On the beam

With Gerald's manager back to work leaving us more time at home, we, too, got back to work... on the house. One of the projects that has been near and dear to my heart, is to finish the faux beam in the kitchen, so we wouldn't have a hole in our ceiling. We started by installing a 2x6 to cover up the hole.

 Meanwhile, Gerald worked on finishing the beam itself at the shop. It went together in three pieces. One on each side and one at the bottom. We had to use clamps to close the gaps.

 Then Gerald used ring shank nails to hold it together, and voila!