Tray, Trey or Trace Ceiling (addition) - Architecture Forum -Planning, designing and construction of buildings - City-Data Forum

DBS-HPW · 03-14-2016, 09:05 PM

The question came up and I see all three used on the net. I think Tray but will accept if different.

James1202 · 03-21-2016, 12:50 PM

Tray Ceiling = a ceiling that looks like an inverted tray.

Trey Ceiling = a tray ceiling written by people who can't spell

Trace Ceiling = a tray ceiling written by people who don't listen well or heard of it from people with a heavy accent

Wyhnkala · 02-23-2019, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by James1202

Tray Ceiling = a ceiling that looks like an inverted tray.

Trey Ceiling = a tray ceiling written by people who can't spell

Trace Ceiling = a tray ceiling written by people who don't listen well or heard of it from people with a heavy accent

James, this answer is first page Google at the moment, when I looked up the meaning of "Trey Ceiling".
Thank you for making me laugh! I love your answer!!

loves2read · 02-23-2019, 07:03 PM

Trey Ceiling I thought might have been a UK actor and Trace was his American cousin from the South...

javatom · 02-25-2019, 09:57 AM

tray ceilings - Hello, the 1980's called and they want their design idea back.

Gerania · 02-25-2019, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by javatom

tray ceilings - Hello, the 1980's called and they want their design idea back.

Maybe the 1780s? https://www.pressreader.com/

Okey Dokie · 03-01-2019, 11:20 AM

All I know is Trey Ceiling’s cousin is Wayne’s Coat Trim.

turf3 · 03-04-2019, 07:13 AM

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All I know is Trey Ceiling’s cousin is Wayne’s Coat Trim.

Which reminds me of that old Monty Python line about "the village of Wains Cotting".

luv4horses · 03-04-2019, 07:31 AM

Tres? Trey? Trey is the first written spelling I ever saw. Ostensibly it reflected the number of surfaces (3). Now I imagine it differently to mean, IMHO, the degree to which (French word for very) it is overdone. It has become a gimmic.

turf3 · 04-01-2019, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by luv4horses

Tres? Trey? Trey is the first written spelling I ever saw. Ostensibly it reflected the number of surfaces (3). Now I imagine it differently to mean, IMHO, the degree to which (French word for very) it is overdone. It has become a gimmic.

Well, the minimum number of surfaces I can count is 5 additional compared to a flat ceiling. So that argument fails on the face of it.

No, it's "Tray" ceiling. As in, what it would look like if you inset an inverted tray into the ceiling. Not "Trey", and certainly not "Trace".