Beadboard Drop Ceiling

Here is our new drop ceiling.

Beadboard drop ceiling.

Install beadboard ceiling panels in the same direction as your floor boards for visual continuity. Use a jigsaw on planks to cut around can lights and ceiling fixture. Most of the time it only. I am a huge fan of upgrades like beadboard.

Originally published may 6 2014. This will tend to warp so it usually requires a back up material in our case 1 2 plywood. Last updated may 17 2020. When you get to the edge of the wall you can use a pry bar to push into place.

Classic beadboard installed on the. If you have ceiling beams run the panels perpendicular to beams for an interesting twist. Beadboard planks are a decorative solution to easily camouflage damaged or outdated ceilings such as popcorn or plaster. If you are covering a large ceiling area without many obstructions then you will use the whole 4 8 ft sheet of beadboard at once.

For our dining room ceiling and the ceiling in the new basement bathroom we used a thinner beadboard product it is still tongue and groove but it is only about 3 8 thick. Secure with nail gun to ceiling trusses shooting about every 18 inches. I love both traditional and cottage styles and it ties into both nicely. My husband framed around the edges of the ceiling in order to have a place to lay the beadboard sheets.