Faux Wooden Beams

Yesterday, we posted a Facebook album of projects we completed using faux wooden beams. We were so excited about sharing them with our followers, we wanted to delve deeper into why you’ll love them so much!

If you’re decorating (or re-decorating) your home, there can be a lot of expenses, some of them even unexpected. While the cost of re-vamping your style can get expensive quickly, there are definitely areas where you can cut corners and save money.

One of these ways is by cutting the cost of buying wood beams. Wooden beams can add a unique and rustic look to your home, but they can be expensive and incredibly difficult to install. Instead of buying real wood, consider faux wooden beams for your home. They give the exact same look but are less expensive, easy to install, and actually last longer than real wood beams.

The best part: nobody will even know the difference.

Most faux wooden beams are typically made from polyurethane. This is an ideal material for faux wooden beams for many reasons. First of all, by avoiding real wood beams for your home, you’re actually doing some good for the environment. You’re saving trees while using products that have been proven to be safe for nature, who doesn’t like that?

With faux wood, you can also be sure that weather and any unfortunate bug infestations won’t ruin your beams. Termites and soggy home décor in your house? No thanks!

We mentioned before that faux wood beams look just like the real thing, and it’s true. They can be made to look like any type of wood that you could desire for your home, and in any color you want. These beams provide the same texture and look that anyone would search for in their decorating journey.

Another great reason to ‘go faux’ is the fact that polyurethane beams are much easier to install than real wood. It can be done by you and one other person without much effort at all, and you don’t even need to be a secret handyman to get it done right! Not only will you save time by installing your beams yourself, but you’ll save money by not hiring professionals. And if you ever want to take them down or move them to another room, it’s as simple as unscrewing them from their current location.

Last, but not least, we mentioned that you can save money by using faux wood beams in your home, and it’s true. You’ll get the same rustic and homey look that you want in your house without having to break the bank.

You can order faux wooden beams online at your own convenience, but they’re even available at hardware and decoration stores all over the country.

Decorate Your Home with Bella Wood Beams

We love providing our customers with ideas on how to make their home more beautiful using stone, but here at Arizona Stone, we’re about so much more.

The use of wooden beams in a home can add an elegant and rustic look to any home, making it stand out from everyone else’s. However, the use of wood is often overlooked as a way to decorate your home.
Enter Bella Beams.

Based here in Phoenix, Arizona, Bella Beams and Architectural Products hand-craft some of the most beautiful authentic wood beams in the architectural industry. The company produces a wide variety of ‘Old World’ style wooden beams that can all be used to complete unique looks in a home. Skilled wood workers spend every meticulous moment to make the best product possible for you to display in your home using only their hands, with no machines or molds in sight.

There are a number of types of wooden beams that Bella Beams produces, so we’ve decided to give you an inside look at what they can do to transform your home.

Arch Beams

One of the most elegant styles of beams is arched beams. They can provide depth to a room and frame doorways or entrances to homes, giving off an even more unique look than just a straight wooden beam. These will have people visiting your home in awe.

Exposed Trusses

Setting their own standard, Bella Beams’ truss systems are unlike any that consumers are used to seeing. They are lightweight and very easy to install, unlike a standard truss systems, which, while beautiful, can be incredibly expensive and difficult to set up. Additionally, the truss systems from Bella Beams are already sanded and finished before they arrive at your home, making them durable and ready to install immediately.

Planking 


A simple design, planking adds an easy and comfortable charm to any room. These beams are real wood planks that have been hand scraped to achieve their final look. There are three different sizes of the plank beams, which you can mix and match for a different look.

Posts

Bella Beams’ wooden posts are the perfect thing to cover up unattractive steel support beams in your home. They’re made to easily fit over an existing support, becoming a part of your wall just like it was built right into it. The best part: nobody will ever know that it’s for show and not doing all the heavy lifting! How perfect.

Corbels

Corbels add a beautiful and sophisticated touch to any of Bella Beams’ wood. They’re specially designed by the designers at Bella Beams, and have a variety of types to choose from, making the choice (as well as which beams you want) tough, but one customers will be more than satisfied with once seeing the finished product.

Fireplace Mantel

Fireplace mantels are one of the most popular ways people use wooden beams, and for good reason. A strong and unique looking fireplace can become a gathering place for friends and family, making it the centerpiece of the room. The amount of options that Bella Beams offers when it comes to designing your fireplace mantel almost guarantees that yours will be completely unique to your home.

Not only are any of these products sure to make your home uniquely beautiful right now, but they’ll last for years to come. In the manufacturing process, Bella Beams are dried in a specific way, making them unable to absorb a large amount of moisture like many other wood beams will do over time. This can cause warping, twisting and even breaking of the wood, requiring expensive repairs, or worse, replacement.

All special orders are done at client’s request. For a full look at everything Bella Beams has to offer, visit their website at www.bellabeams.com/ or give Arizona Stone a call to see what we have in stock at our locations.