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I plan on installing a beadboard ceiling in my kitchen. We are planning to use pine 3″ tongue and groove boards. Dykes sells these in long lengths, up to 12′ I think. However, my kitchen is long and skinny like a bowling alley. Over 20′ long. I want th ceiling to run parallel to the floor, the long way. So, I have to have seams somewhere on the butt ends of the beadboard planks. How do I hide the seams? I know I should stagger the boards so the cut ends don’t line up. If I make sure the butt ends fall in the middle of a joist and nail the plank up, then putty the seam with a flexible filler, is this enough to hide the seams? Or should I create some sort of lap joint on the ends? Overkill?
Would love some input from someone that has done this before.
Thanks!