Oak beams: axe marks left unplaned

A set of massive oak beams. The cross-section of the beams is close to thirty centimeters square, spaced ninety centimeters apart. The surface shows hand-hewn marks, not machine-planed ones. The upper wooden floor directly rests on the beams, so the ceiling height is the bottom of the beams. The wood has an old, dark brown-grey color. Avoid: using small decorative false beams, planing and varnishing the beams, adding another flat ceiling below the beams, making the beam spacing too wide and losing rhythm.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組粗大的橡木樑。樑的斷面接近三十公分見方,間距九十公分,表面是手工斧鑿的痕跡而不是機器刨的;樑之間直接是上層的木地板,因此天花的高度就是樑底。木頭是深褐帶灰的舊色。避免:使用尺寸細小的裝飾假樑、把樑刨光上亮漆、在樑下再做一層平天花、讓樑的間距過寬失去節奏。