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We’ll help you choose the best type of moulding for your space in this handy guide. Moulding helps to significantly enhance three key areas in your home. Floor moulding, such as baseboards, hides the seam between your walls and floors, while ceiling moulding, including crown moulding and coves, softens the transition between walls and ceilings.
- Zara Stacey
- Keep things cool and contemporary. In this modern living room, designed by Ginny Macdonald Design, the ceiling trim has been painted in a cool, contemporary gray shade, adding a sleek modern edge and focal paint to the sophisticated design.
- Celebrate the beauty of original decorative designs. In this relaxed, inviting white hallway, the ornate, decorative ceiling trim enhances the all-white ceiling design.
- Enhance your ceiling trim with a pretty border. To enhance your ceiling trim with color, pattern and texture, why not use a pretty border. This elegant blue hallway has been finished with a mix of checkered and striped decorative designs, creating a beautiful contrast and accent color in the space as well as a unique decorative detail.
- Create a colorful and cohesive design. If you are looking for ways to bring color into a bedroom but do not want to use paint on the walls, painting skirting boards and the trims around the ceiling, windows and doorway can create a fun, vibrant and unique look.
- Volume For A Low Ceiling
- Bumped-Up Look
- Upgraded Trim For Crisp Lines
- Uncrowded Crown Style
- Original Built-In
- S-Shaped Crown For A Finished Look
- Cohesive Kitchen Cabinets
- Less Crown, More Impact
- Greek Revival
- Contrasting Casings
Simple, elegant beading makes this Federal style crown molding help a low-ceilinged room full of feminine neutral accents read as voluminous. The English-inspired style was popular after the American Revolution and into the early 19th century and characterized by its simple beads (small indented lines) and cavetto (concave) shapes.
In addition to a four-foot bump out, visual cues like small-scale Early American molding help this reworked kitchen appear larger. The cyma recta curve (concave at the outer edge and convex at the inner edge) where the crown meets the ceiling and simple beading makes this molding just enough of an accent for this bold-colored kitchen.
Like the rest of the house, this living room was in great shape but needed help. The homeowner hid the original built-ins’ valances with new trim and installed Colonial Revival crown for a crisp, clean look reflected in the dentil mold of the room’s mantel. Typically reserved for nicer rooms of the home, this style harnesses a mix of bold (Greek Re...
Older homes have smaller canvases for flourishes like generous crown molding, creating a crowding problem. So this sharp homeowner tacked on Classical Revival top trim on her kitchen cabinets only, providing more room for natural light around the sink. This style, noted for its dignity and monumentality, makes for a significant style contribution. ...
A revived original three-corner cupboard becomes the room’s focal point with the help of low-profile crown molding and other trim details.
A simple ogee (S-shape) crown molding—albeit a small dose—does wonders for putting the finishing touches on a bright redo.
Glossy white cabinets and stainless steel appliances keep the kitchen area un-fussy in the open plan kitchen/dining/family room setup. Simple Early American-style crown molding—plus a little flourish atypical to the style at the bottom to join the cabinet tops—helps the eye roam to other parts of the open area plan. Recreate the minimalist look by ...
In some cases, using bold trim sparingly makes for a bigger statement. Here, Federal crown molding adorns a square column and cabinetry to highlight those structural elements.
Bright white Greek Revival crown molding gives the eye a place to rest in this blue room absent of wall adornment, save for an awning-style window. This simple profile is meant to look like the column and entablature decorations found in ancient Greek temples. Supersized ogee (S-shape) and ovolo (convex) curves appear often in this style.
An arch in this master bedroom—modeled after an original built-in bookcase—is grounded by sleek Greek Revival crown molding.
- Crown Molding. One of the most popular types of trim, crown molding is any horizontal trim installed at the top of your interior wall near the ceiling, says Mimi Meacham, founder and principal designer, Marian Louise Designs.
- Chair Rail Trim. Chair rail trim is a functional design element that is commonly used around an entire room at chair height. “Some people use chair rail as a protective element between the furniture and wall,” says Meacham.
- Casing. Casing is the trim installed around doors, windows, or openings in your interior spaces. “While uncased openings can be simple and unfussy, casing adds detail, layering, and depth to your space, and marks your entrances and transitions with some decoration,” says Mindy O'Connor, the founder and principal of Melinda Kelson O'Connor Architecture & Interiors.
- Picture Rail Trim. Also known as picture molding or gallery molding, picture rail trim is decorative trim that is often installed horizontally near or at ceiling level.
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- Crown Molding. One of the most well-known types of trim is crown molding. This decorative trim has an ornate design that is intended to add character to a home.
- Quarter-Round Trim. Quarter-round trim is made from a quarter of a circle round. It's often installed at the base of the wall, where the wall meets the floors.
- Chair Rail Trim. There are several types of trim that are intended for more than just looking good. Chair rail trim is a functional material that is meant to protect the walls from chairs and other furniture.
- Baseboard Trim. As indicated by the name, baseboard trim is generally installed at the base of the walls inside the home. It is intended to act as a natural transition between the wall and floor, as well as cover the expansion gap joint between the wall and floor.
Apr 27, 2023 · Consider the type of trim that is appropriate for the home and choose a style that suits your decor. Measure the installation area to find out how much trim you need, then use this information to source material for the project. Select the type of material, finish, and style that meets your needs.
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Ceiling moulding, also known as crown moulding or cornice, runs along the top of a room where the wall meets the ceiling. It softens the transition from wall to ceiling. Crown moulding can be simple or intricately detailed. These types of moulding trim can make a room look polished.
