also saved sooo much MONEY!@@AverageDadChannel
Came for the artsy yet ludicrous nature of this project, but I am now humbled by your achievement. The tape on the screws was definitely worth the time.
I’d suggest that you celebrate the joints on your next beams with a barn or ship style angled joint. We did that many years ago in a condo my uncle bought. He wanted to hide the concrete seams in the dock planking pour of his building with faux beams. We couldn’t get full 14 foot long beams on the elevators. We used old tools to recreate the hand hewn look and cut 27 degree angles into the seven foot sections to accept faux wedges and bolts.
I was skeptical at first, but I'm not gonna lie. Those do look pretty legit!
Hell yeah! From one dad to another, I respect your frugalness.
As a Wood worker & framing carpenter who built houses, pretty good job! I'm thinking about doing some beams in my new house in the basement once it gets built. A few suggestions though. Stagger the seams so they all won't be at the same place. You could also use a wire paint stripper to give it a rougher look. The type that has the metal roto stripper (think coat hangers). Make some bigger gouges in some spots. A heat gun might make the surface a little rougher too before you scrap it. Something sort of a crust like, but keep heat gun far away to prevent melting it.
This is a great idea for people like me that don't know anything about wood working. Good job on being so creative.
UPDATE: Wood is almost as cheap and a lot less work.
Even still, this video deserves a like!
This comment deserves a like
Woods a lot heavier & it will warp & rot & attract bugs.
My guess is maybe foam is lighter and easy for renter friendly stuff. It may be Easier to dispose of too if you don’t want it anymore.
I have the tools and know how to work with wood, but this is easier for those that don't.
@@mr.c6674 or who have noodles for arms 🙂↔️🙂↕️ lol
I love making faux thins out of foam. I have made some very convincing rock faces but have been wanting to branch out to wood. This is great! While I am not doing wood beams, I often do miniatures or my current projects of using recycled materials to make little boxes/storgage things
Great work! I thought I was the only crazy one using foam for anything but it’s intended purpose. That looks awesome!
Thanks TGB
I just did this last October to use as Halloween props. I used a wire brush for smaller grain and the back end of skinny paint brushes of different sizes for deeper grain texture and make it look a bit more aged. I used a knife to shave off circular pieces to imitate knots in the wood. I then painted it with several shades of brown and used a watered down black paint to fill in the grain and add some depth. I then coated it with matte mod podge to seal it. When it was done I used Velcro strips to stick them up on my windows. I hung a few boards over each window to make make house look like an old abandoned house that was boarded up. We even had a couple over the front door and handed out the candy between the boards. It’s a time consuming project, especially when waiting for each shade of brown to dry when using 5 or 6 colors to really age it. Next year I might get some shades of green and grey and use a sponge to dab it on and give it a mossy effect
You are pretty good at making faux beams, dude. Average dad, maybe. Expert faux painter, absolutely!
I was skeptical at the beginning, but these turned out really well. Very nice job and a really innovative approach.
I enjoy woodworking so I would never make these. But this video is amazing … and I watched the entire thing.
As a miniaturist, I'm going to try this technic in doll houses. I think it will work perfectly. Thanks for the inspiration!
Perfection! This was a really helpful video. I just priced a faux wood beam (two 12’ sections) for the cathedral ceiling in my living room. My cost for beams only was $982.00 and that is the “sale” price. I think I could build these, now I just need to find somebody with a couple of tall ladders to help a 67 year old woman complete the job! Thank you, I am a new subscriber as of today.
thanks for subscribing Kim!
Just the video I needed. I've been wanting ceiling beams for years. Thanks for the inspiration
good luck and make sure to check local building codes and regulations
Very very clever! Absolutely brilliant and original hack, you've taken something used for one purpose and made a great piece of decoration for the home, love it.
thanks, hope your dog is well
@@AverageDadChannel He's VERY naughty, but I love him to bits, cheers.
I never would have thought about using foam insulation to make faux beams. That’s an interesting idea.
I'd never put beams in a house....until....now! This was a great video and you did a fantastic job. Very creative and they look perfect.
I was quite surprised how good it looked. Nice!
Thanks Kman!
This would be a great way to quiet a large room with vaulted ceilings. Big rooms can get pretty loud and sound dampening is a challenge. Thus could be really cost effective for aesthetics and function.
I planned on using retique it to finish but this turned out really nice. Nice work!
This is extremely impressive 👍🏻 Thank you for this how to video, I've wanted to add ceiling beams to my 1917 barn house for years but didn't want to add the extra weight to my ceilings . This is a great idea !!! 🥰
Thanks!
Wow! Very creative and they look fantastic! My hubby and I were going to purchase faux beams, but now we are going to diy it using your example. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Judy and thanks for the comment, good luck!
Dude, you absolutely rocked that project. That looks so good, it's amost unreal. Respect.
I like the innovation. You explained things very well and the look is great. Keep up the good work.
Thanks King
Nice. A woodgraining tool takes a long time to learn to use, without developing a repetitive technique, that shows up after you thought you were doing so well!
Well I clicked the like button, but it isn't Tuesday that I found your channel. It's Monday, but, I subscribed anyway. I always wanted beams on my ceilings. Yours looks awesome. Now to find someone who can do this for me. But , now I have a link to refer to. Thank you.
Thanks Cati!
Big win. Excellent. If you want to buy faux wood beams online they are a FORTUNE. Yours look just about as good.
THIS is Phenomenal! I will be using this downstairs to hide some of the wires and ducting in the ceiling.
Thanks, good luck!
That’s incredible!!! Looks so real!!! I wouldn’t know the difference if I didn’t know!
I’m a professional that has made many faux beams and have developed some wild techniques. I rarely comment on videos, but I have to tell you that this is a great idea that you executed well. I wonder about the longevity of the finish… I’m going to try it out. Nice job.
I really enjoyed watching your method. You were also fun to listen to. Of course, people that comment are going to criticize and poke holes into your creativity but who cares -I think they came out fantastic. You are really ambitious. Great results.
I bought extra tracks for my track saw to get 12ft miter cuts to make wood beams that I was painting anyways. This seems like a better approach. Mine are mid-span though so down the road if someone steps on them they won't be in for a shocker. The amount of sanding and filling I did because my miters aren't perfect makes me really liking your technique. Plus, you're right the wood was expensive.
I know someone who bought a house with faux beams. Actually, they were real wood, but added after the ceiling was put in for that... look. They took them out, and the room looked so much better. The previous owners had done some weird stuff to the house. They even had a square of tile in the hallway that matched no other tile in the house. It wasn't something fancy decorative or anything. It was just random. A lot of things the previous owners had done were just random.
Awesome job. Wow. I would have pointed out the wood beams when selling that house. Awesome job
So freekin' impressed! They're beautiful & so very real looking. You'd never guess they weren't.
👏😄
(My parents installed store-bought foam beams in our dining room, in the 70s. They were a similar yellow foam & colored to look like hand-hewn walnut. Not bad looking, as I remember. The ceiling was very low & the beams added a colonial/English tavern feel to the room. Unfortunately the shag carpeting kinda messed up the ambience, lol :)
These looks so good! Great job! Something anyone can duplicate. Start small with a bathroom or laundry room! Dude. I’m inspired! Give me some room people! I’m rushin in with a wire brush and some pink foam!
He worked magic with that wire brush. From the grain to the knots, it was mesmerizing. Then the coloring/staining just made it truly authentic looking.
Awesome techniques!! Thank you for showing us how to make wood grain out of foam. I have no intention of making wood beams. I actually thought you were making a console table. I may attempt to make one using this technique. Thanks again. 💯💯
I am a diy with a long history of woodwork projects and you are awesome!
"If I was into wood working enough to know that do you think I would be making beams out of foam?" "So for the minority of people watching this who actually try to build these..." Love the humor.
And, as fate would have it, I'm watching on a Tuesday so I'm compelled to subscribe.
My question: the video is only a couple of months old; assuming this project was for your own home, what are your thoughts after having lived with them for a bit? Are they convincing enough for YOU? My fear is that -knowing what they *are* would mess with my mind and that it would be difficult to get over the artificial-ness of it -even though so many other things (laminate/vinyl flooring, backsplash, tile etc are often artificial imitations of natural materials...
Coincidentally I have a similar space with a similar colored chimney (which in my case is entirely artificial as my fireplace is electric lol)
Wonderful video, I enjoyed your humor and detail.
Wow, you did a great job! And you put a really good video together, showing the steps along the way. Well done!
Thanks Eric, appreciate it
Nice! You not only saved money but also weight.
Yes, nice peace of mind when my kids are below them most of the day
I have a support beam in my condo which is unsightly to say the least. I'm going to use your idea to surround the support beam. Thanks!!!!!
wow nice job!!! I ever watch an entire video like this but had to watch to the end!
Thanks Carrie! Glad it was interesting
I love this. Might do this outside in my covered porch as a faux wall
Thanks Rob! If it’s outside I’d make sure to use both outdoor stain and outdoor paint so it’s not as easily damaged by UV, good luck if you do it!
I was also thinking foam shouldn’t get wet? Does it dissolve? I don’t know much about the pink foam though. Does anyone else know ?
I love this. There is no way anyone is going to look up there and say, "Ugh, you used pink foam on your ceiling? How horrible." In fact, I'm pretty sure this is how Disney builds all of their theme parks. Big thumbs up! Oh, and not a woodworker either, but stain is supposed to be wiped off again. I've found that it either never dries when sitting on the surface or it takes days or weeks. Since the stain really doesn't soak into foam like it does wood, that's probably why it was sticky. . . I think.
Thanks professor, and good point on the stain, I think most of it would've soaked into wood but I had neglected to remember that it is wiped off in the application typically
I used all water based products! The primer I used first and then I used dark walnuts water based strain! No stickiness!
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I listen more then watch i followed what you said.. and mine look amazing!!
Paint was ur problem not smooth board.
Only 1 x did i think u were using paint and that 1x you said didnt like the paint so I went back to thinking when u said paint it was painting the stain
6:50 you say took Long time. You are scratching then you paint then you scratch again.,
That’s why im writing . What took longest is the not necessary part.
3:56 try paint not like
4:07 2 stains i like
4:14 got 2 new stains it’s a winner
What you did at end was wire brush after paint so it was scratching off paint then apply stain so stain able get on board
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♦️♦️you say apply stain right on foam.. … stain was never on the foam ,♦️♦️
Mine looks so good as i did what i heard u say :)
Scratch first then used
General finishes flat water based stain Espress or Ebony as only coat, stain rt on pink board
On the blank side of foam. I then used blk spray paint wherver I saw pink
I didn’t wipe it after just applied w foam brush. Dry about 20 min .
Very nice job and makes sense for the cost weight and ease of the project. Had no idea the foam could be transformed like that, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for commenting!
VERY GOD JOB.!!! 👍👏
I too am cheap, and also inventive.
I have been doing faux finishes all my career.
I can appreciate your mind.!
Thank you!
You sly goose, I love it!
I'd love to build the beam from foam then cover wood veneer. Kick up the "reality" factor.
That is probably a happy medium on weight and cost vs realism,
'and don't call me goose'
We used similar steps to create a faux fireplace. So good, it fooled the building appraiser. Lol
We use our maniacal skills for Halloween props.
Thanks for the tutorial!
That's illegal dude. If the house is now listed as having a fireplace. Not cool man
@@usa5439 of course we told him. I was just sharing that he was fooled by it. I shared a lot of our other Halloween items with him.
Nothing stops you from adding cheap veneer or wrap to the foam either. Another great idea would be using this for hiding home theater installs and/or LED wiring. Much safer also vs going through walls and risking damage to underlying utilities.
Looks Great! Miter those seems and you would have saved a bunch of time, you could have also just assembled in place, with the miters all you'd need is a brown felt pen to touch up where the miter is not perfect. All that filling and sanding and reshaping took a bunch of time you could have saved by just setting your saw to 45 when you made those initial rips.
Those do look amazing. I wonder about fire and flame spread with exposed foam. Maybe not a big deal with so few of them but once they catch fire they will fill the room with black smoke. Usually foam like that needs to be covered with drywall for fire safety.
Very nice and innovative job. Just a thought on increasing the length. It likely would be easier doing this before you installed them on the ceiling.
I love how these turned out. I know it’s Sunday, but I subscribed anyway…
Thanks for making the exception Mary, excited about two new videos coming out in the next two months
It's not remotely close to be interesting, it's SOOOOOO interesting 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Wood grain tool work’s Amazing actually. Kinda need to just keep trying. Do one pull/drag at a time and make sure the pull or drag you will be doing with the wood grain tool the strip of paint is damp with whatever color you are using. And do one pull/drag at a time. And you can overlap each drag also. I’ve only done it with paint only latex, acrylic, I have never attempted it with stain. A think that right there is a huge issue because imo wood grain tool works best on a non-porous surface . Hope this helps. Either way you’re beams. Look freaking awesome! Nice work!
You can actually order online faux foam beams for this type of installation....but I like your creativity....looks fabulous
The faux beams you can buy are up to $800! I’d say this was really good value. And quite good results.
@@dkuivyes exactly and that is per beam price you quoted. I think faux beam cost is what Inspires a lot of diy folks to make their own faux beams esp if you need more than one or long lengths.
I’m actually perplexed on what path I want to take now that I saw the foam option. The faux beams are made of pvc, foam, wood, etc and I’ve planned to use 2x4s etc from local lumber yard and now… I just might have to do foam. I didn’t mind lumber prices but if u can save why not. Most importantly the install ease is a huge bonus. Decisions decisions.
The Pink Panther and Chipotle Burritos, are a lethal combination. Great work mate!
This is an amazing video. Very clever. Great cost saver.
Thanks Melissa!
You nailed. It. Stain is too thin to grain woth. I use clear glaze tinted to the color i want. The rocker tool and all graining tools for that matter work far better with glaze than with stain
I love your realistic faux beams!
Hi that so cool! Could you supply the colors you use? Thank you he see
I loved your video! Much like you, I like to save money, the concept of this project of yours can be applied to many other projects around the house. Thanks alot.
The beams turned out great! Your texturing looks amazing! I like how it turned out. If I ever try it, hopefully it looks that good!
I started to mock out an upper cabinet with foam board bc so cheap vs wood. I kinda thought full mock-up but figured too expensive. But really not as you taught. But mine is a ground cabinet. So close to eye and touch. Still wouldn’t work. But it looks awesome. I may still try it just to play with it a bit now. Awesome job
Back in the day, foam hand hewn beams were extremely popular in our area. This evolved around the old barn siding craze back in the late 60’s early 70’s …The beams were one piece with a channel on the mounting side. If a 12’ foam beam weighed two pounds, I’d be surprised….
I am thinking about ripping some of these foam board sheets into strips to glue to my garage ceiling to cover up bad tape joints and popcorn. Also get some added insulation.
Just note it may not be to code to install these and not cover them, just an fyi for when you sell
Awesome, great job and it looks great. Give yourself a pat on the back.
Don’t mind if I do
Great job 😍💯👋🏽. Going to try that in Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 not on the ceiling, on an indoor Column.👍🏾🤗
I LOVE THIS VIDEO...
Turned out SOOOO BEAUTIFUL
Looks AMAZING… I’m gonna try it!! Thanks for sharing your well executed home improvement!!
Thanks Helena, good luck
Thank you, appreciate the quick response. We are actually building some 21 foot beams on a sloped ceiling, angles,
UGH!!!
Wow! These turned out AMAZING!! Great work 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thanks!
There are a few things I would have done differently but all in all great job.
Don’t leave me hanging Terri, what would you have changed?
it's MONDAY and ...I subscribed! :) LOVE frugal tasks ....well done :)
Good video. Only edit to make in that measure twice and whatever - if you put the short side pieces on one end of the long bottom and the short bottom on the sides that stick out, you would minimize the risk of someone noticing all the joints in one place. And you could preglue and paint before the single install.
Good idea. Parsimony!
Pretty cool! You did a great job making them look realistic. It’s not Tuesday, but I broke the rule and subbed anyway. 😁
Hey Jodi, your generosity on a Saturday is much appreciated 😄
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This foam adhesive works great with this type of insulation: Loctite PL 300 Foamboard Acrylic Latex Construction Adhesive.
This is what I’d like to do in our small living room - maybe three of them. We have a crack that never stays fixed because it’s where the room was extended, and I think it would be perfect.
Anyone thinking of doing this - It's important to point out that any burning or cutting of the pink foam should be done while wearing a respirator like you are in this. Not just a mask but a full on respirator. This came out really beautiful!
Great job! Looks amazing! Thanks for the tutorial!
What a great idea beautifully done
Awesome! I love how you did the money comparrison with burritos 😂
gotta make is easily relatable
Dude you are a genius! I've been wanting to add beams to my great room's cathedral ceiling, but real beams are too heavy, pre-made foam faux beams are too expensive and beams made with 1 X lumber always shows the joints no matter how good your 45's are. I've used the pink foam board insulation for displays before and I'm the king of using the faux wood graining tool with paint, but I never thought of putting the two things together.
My only suggestion / improvement will be to alternately splice the pieces to create a beam longer than 8' so I won't have to do any splicing, patching, staining at the ceiling level.
Next time you need to make joints, make it in the center and use thin Masonite or plastic sheets to make a faux steel joint plate. Paint it black or rustic and 10:38 You can even use bolts or bolt heads to make them very authentic.
This man is a genius.
Thanks for the kind words Nicole