Friday

While I continue to wait for the final paperwork to close up my walls in my new place, I’ve turned my attention to the details which will add character. Because I have one large room with tall ceilings, I am installing a crown moulding to help feature the grand scale of the room. One trick I use is layering moulding to give the illusion of oversized crown.

The sketch shows how I use base moulding turned upside down at the top of the walls as well as installed on the ceiling. Once these pieces are in place, I connect the flat part of the base moulding together with a standard piece of crown moulding. After it is painted and caulked, it looks like one giant piece of moulding.

This is the base that will be used on my walls and ceiling. The flat part of the moulding is where the crown (shown below) will connect.

Check back. As soon as it is intstalled I will share photos - I’m sure many of you are scratching your heads wondering what this is going to look like.