2 Ways To Spruce Up Those Wooden Beams In Your Building Projects
Posted on: 16 March 2017
If you are a builder, then you may have many clients who love the look of real wood and ask you to just finish a project with a nice wood finish instead of paint that would hide the beauty of the wood. However, once you apply the finish, you may feel like "something is missing" that could make those wooden projects much more appealing. If you have clients who love the appearance of pure wood, then you need to learn about the following two ways you can spruce up those wooden beams without hiding the beauty of the wood itself.
1. Use Decorative Building Straps to Hide Seams and Provide Support
Straps are very useful when building, and you likely use them to splice beams together while hiding the seams and to add structural integrity to various elements of a project. However, the straps you find at your local builder's store are likely only offered in one color, or two if you are lucky, and when unpainted, may feel like you are adding an eyesore to a project you are otherwise very proud of.
If you are tired to adding building straps to your wooden projects that you feel detract from their beauty, then you will be happy to hear that you can find decorative building straps that actually improve the appearance of a project. Some have cut-outs of interesting shapes, while others have decorative borders that are very attractive.
Next time you are facing an all-wood project and the client doesn't want the beautiful wood painted, look into the decorative straps available online and ask your client which they would love to showcase in their project.
2. Recruit the Help of Clavos to Add Beauty and Fun to Any Wooden Project
If you have never used clavos in your building projects, then you are missing out on a very easy and simple way to add pizazz to any wooden structure. Clavos is the Spanish word for "nails," although they don't look like the basic nails you use when building every day. The heads of clavos are not meant to blend in with their surroundings, as traditional nail heads are, but are instead made of decorative metal studs of all shapes and sizes.
There is virtually no end to the designs featured in clavos, but popular clavos styles include 3-D squares, pyramids, and stars. While most decorative clavos can be hammered right into wood, as traditional nails are, you can also find clavos that are screws instead of nails; if you choose a decorative clavo that you worry will bend if you were to use a hammer to pound it into the wood of your project, you can choose to have the design placed on a screw instead that you can screw into place to ensure it stays damage-free.
If you are a builder and have clients that love the look of real wood and often request just a wood finish on their projects, then you may have been trying to think of ways to "spruce up" the appearance of these projects without using paint. Decorative straps and clavos can be integrated into any wooden structure to hide seams and joints in style.
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