Finished pool house interior with shiplap walls, stained wood vaulted ceiling and patterned tile floor in Pittstown, NJ

Interior build-out

Finishing a new pool house from bare studs in Pittstown, NJ

Pittstown, NJ · Hunterdon County

Location: Pittstown, NJ
Project: Pool house interior
Walls: Painted shiplap
Ceiling: Stained wood, vaulted

Starting from studs

The pool house shell was framed with plumbing and electrical roughed in. Every wall and the vaulted ceiling were still open framing.

Insulation and drywall

We insulated the walls and the vaulted ceiling, including the bathroom and utility area, then hung drywall to close everything in.

Shiplap, ceiling and tile

The main room got horizontal shiplap on the walls and a tongue-and-groove ceiling stained a rich brown to contrast with the light walls. A patterned porcelain tile floor runs through the space.

Trim, paint and stain

We finished with crisp white casings and baseboard, painted the shiplap a soft warm white, and completed the staining for a clean, finished pool house ready for summer.

Before

What we started with

The house as we found it, photographed on site before work began.

Pool house framed with plumbing roughed in before insulation — Framing and rough plumbing

Bathroom area with open stud walls, drain and supply lines on bare concrete — Bathroom rough-in on bare slab

Process

Building it, step by step

Photographed on site as the work progressed.

Pool house main room with walls and vaulted ceiling insulated — Walls and vaulted ceiling insulated

Pool house bathroom area insulated and ready for drywall — Bathroom area insulated

After

The finished house

Photographed after the rebuild was complete.

Finished pool house with stained wood ceiling and folding glass doors looking out to the pool — Stained ceiling and shiplap framing the pool view

Finished pool house with shiplap, stained ceiling, white trim and tile floor — Shiplap, stained ceiling, trim and tile

Painted shiplap gable wall with white baseboard and patterned tile floor — Painted shiplap and white baseboard

Shiplap wall beside a brown six-panel door with white casing — Door casing and trim

Stained tongue-and-groove vaulted ceiling with recessed light openings — Stained tongue-and-groove ceiling

Lattice-pattern porcelain tile floor with wood-look and stone-look tiles — Lattice-pattern porcelain tile floor

Light shiplap under a dark stained ceiling — this one came together beautifully.

Ariel's Construction crew, Pittstown, NJ

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