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5 Tips for a Crown Molding Spring Spruce Up!

Friday, May 6th, 2011

Give your rooms instant architectural interest with crown molding. You can create a dynamic look with the reasonably priced, paintable moldings and trims offered at any home improvement center or online. Here are just a few of the many affordable ways to give a space a classic, well designed look.

  1. Adding crown molding to a room gives it character and charm. Profiles range from simple to decorative, and some can create the illusion of a multi-level or tray ceiling. Run a line of flat molding or “chair rail” just a few inches inside the crown molding along the ceiling to give it a whole new dimention. I recieved this picture today from one of our more adventerous customers.  He is fixing up a baby room for the expectant wife.  Look what a difference that extra line made on the ceiling.  That flat molding didn’t cost him more than $15.

  2. Install a chair rail to add elegance and definition to a space. This element also creates the opportunity to combine complementary colors or a solid color and pattern for additional visual interest.  It also works to protect the wall from damage by heavy chairs or furniture.  Imagine that!

  3. Use crown molding and parallel flat trim piece dropped down 4-10 inches to make a frieze along the top perimeter of a room, and paint a border design or apply texture  between the moldings. You can now purchase paintable wall paper for this very purpose.  It has a pattern stamped into the paper so that it looks like a plaster work of art on the wall.  Very exciting product from Europe and now available here at most paint stores.

  4. Apply beautiful pieces of wallpaper directly to a wall and then trim out with decorative molding for a pretty framed-art effect. Or swap in solid color as a backdrop to a collection of framed photos or other keepsakes.

  5. Change a room’s mood by painting crown molding with multiple colors from a tone-on-tone palette or by using contrasting colors for dramatic effect.For example I installed 13G crown molding in a girls room, it was a flower detail and then painted all 64 flowers pink and yellow. What an affect!  It really turned a boring room into a jazzy preteen room!

Installing these molding is also becoming simpler as smart manufacturing responds to the do-it-yourselfer crowd. For example, So Simple Crown Molding is made out of foam and can be help in place with just caulk.  It also comes with pre-cut corners and they will go as far as precutting the entire room.  Perfect if you are all thumbs when it comes to projects around the house.

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