When I first entered the apartment in which I now dwell, I saw very little of it. From the sky-gazing picture windows, to the gleaming parque floors and shiny white walls, I was practically (joyously) blind with ample lighting and shimmering surfaces (like the pack rat, I am obsessed with shiny things). It wasn't until the shades were drawn and the lamps flipped on that I saw a different side of my apartment. The underside. Everywhere, like some large scale geometry experiment, were right angles. Even the soffits had soffits. I've borne these construction contortions rather well - it's all a bit over my head (ha) - but I'm beginning to contemplate improvements. Should I highlight them? Cover them? Paint them? Miss Muffet turned to the interwebs for inspiration.
This most closely resembles my soffit situation. What's in those things?
High drama soffiting - stick some lights on those babies! "What, this old soffit? So intentional - planned it, you know."
What soffit? I don't see a soffit. Do you?
Cover it up in a cool way - here, plank flooring takes a walk on the high side.
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Do you have any soffit tips or tricks to share?
3 comments:
Soffits usually have either structural beams in them, which is what the first image looks like, or they have ductwork for central heat and air. So don't take the drywall off.
I would paint them the same color as the ceiling in your case.
I am in the middle of a kitchen remodel of a 1968 house and I am here to tell you my soffits were: structural (beam required to replace); electrical (it was like LA at rush hour so many wires!) and ductwork (had to have reworked, rerouted). Yup: expensivo!
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