MrCanary Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 A friend who is resident in France has coloured the beams in his house with a nice dark oak colour (not paint). He bought the stuff from Bricomarche. It is soooo expensive! (Can't remember what it is called)Does anybody know of a less expensive product in England that is good for colouring beams? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Briwax.[IMG]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f338/dick_at_aulton/DSC_0022.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCanary Posted April 26, 2007 Author Share Posted April 26, 2007 Dick,Excellent - thanks! That looks a very nice room, I assume it is the dining room at your French chateau? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Mais oui!I was leaning against the fridge when I took that shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tag Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Sober?Seems a bit bare. I guess this is a second home from your job and stuff. What is the plant drawing behind the table? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanche Neige Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Sober?Tag, there are still some bottles of wine left on the rack[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Just tidy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 [quote user="Dick Smith"] tidy...[/quote]Ah, that alien concept (to me, Dick!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte3 Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Dick,Beautiful beams, lovely collumbage wall (is it real?) carrellage very nice, general ambiance really very good (I was an interior designer, so high praise indeed) but do my eyes deceive me ( and i really hope they do).....PVC double glazing...tell me it aint so?Nice house, Aly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Yes, it is PVC. Because we aren't there for a lot of the year and it gets damp, also to keep costs down. The colombage is faux, at one end, and vrai at the other. Essentially big oak planks screwed to the wall and plastered between. Very much 'dressed' rather than functional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte3 Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 You're excused then!Seriously, very nice.Aly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Thank you. The next stage is to build a corner cupboard to hide the water pipe, and do something to cover the exposed gaine (which isn't visible in the picture but runs along the ceiling over the doors). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte3 Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Before moving over to France we lived in an incredibly old (16th century) listed cottage.In the sitting room we had a high shelf which ran the length of one wall about a foot from the ceiling, just the right height for books...you know where this is going, don't you? It was a perfect camoflage(?sp).... Something old looking, coloured to match your lovely beams etc. might look authentic, especially if you dressed it with some old French books from Emmaus!I did much the same thing in our house here over the windows downstairs and they really do look most original.Incidentally, when we built stud walls to make bedrooms etc, we added faux collumbage to all of them. It really makes them look as if they are part of the original house.However you do it, have fun,Aly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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