Of course, this is a personal choice, but to avoid a wood-drenched look, and making the room feel too top-heavy, choosing a light color, different from your floors is best for low-ceiling beams.

Engineers demonstrate in a new study that windows made of transparent wood could provide more even and consistent natural lighting and better energy efficiency than glass. Engineers at the A.

Berglund says transparent wood panels can also be used for windows, and semitransparent facades, when the idea is to let light in but maintain privacy. The optically transparent wood is a type of ...

Because of the structure of the wood, the windows could also reduce glare from the sun while allowing in natural light. Researchers have experimented with transparent wood in the past, but the new ...

Scientists have developed a method for producing a form of transparent wood ... windows. The method involves brushing hydrogen peroxide over the surface of the wood, leaving it under a UV light ...

Suitable for use on beams, pillars, ceilings, stairs, panels, and cladding, one of the great advantages of this type of structural wood is the ease with which it can produce arched shapes or ...

Further inside, the living room features a wall of windows looking out on to the covered back porch. The living room and kitchen ceilings are lined with wood beams and unique light fixtures.

Utah-based Custom Wood Beams can renew, refresh and renovate your home. Rand Wilson says their beams are a timeless and historical form of construction that give any space more depth and interest.