Adding Trim to Little Cottage Garage and Installing Beadboard Ceiling
Adding trim to our little cottage garage and installing beadboard on our ceiling made it feel like it was starting to look like a real home.
ADDING TRIM AROUND THE ATTACHED GARAGE
There were gaps in between the rafter tails of our little attached garage and Nate decided to fill them in with wooden boards. Then he also planned to place trim around the garage door, on the top and sides. His goal was to fill in all the gaps, place appropriate trim on it, and just make it look real nice. Like how a cute little cottage garage ought to look. Let’s see how he did with this project!
This is what he came up with. He basically framed everything in to make it more level with the siding and then he put trim on it. He made some good progress and the next step was to wrap the inside of where the door meets the wood trim on both sides – the right and left. The trim on the top of the door was finished and looked a lot better. He also made sure to place trim on the corners of the garage itself and not just around the garage door.
Then he had to figure out what to do with the exposed rafter tails on the front of the attached cottage. He was thinking of maybe wrapping them with trim later and installing eaves troughs.
ADDING TRIM IN THE BACK
He made his way to the back of the garage and was putting up a piece of trim between the attached garage and cottage itself. It seemed to be doing a good job hiding the crack between the two structures. This small detail helped everything look real nice and like a true cottage home.
Speaking of trim, he also added some to the cottage back door as well. Then he would come through later and wrap the back corners of the attached garage and cottage with trim to match the front of the house.
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Nate used cedar to frame in all the trim around the house. Now~ I can understand why you would place trim around doors to frame them and how you would wrap corners with trim as that just gives them a nice finished look {amateur speaking here}. But, Nate also put a piece of trim in between where the attached garage and cottage met. It makes sense now that I see it, yet not sure I would’ve thought of doing that. I guess, when in doubt~ fill in the cracks with trim!
PRIMING THE TRIM
I have to admit that I was a bit sad to see the bare wood being primed. There is just something about unpainted wood, especially when it’s cedar and smells so good. And then, to just mask that beauty with paint seems unjust. Yet, I also understand the need to protect the wood from the elements (especially here in Texas). And I’m pretty sure our heritage commission wouldn’t allow bare wood to be exposed.
We both really liked the bare wood though. Maybe this just means we’ll have to build a little wood cabin one day!
Then he planned to come through later to caulk everything.
The trim looked so nice after it was all primed that I seemed to forget about my attachment to the bare wood. Adding trim to our little cottage garage really made a difference with the whole look and feel of the house.
Before Priming the Trim
After Priming the Trim
INSTALLING BEADBOARD ON VAULTED CEILING
Remember all of that old original beadboard that we (Nate) were restoring? Well now, we finally got to put it to good use! It was ready to be installed on our beautiful vaulted ceiling. It’s amazing how open and spacious our little cottage feels with having a vaulted ceiling compared to how small and boxy it felt without it. An incredible improvement for sure!
Nate spent so much time sanding, prepping, and cleaning up the old vintage reclaimed beadboard from our dear neighbor. We can’t wait to see the look on her face when she gets to finally see how her precious beadboard was used!
Since we have an old 1930’s house, nothing is really square for measuring. So Nate marked the vaulted ceiling horizontally every 12 inches going up toward the peak. That would help him keep the beadboard centered as he worked up the vaulted ceiling. Then he marked the joists vertically so he would know where to nail the beadboard into when he installed them.
He also placed a small piece of trim (just under a 1/2 inch) on both sides of the vaulted ceiling to keep the beadboard from going all the way to the end and hitting the wall. That way he could push the beadboard right up to it and it would be evenly spaced. Then later we’ll come through and put trim over it.
FIRST BEADBOARD GOES UP
It was very exciting to finally see the first beadboard going up as it was a true labor of love to get to this point. From obtaining the reclaimed wood to prepping it, and now installing it. One down, now only 55 million more to go in like a hundred rows! Well, that’s what it felt like. So cool!
Working with reclaimed wood can be a challenge. Since the wood was so old and warped, it was hard for Nate to sometimes line them up side by side because they were crooked. He really needed another person to help him hold the boards together when he nailed them. He said it wasn’t really a hard or big job, but more of a tedious one working with the crooked boards.
It’s not always easy to reuse salvaged materials, but what a gem this will end up becoming! Cheers to the making of our handmade home full of original character!
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Thanks for joining us on this journey! We hope that you will find inspiration watching us learn as we go while we’re attempting to renovate and rebuild this old small historic cottage mostly on our own~ while working full time jobs. Stay tuned for more progress updates ahead! Read more about us here.
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🏚🪵 RESTORING OLD ORIGINAL BEADBOARD BY REMOVING LOOSE PAINT 🎨
