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Updating The Look of Your Home Thanks to the revolution of modern design and the love for faux wood architectural products, the preference for traditional architectural beams has gone down. Perhaps this explains why many homes lack the rustic sophistication that classic homes once had. Architectural beams offer great versatility when it comes to design, because they can be utilized both within and outside of the house. They can also be used in conjunction with nearly any style of architecture without looking out of place. Whether the preferred style is Old World or Contemporary, architectural beams can be used to add long lasting and authentic beauty to literally any style of architecture. The architectural interest, along with the airy and lofty style accompanying these beams, makes them must haves. They are an essential element that should be considered when designing your house or business space. The uses of architectural beams include adding warmth and ambience in the kitchen or giving the living room the rustic ruggedness that tremendously increases its aesthetic value. When coupled together with white bright colors, architectural beams add texture to any space giving the room a warm tone and a classic look. The gurus and astute interior designers will choose the same color of beams as the floor for a well-coordinated look. Renovate the look of your home and upgrade its status from average to classic high end ambience by using architectural beams. Volterra Architectural Products offers architectural beams in many colors and styles. To learn more, visit us online or call us at 602-258-7373.]]>

Cost — Factoring in the cost of materials and installation, you immediately save a great deal of money using HDF products as opposed to buying natural wood beams. With the savings, you can afford to add even more beauty to your home.

You also have many options for the style of wood. Faux wood beams come in a variety of textures and stains that look and feel like real wood. Colors include, both dark and light walnut, oak, Mahogany, Primed and Espresso.

• Quality— When looking for salvaged natural wood beams, it’s difficult to find beams that that don’t have prior damage. This includes anything from warping to insect damage. Not to mention, real wood can pose a real fire hazard. Volterra’s faux beams come in three sided u-shaped, box beams, customized arched beams and complex trusses. Volterra also offers an optional fire-rated material.
• Easy Installation—Lightweight and durable, HDF beams can be easily installed and maintained. Not only on the ceiling, but they can also be used as framing for a large doorway or for the top of a gazebo. The only limit is your own imagination. The hollow beams make it easy to hide wiring or add accessories, such as light fixtures or stereo speakers.

To learn more about HDF beams or to get other home improvement ideas, visit Volterra Architectural Products at our website or call us at 602-258-7373.  ]]>

aesthetically pleasing, many modern interiors lack that cozy feeling present in other interior design themes. To warm up your modern décor, add exposed ceiling beams. With Volterra Architectural Products, LLC, you’ll find an extensive collection of faux wood beams, ranging from box beams to decorative and arched beams. Cast from natural wood with surface textures and wood-grain detail, Volterra’s faux wood ceiling beams perfectly duplicate natural wood. Available in Doug Fir, Sand Blast, Tuscany, Rough Sawn and Hand Hewn in a variety of stain colors, our exposed ceiling beams create an ambiance of warmth and will add a custom look to your modern home. Our faux wood beams are made from high-density polyurethane foam (HDF). These exposed ceiling beams are easy and inexpensive to install, virtually maintenance free and can be used for interior or exterior applications. If you’re ready to place an order for any of our exposed ceiling beams, we invite you to visit our contact us page, or contact us by phone at (602)258-7373. We are located at 1902 N 22nd Ave, in Phoenix, AZ.]]>

interior, you might not have a dramatic budget to give it a complete home makeover. Faux ceiling beams are an economical way to add a cozy, Old World charm to your home ornamentation,while also creating a beautifully vintage home style as part of your get-away from the modern world. With the authentic look and texture of real wood, faux ceiling beams create the illusion of a larger, open, high ceilinged look,without the added expense that natural wood costs.  The rustic and classically historic look of faux ceiling beams adds a touch of elegance that fits perfectly into even the most modern home’s decor. Volterra’s ceiling beams are cast from natural wood to create texture and wood grain detail, while being made from light and durable  high-density polyurethane foam. Unlike real wood, little or no maintenance is needed once the beams have been installed. Available in Tuscany, Douglas Fir, Sand Blast, Rough Sawn, and Hand Hewn in many different styles and colors, installation is easy and inexpensive.  Hollow beams can be used to hide wires, pipes, and light fixture accessories. With just a few simple ceiling beams your home can go from plain to a dramatic and gorgeous change. To learn more about faux ceiling beams from Volterra call (602) 258-7373]]>

décor. Faux architectural beams are a solution to this modern problem. Any home can benefit from the elegant and charming look of architectural beams in a kitchen, living room, dining room, den, or even the basement. You may not actively be looking around, but your peripheral vision takes in all five walls of a room as you enter it – that’s all 4 standing walls plus the ceiling. Architectural beams decorate the ceiling, creating a feeling of warmth, character, and comfort, but they also serve some hidden, ingenious functions too. Three-sided, U-shaped faux architectural beams are made from a light-weight high density foam that looks like wood, but they are actually hollow inside. They’re great for installing on drywall or flat or pitched ceilings and can be used for interior or exterior applications. The hollowness of these architectural beams comes in handy when installing light fixtures, ceiling fans, sprinkler heads, duct work, or sound speakers, because they allow for unattractive wires and pipes to be concealed inside. Ceiling beams installed on flat, cathedral, or pitched ceiling complement any home décor scheme and never go out of style. To learn more about these timeless architectural accents, contact Volterra Architectural Products at (602) 258-7373.]]>

faux wood beams in their interior décor for numerous reasons. The décor of a restaurant (or other dining space) has a large impact on the actual dining experience. Aside from the more obvious taste of the food, ambiance is everything! Faux wood beams on the ceiling offer the same luxurious ambiance and warmth as real wood beams but with so many advantages. Facilities such as restaurants and bars are often comprised of several rooms, and therefore several ceilings. To achieve the elegant, charming look that wood beams offer would require dozens of several foot long, very heavy solid wood beams. Installation is not impossible, but requires the work of a large crew equipped with hoists and forklifts, lots of time and large expense. Faux wood beams, made from high-density foam, look just like the real thing, but they are extremely light, making for a much easier installation. You’d never know that the beams on the ceilings of most of your favorite places are actually faux wood beams! They look real up close because they’re cast from actual wood and have the texture of real wood, so especially when viewed from the ground, everyone just assumes they’re real wood. Another reason eating establishments use faux wood beams is because wood requires regular sealant maintenance to keep them from rotting, and maintenance is costly, smelly, and sometimes requires business to temporarily be halted. As if these were not enough reasons to use fake wood beams, restaurants don’t like to talk about it, but decorative wood attracts insects – and insects and food are a very bad combination! To learn more about faux wood beams for ceiling décor contact Volterra Architectural Products at (602) 258-7373.]]>

Home decorating with wood and reclaimed wood has become a very popular design trend. But, did you know that wood is the main attractor for termites? Termites and other insects are a nuisance outside the home, but inside, they can wreak havoc, causing so much damage that sometimes walls and floors need to be ripped out to get to the infested wood. Wood beams are no exception. This is why in Phoenix faux wood beams are the perfect solution.

In Phoenix, faux wood beams have solved the problem for so many homeowners. Arizona is known for the prevalence of desert subterranean termites that love desert plants and they are notorious for severely damaging utility poles, outdoors, as well as structural timbers in many homes and commercial buildings. Phoenix faux wood beams, made from high density foam (HDF) embody the beautiful character of real wood, but are insect and termite resistant. There will never be a reason to unnecessarily destroy your home due to insect infestation when you choose Phoenix faux wood beams over natural wood.

Cast from natural wood beams with surface textures and wood-grain detail of real wood, Volterra’s simulated wood ceiling beams perfectly duplicate the real thing. They provide the same visual appeal as solid wood beams, and addition to repelling insects, homeowners don’t have to deal with the added expense and complex installation. Using Phoenix faux wood beams also eliminates the need for the multiple able bodies that would be required to lift and install authentic wood beams because high density foam is a fraction of the weight of lumber and the beams are easy to install.

To learn more about Phoenix faux wood beams from Volterra contact us at (602) 258-7373.

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