Project Information
Coffered Great Room Ceiling using 5/4 red oak finish milled on-site in my shop. Hides four sprinkler heads which were carefully positioned during original construction so coffering would be in the right place. Ceiling was finished with 5/8" drywall and then the millwork was added. Some recessed lighting was installed but the joists are open web so it is possible to add or change lighting in the future. Two sides of the boxed borders of the coffering 'hide' large PSL beams, however it is interesting to note that the beams are not exactly where you think they are: they are positioned per structural needs and the millwork was designed to be aesthetically correct. It was an interesting design challenge. The other two sides terminate to the wall as if any supporting beams are inside the wall. The main Great Room ceiling is at the 10' level, the rest of the ceiling (which you can see back by the French Doors and in the Breakfast Nook and in the kitchen to the right) are at the 9-1/2' level and are drywall.
The door and window openings are trimmed with a simple Arts & Crafts style trim using 4/4 clear red oak. If you look closely you will see that the board that goes under the sill is missing as it hasn't been installed. Still hasn't been installed 10 years later but I'm trying to get to it!
To the right you can see some Crown Point base cabinets in quarter-sawn oak (back right lower), the site-built island (front right), and the unfinished frame of the site-built hanging kitchen cabinets which I had to add at the last minute to provide a place for the code required island electrical receptacle (under the upper cabinets) so I didn't have to carve up my Crown Point base cabinets to install a receptacle. Also note the 'butcher block' countertops site-built with the leftover clear oak material. They were glued up in 15" widths, sections milled on the 15" thickness planer, then sections glued together to finished width (48") and sanded. Finished with Behlen's Rockhard Table Top Varnish in satin. I've found that it needs to be refinished about every five years, but it only takes about an hour to refinish, and they can be refinished over and over again so they'll last 100 years+. The key base cabinets and the non-site built upper cabinets were made by Crown Point Cabinetry back east in quarter sawn oak and are beautiful. In the interest of getting the project completed I used the clear oak I had on hand (purchased as full lifts at auction) and did not attempt to do it in quarter sawn although that would have been nice. Most people see the quarter-sawn Crown Point cabinetry and don't notice that the island, hanging uppers, and pantry cabinets are not quarter-sawn.
The door and window openings are trimmed with a simple Arts & Crafts style trim using 4/4 clear red oak. If you look closely you will see that the board that goes under the sill is missing as it hasn't been installed. Still hasn't been installed 10 years later but I'm trying to get to it!
To the right you can see some Crown Point base cabinets in quarter-sawn oak (back right lower), the site-built island (front right), and the unfinished frame of the site-built hanging kitchen cabinets which I had to add at the last minute to provide a place for the code required island electrical receptacle (under the upper cabinets) so I didn't have to carve up my Crown Point base cabinets to install a receptacle. Also note the 'butcher block' countertops site-built with the leftover clear oak material. They were glued up in 15" widths, sections milled on the 15" thickness planer, then sections glued together to finished width (48") and sanded. Finished with Behlen's Rockhard Table Top Varnish in satin. I've found that it needs to be refinished about every five years, but it only takes about an hour to refinish, and they can be refinished over and over again so they'll last 100 years+. The key base cabinets and the non-site built upper cabinets were made by Crown Point Cabinetry back east in quarter sawn oak and are beautiful. In the interest of getting the project completed I used the clear oak I had on hand (purchased as full lifts at auction) and did not attempt to do it in quarter sawn although that would have been nice. Most people see the quarter-sawn Crown Point cabinetry and don't notice that the island, hanging uppers, and pantry cabinets are not quarter-sawn.
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