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A Frame Living Room...

stevieb — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:50:41 GMT

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Citrine1 — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:56:39 GMT

Very pretty!

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Kachina624 — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:02:52 GMT

Usually an A frame house has slanted walls. This house appears to just have a steeply peaked roof.

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stevieb — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:11:27 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Usually an A frame house has slanted walls. This house appears to just have a steeply peaked roof.

Probably just a misnomer on my part.

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haddon9 — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:19:20 GMT

It's decorated very nice but not really my style. I do like the beams and overall architecture of the room.

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DREAMON — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:32:34 GMT

I love it!

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DSD2 — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:35:14 GMT

Love the room and the beautiful windows, but I do not care for the decor, artwork or curtains.

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shoptilyadropagain — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:38:47 GMT

@haddon9 wrote:
It's decorated very nice but not really my style. I do like the beams and overall architecture of the room.

Same for me

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Jk9 — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:00:26 GMT

Our house has beams like that. It's a converted barn and very sturdy. Love the beams.

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manny2 — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:03:48 GMT

I don’t like this photo. I can’t get a real view of the room.

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rockygems123 — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:15:17 GMT

@stevieb . I really like this! I'm considering beams on my peaked ceilings, would look great here in Colorado too

Can you tell where the shorter vertical beams start and stop? It looks like each beam has one coming down from the ceiling and attaching to the horizontal beam (s).

That's a different look, normally it's horizontal beams almost floating, The vertical beams add more interest.

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ECBG — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:58:32 GMT

I really like this room, thank you for posting.

The green chairs in the foreground are wonderful and work with the drapes and other areas! I LOVE all of the glass to let the outside in. The antique chair against the left wall is interesting.

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wilma — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 18:06:43 GMT

I like the space and its architectural details. I love the windows and the floor. The cabinet on the wall under the TV, the sofa, and brown leather chairs can stay. I would change the rest.

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CANDLEQUEEN — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 18:33:13 GMT

I like the space, the beams, the windows and the couch.. I would change out some of the other furniture. I also think I like darker wood beams.

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gardenman — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:30:27 GMT

It's very pretty. Architecturally, it's more of a cathedral ceiling than an A-frame. A high school classmate of mine and his father built an A-frame house. They bought a wooded lot and a portable sawmill then cut down the trees and milled them into timbers. He said living in the house was the scariest thing ever as the wood timbers would suddenly crack loudly as they dried. It would sound like thunder and seldom came with a warning. Other times they'd get a long extended cracking sound that would everyone wandering around and checking to be sure everything was still intact. If you use large timbers in a house, make sure they're dry and aged unless you like sudden sound effects that can scare you to death.

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vermint — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:12:38 GMT

This is beautiful...but I can tell you from personal experience, that those crossbeams catch a LOT of dust on top and are a pain to clean! Especially now that we are older, and getting on a ladder is a lot more difficult. Even standing on the floor with a long handled duster doesn't work very well, due to the roughness of the wood. Thankfully, we only have one of those and it's in the master BR.

I would never build a house with ceilings taller than 10 feet again, and would never have beams again! My LR is 20 ft. and the MBR is 15 ft. Even those beams set against the ceiling collect cobwebs, and even long handled dusters don't reach well.

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stevieb — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:13:36 GMT

@vermint I agree with you on the extremely high ceilings and especially two story rooms, I'm not a fan for a variety of reasons.

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QVCisFun — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 10:31:11 GMT

@rockygems123 wrote:
@stevieb . I really like this! I'm considering beams on my peaked ceilings, would look great here in Colorado too

Can you tell where the shorter vertical beams start and stop? It looks like each beam has one coming down from the ceiling and attaching to the horizontal beam (s).

That's a different look, normally it's horizontal beams almost floating, The vertical beams add more interest.

@rockygems123 , here is another view of the beams, in case it might help:

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stevieb — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:09:07 GMT

@rockygems123 wrote:
@stevieb . I really like this! I'm considering beams on my peaked ceilings, would look great here in Colorado too

Can you tell where the shorter vertical beams start and stop? It looks like each beam has one coming down from the ceiling and attaching to the horizontal beam (s).

That's a different look, normally it's horizontal beams almost floating, The vertical beams add more interest.

@rockygems123 I agree, it's a different look and I like it. The vertical beams appear to end where the ceiling slants and approximately just a bit beyond the tops of the windows. I like the sort of rustic look that beams bring to a room.