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nthabe

I need to hide steel beams

10 years ago

I have steel beams in the ceiling. How do I hide them with a lovely ceiling design? I don't want to use a bulk head to lower the ceiling in the entire room.

There are 2 beams crossing each other.

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    10 years ago

    Leave them exposed and paint them; Stanford White did:


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