03/10/2026
We were recently asked if we could do something about a few structural beams and posts that, to put it politely, weren’t exactly easy on the eyes. Our response, naturally, was “Absolutely, leave it with us.”
For this little transformation we used circular-sawn fir and larch from our local mill yard. The corners were cut at a tidy 45 degrees, then glued and stapled together so the finish looks sharp rather than something knocked together after a long lunch.
To bring it all together we treated it with a dark oak Danish oil, which really pulls the grain out and gives it that rich, proper timber look, you will never know that ugly but well needed glued laminated timber (glulam) is even there.
It’s still drying at the moment, so you’ll have to hold your horses for the final install photos. But safe to say those beams have gone from “structurally necessary nuisance” to “rather handsome feature,” dare I say it, "which is always the goal".
