Direction of ceiling beam to make room seems bigger (walls, wood, install)

[Nn2036]

I am adding ceiling beams to my great room.

The room is rectangular and longer than wide. What direction of the beam I should use to make the short width of the room look bigger.

[NoMoreSnowForMe]

Originally Posted by Nn2036

I am adding ceiling beams to my great room.

The room is rectangular and longer than wide. What direction of the beam I should use to make the short width of the room look bigger.

I think the room would look bigger, if the direction of the beams are across the width, rather than along the length.

If the beams go along the length, it will emphasize the length, as opposed to the opposite.

Here are a couple examples - beams going lengthwise, as opposed to across the width:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3t8N_kzLt...ember+2012.jpg

https://images.stylebyemilyhenderson...s-Stripped.jpg

[elnina]

Beams running the length of the room make a short room seem longer. Install beams parallel to the longest walls to emphasize the stretch of space.
If you have a long room, using exposed beams crosswise can make the space appear less like a hallway. Likewise, you can run beams in the direction of a short room’s longest walls, creating the illusion of more space.

https://www.fauxwoodbeams.com/blog/synthetic-wood-beam

http://stevealleninc.com/2014/12/23/...ng-wood-beams/

[Nn2036]

Now I am confused. I got 1 vote from running the length and one from across the width.

[wit-nit]

Originally Posted by elnina

Beams running the length of the room make a short room seem longer. Install beams parallel to the longest walls to emphasize the stretch of space.
If you have a long room, using exposed beams crosswise can make the space appear less like a hallway. Likewise, you can run beams in the direction of a short room’s longest walls, creating the illusion of more space.

https://www.fauxwoodbeams.com/blog/synthetic-wood-beam

Tips For Decorating With Wood Beams : Steve Allen Construction

This is correct^^^ Ours runs the length of the room which makes it look much bigger than it is.

[Nn2036]

My goal is to make the width looks longer. The room is quite long already.

[nuts2uiam]

If you are a short dumpy person or the more pc term, vertically challenged, you should never wear horizontal stripes. Apply it to your ceiling.

[wit-nit]

Originally Posted by Nn2036

My goal is to make the width looks longer. The room is quite long already.

You mean to look wider. Beams the way you want to go will make the room look compartmentalized. With that being said, beams look good most any which way.

[NoMoreSnowForMe]

Originally Posted by Nn2036

Now I am confused. I got 1 vote from running the length and one from across the width.

Basically, whichever way the beams go, that will emphasize that length or width. So, if you want to emphasize the length, you put the beams lengthwise. If you want to emphasize the width, you put them across the width.

So, if you want to make it appear wider, you would put them across the width.

At least, that's my way of thinking, and appears to be what the article linked to above is saying.