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Moulding and trim are often used interchangeably, but trim also includes elements like the casings around doors and windows, baseboards, and crown moulding that help to provide a polished finish to your space. We’ll help you choose the best type of moulding for your space in this handy guide.
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- 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.
- Casing. Aside from some luxury modern interiors, door casing is used in most types of houses. For those who associate trimwork with upscale housing, it may sound odd that not having door casing is a premium feature.
- Baseboard. The trimwork that covers the bottom of walls is called baseboard. Originally designed for the practical purpose of protecting walls from nicks and gouges caused by moving furniture or other household activities, it’s also a decorative element.
- Quarter Round. Quarter round can be used on its own, although it is often part of built-up trimwork, where several different types of molding are combined to create a more elaborate baseboard, mantel, or other architectural element.
- Crown. Aptly named, this molding is the crowning architectural feature of a room, as it demarcates the transition between the walls and the ceiling. Crown moldings, which are interior architectural elements, are to an extent similar to cornices on the exterior of a building.
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.
- 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.
by Elizabeth Lilly. iStock. Not all cakes need icing, but they’re arguably better with the sweet concoction. The same goes for a room decked in trim. Read on to steal these ceiling trim and molding ideas to add more style to your rooms.
Nov 27, 2023 · Ceiling trim is a wonderful way to make an eye-catching statement, add interest, and elevate the style of your space. Crown molding flares out where the wall and ceiling meet, and it can take on an elegant, decorative motif or it can be simpler and more linear.
