Before adding wood beams to the ceiling, you need to determine their placement. Examine your ceiling to identify joists, lights, and other obstructions you'll need to work around. Once you've decided ...

Construction trends are ever changing, but one that is here to stay for a while is the raw wood beam trend. Wooden beams or timbers add a natural element to any home. No matter the use as interior or ...

DEAR TIM: I’m getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I’ve been told that a wood beam will work, but I’ve always seen steel I-beams in other houses.

Interior designer extraordinaire MaCenna Lee adds rustic charm to kitchens with simple DIY faux wood beams. Opinion: Government shutdown showdown takes a new turn U.S. carries out second deadly strike ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Megan Buerger, Special to The Washington Post Lusting after exposed brick walls or a ceiling punctuated with rustic wood beams? Here’s an idea: Fake it.

In an orange dumpster one recent Sunday morning, between old bricks and trash bags, Heather Olsen struck gold: rustic wood beams that once held the floor of a 100-year-old house. A nurse, mother of ...