A New Website
As
we work on updating and moving our website, we will be doing blog posts
on the content of our new website. While we work on publishing our much
more user-friendly, more attractive, and more accessible website, we
think this is a good time and opportunity to reintroduce the antique
wood box beam. Stevi Gibson, our web designer, among many other things,
has created a side by side comparison chart on just what makes our
rustic ceiling beams a great choice for anyone building or remodeling
their home.
Why use The Olde Mill Hollow Box Beams?
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| The Olde Mill Beams VS. Other Beams |
As
Stevi’s chart illustrates, The Olde Mills ceiling beam walks the line
between the convenience of hollow foam “faux” beams and the beauty of
real, actual wood solid beams.
While
you can go buy a polyurethane beam that has been molded and stained to
look like real wood in order to save time and money, we feel like anyone
with an eye for detail and a love for antique wood can spot the
difference. In our experience it is one thing to see photos of
polyurethane beams and quite another to see them in person; the plastic
beams just don’t have the gradation, character, or variation that makes
real wood such a beautiful and interesting addition to your home.
On the other hand, real solid wood beams come with their own set of
troubles. You want to buy real solid wood beams for their character and
beauty, but simply procuring the beams can be a headache for you or your
contractor, and there is usually little guarantee that your beams will
match. Solid beams, especially reclaimed and antique ones, are often
warped and twisted, leaving you will mismatched beams, which can make
getting a matching set very difficult. Not to mention that solid beams,
because they weigh a lot, will often need supporting structures in order
to stay on your ceiling. If your house doesn’t need the beams for
support (and most modern construction doesn’t), why go through the
hassle?
So, why our reclaimed wood hollow box beams? You get the beauty of
rustic antique wood and the convenience, reliability, and durability of
an engineered, manufactured product. Our beams are lightweight and easy
to install (takes two men and a few 1 X 4 planks) because they are real
reclaimed Longleaf Pine veneers laminated to a plywood core. You can
keep the unfinished, raw look of our untreated Longleaf Pine, or stain
the wood to your specifications. Every beam comes straight and
untwisted, and to the exact length you need. You can order five or five
hundred, and you know that each beam will be consistent.
