When it comes to interior design, crown molding is a decorative ceiling trim that can add style and elegance to any room. This molding can be a functional architectural element that blends your wall and ceiling to create visual interest in your bedroom, living room, kitchen and bathroom.
Whether you want a bold traditional profile or a minimal contemporary design, there are several types of crown molding for your home. Some people may like a highly-ornate trim that is reminiscent of classic Greek and Roman millwork, while others might prefer a flat and modern design for a sleek, classy look.
With so many different ceiling trims, it can be a challenge choosing the right option.
To inspire you, we’ve compiled examples of the best crown molding ideas. From simple to ornate trims, explore the different styles to find stylish ceiling molding designs for your home.
What Is Crown Molding?
Crown molding is a decorative trim often installed where interior walls meet the ceiling but can also be used around door and window frames. Crown molding can be made of wood or composite such as polyurethane foam, vinyl or extruded polystyrene. This architectural element offers a stylish finish to any room for an elevated look.
The difference between molding and crown molding is that “molding” can be used as a general term for any type of trim within the home while “crown molding” specifically refers to the decorative element installed at the top of your walls and near the ceiling.
Crown Molding Design Ideas
Parisian Pied-à-Terre
Between 1853 and 1870, an urban planner called Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann dramatically modernized the city of Paris at the behest of Napoleon III. Crowded winding streets crammed full of cramped medieval buildings were demolished and replaced by bold boulevards lined with massive yet elegant stone apartment buildings.
The interiors of these buildings featured elaborately exquisite bead and quirk molding complemented by millwork medallions on the ceiling. This regal residence is a stunning example of a defining era in French architecture.
A Shift In Shades
Symmetry was one of the prevailing principles in Colonial architecture and design, and homes from that period have a truly timeless appeal. With its muted, earthy hues, the traditional Colonial color palette can make a home feel dated.
Textured denim blue wallpaper breathes life into this sitting room and brings it into the modern day. Details like raised panel wainscoting and a cased archway with pilaster columns hearken back to the colonial era, but other touches like custom round glass mullions make the room feel more contemporary.
Color Outside The Lines
The color white is, by far, the most popular hue for baseboards, crown molding and all other kinds of trim. If your walls are also white, there’s a subtle sophistication to the monochromatic color scheme. If your walls are another color, white crown molding can offer contrast to create visual interest.
If you choose a color besides white, you may want to paint your moldings the same shade. These navy blue walls with matching trim give a modern, masculine flair to colonial crown molding.
Frilly and Feminine
This soft and romantic French country living room is packed with interesting shapes and textures. Ornate pieces like an intricate cast iron framed mirror and hand-carved wood medallion wall-hanging are considerably lightened up by distressed white paint. The vintage-inspired bead molding topping the fireplace mantel enhances the old-fashioned charm of the curvaceous antique chandelier wall sconces flanking the hearth. The use of simple cavetto crown molding instead of something more embellished keeps the design of this room from feeling too over the top.
White and Wood
Thanks to the prevalence of open floor plans in modern construction, older homes can sometimes feel cramped and crowded in comparison. Painting walls and ceilings with the brightest of whites instantly make a small home feel airier and more substantial in size. Leaving the crown and cased molding in its natural warm wood tones helps preserve the character of this home even as the boho styling makes it feel more current.
Lavish Lavatory
Historically, crown molding isn’t used in every room in a house. Instead, it can most often be found in common areas like the kitchen, living room, dining room, or any other area guests are likely to see. As bathrooms have become more luxurious and spa-like, this feature has become increasingly prevalent there, too. Here, Federal-style crown molding draws attention upwards to premier features like a tray ceiling and crystal chandelier.
Divine Design
According to experts in the field of color psychology, the color blue promotes feelings of tranquility and relaxation. Its soothing and serene qualities make blue the ideal color for bedrooms. In this blissful bedroom, floor-length linen curtains match the muted indigo walls to minimize visual distraction. A baby blue shag area rug pulls in inspiration from nature with its swirling, vine-like design. Understated crown molding and baseboards enhance the peaceful mood captured by this design.
Warm and Welcoming
People often worry that if they use too much molding and trim in their home, it may overwhelm the home. This cozy dining room proves that extensive trim can be surprisingly subtle. Board and batten walls have a lot of detail, but their crisp angles keep them from coming across as cluttered. Here, they’re accented by simple yet stylish cove molding. Decorative choices like the creamy white paint color and woven jute rug make this space feel incredibly inviting.
Raise The Roof
Some adventurous designers have begun applying wallpaper to ceilings to create an unexpected focal point. This lush and romantic dining room is filled with decadent decor like plush velvet chairs and a rose gold chandelier. The abstract watercolor wallpaper on the ceiling is the perfect finishing touch to this fanciful space. The sleek and simple crown molding acts as a frame for this unexpected work of art.
Well-Crafted Walls
While wainscoting is typically installed along the lower part of a wall, just below the chair rail, there are times when that height can vary. In Craftsman-style homes, you often see much higher wainscoting installations. If you like this look, install your Wainscoting so that it covers two-thirds of the wall instead of the typical one-third. This keeps the style in perfect proportion.
Plaster Perfection
Molding can be made out of a wide array of materials, including wood and even metal. For highly detailed molding, plaster is almost always the best option. Because plaster is molded instead of carved, it’s possible to include incredibly intricate detail work that would be difficult to achieve with wood. Here, cornice molding with corbels evokes more fanciful styles of design like Georgian and Greek Revival.
Refined Restraint
Highly ornamental decor can be gorgeous to look at but often feels overwhelming when overused. With its less-is-more ethos, this dining room showcases the beauty that can be found in balance. The crisp lines and sharp angles of the picture frame wall molding and coffered ceiling give this space a modern edge. A crystal candelabra suspended from an antique ceiling medallion stands out even more against the otherwise understated design.
Rustic Retreat
Coffered ceilings usually have an elegant and elevated quality, but they can be equally at home in a more casual setting. This breezy indoor-outdoor dining room has wood plank ceilings that are crafted in a similar style to beadboard. With the addition of recessed beams, the ceiling has an almost basket-weave effect that complements the Southern charm of the rest of the decor.
Shape It Up
Molding is a great way to help an unusually-shaped room feel more intentional and refined. This elongated dining room is grounded by crown molding and baseboards, as well as casing around the windows and openings. Larger-scale colonial crown molding has also been used to create a faux tray ceiling effect. These decorative accents are an excellent complement to the lengthy rectangular dining room table and linear chandelier.
Contemporary Cottage Cool
When you think of homes that feature brickwork and lots of wood molding, you probably picture something dark and heavy. The right color palette can make a world of difference as seen in this lively cottage. A classic cornice fireplace mantel and vertical wall molding feel refreshed and reinvigorated when painted the same warm white as the walls and ceiling. The fireplace face features gray and tan bricks with thick white grout instead of more traditional red brick, giving the home a rustic quality without weighing it down.
Top-Notch Tray
In modern interior design, tray ceilings are often used to create a sense of drama and grandeur. The height differential between the perimeter of the ceiling and the center creates the illusion of height and makes a home feel more high-end.
In this stylish suite, flat molding has been used to create a geometric pattern within the tray, adding another layer of architectural interest. The large pendant light is perfectly centered, giving the space a pleasant symmetry and its round shade balances the angular design of the trim.
Sophisticated Sensibility
In older buildings, tray ceilings had more of a practical purpose than an aesthetic one. They could be used to hide the ductwork required by older heating and cooling systems, as well as wiring or plumbing. This architectural element can be functional and beautiful.
In this historic building, you can see how decorative vent covers and molding turned a necessary feature into something lovely to look at.
Silver Screen Style
This chic bedroom showcases the importance of making sure your architecture and furniture are well-coordinated. This bedroom set pairs traditional lines with glam chrome and mirrored finishes. The crown and cased molding throughout this room are similarly traditional in style, but its larger size gives it a sense of grandeur that holds up nicely against the statement furnishings.
Magnificent Medallions
Molding and trim are often used to add decorative flourishes to walls and doorways. If you have a striking hanging light fixture like an antique chandelier, framing it with a ceiling medallion can make it stand out even more.
Plaster ceiling medallions were used in American homes as early as the 1700s, but they were particularly prominent in the Victorian era where they served as a signifier of wealth and class. Because they are so rare today, ceiling medallions have an undeniable cachet on the occasions where they are utilized.
Things Are Looking Up
When it comes to interior design, ceilings may be the most overlooked area of the house. Since we don’t spend much time looking up, we end up overlooking a significant part of a room. That’s not an issue in this contemporary bedroom, which uses beams to create a modern, maze-like take on a coffered ceiling. Flat front white molding adds another layer of dimension against the dove gray ceiling paint. A grid-shaped board and batten feature wall introduces yet another geometric element.
Blast From The Past
In 1876, the city of Philadelphia hosted a Centennial International Exhibition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Shortly thereafter, the Colonial Revival style was born as Americans looked to architectural and design traditions from the past for inspiration.
With features like Colonial crown molding and narrow panel doors with muntins, this home fully embodies the Colonial Revival style. Even the framed monkey art print emulates decor trends of the time.
The Colonial Revival era was popular through the 1940s, so it wasn’t unusual to see more contemporary features alongside traditional ones. That can be seen here in pieces like the black marble art deco fireplace and the bookmatched Brazilian rosewood cabinet.
Break The Mold
Crown molding is typically utilized to make a room feel more finished, but it can also be employed to make an artistic statement of its own. Coffered ceilings feature a three-dimensional grid pattern that is reminiscent of the architecture found during the Baroque and early Renaissance areas.
The foundational structure of a coffered ceiling is beams arranged in its signature grid shape. Surrounding the beams with crown molding further elevates this already elegant architectural element. Decorative picture frame wall molding completes the luxe look.
Stately Suite
With more people working from home, dedicated office space has become a necessity. This ample master bedroom is more than big enough to accommodate a workspace. The massive wooden desk complements the style of the four-poster bed, while the cove ceiling makes the overall room feel more distinguished.
Beguiling Beadboard
Beadboard is a ubiquitous finish in farmhouse style homes. Dating back to the 1800s, beadboard is a tongue-and-groove paneling system comprised of narrow wooden planks. It remains popular today thanks to its rustic and nostalgic vibe as well as its extremely affordable price point.
Beadboard is most commonly used as a wallcovering or backsplash and can be used to wrap items like kitchen islands. Many people don’t realize it can also be used on ceilings. Here, it is paired with white beams and a vintage-inspired lantern chandelier.
Head In A New Direction
In the colonial era, wainscoting was most commonly used in formal living rooms and dining rooms where guests were entertained. You can use wainscoting in any room you’d like. It’s an excellent decorative feature for bedrooms because it’s elegant, but its clean lines are soothing and unfussy.
In this bedroom, a tufted headboard is nestled up against a wainscotted wall. You can also just use a simple bed frame so that the wainscoting itself becomes the headboard.
Fine Farmhouse Form
Modern farmhouse style often gravitates towards wood beams to achieve a rustic look but this design element doesn’t always pair well with crown molding. This kitchen has the best of both worlds, with wood beams running around the perimeter as well as across the ceiling.
Faux diamond muntins on the upper cabinet and a shiplap-wrapped range hood lean into the farmhouse aesthetic while still feeling cohesive with the modern flat-panel cabinets.
Curves Ahead
Modern interior design is often full of clean lines and sharp angles, but rounded silhouettes can be just as fresh and forward-thinking. The inverted semi-spherical coffee table is a study in contrasts, blending hard marble and soft shapes.
A hand-carved plaster chandelier and recessed wall arches carry the curves throughout the space. Concave cove molding is the perfect capper to this well-rounded room.
An Homage To History
Everything old is new again in this chic French living room. Ornate wainscoting, molding and millwork defined the 19th-century Haussmann style, and those elements have been beautifully preserved here. Pairing this rich style with a soothing neutral color palette and low-profile modern furnishings gives the space a timeless feel.
Bargain Built-Ins
Many homeowners covet custom built-ins but are put off by the high cost. If you don’t mind doing a little DIY, you can create your own faux built-ins using shelving and cabinets from places like Ikea. The shelves in this room are flush with the art deco crown molding, making them feel continuous with the space.
A Case For Federal
This townhome was built in 1823, at the tail end of the post-Revolutionary era when Federal architecture and design were all the rage. Period details can be found throughout the space, from the reclaimed chestnut wood flooring to the exposed brickwork to the restored original fireplace. That attention to detail is echoed in era-appropriate finishes like layered cove molding.
Fresh Kitchen Design
While these kitchen cabinets look fresh and modern, they have deep historical roots. Shaker cabinets get their name from a group that came to America in the 1700s seeking religious freedom. The self-sufficient Shakers lived communally, growing their own food and making their own tools. They were particularly noted for their woodworking skills, building simple and utilitarian furniture that was meant to last for generations.
The clean and simple aesthetic of Shaker cabinet doors is timeless, and they have remained popular for centuries. In this sleek kitchen, a flat modern trim in place of traditional crown molding honors the original Shaker style.
Riveting Roots
Dentils are one of the most immediately identifiable styles of molding because their characteristic series of rectangular blocks bear more than a passing resemblance to teeth. In fact, “dentil” and “dental” both come from the Latin word dens which means tooth.
While the furnishings in this 1920s mansion are graphic and contemporary, high-gloss white paint enhances interesting and original architectural features like cornice dentil molding.
Eclectic European
There’s something incredibly appealing about the detail and craftsmanship of antique decor. While keeping too much of it in one room can make a space look more like an antique store than a home, this English country home is overflowing with beautiful furniture from various French and English historical eras. The eggshell blue walls and white molding and trim have an airy quality that makes this house feel curated and not cluttered.
Crafty Callback
People who live in vintage homes often seek them out because they have so much character and history. This dining room is a beautiful example of the workmanship that was valued so much in the Craftsman style of architecture that was popularized in the early twentieth century.
Many era-appropriate finishes have been preserved including the square-patterned wood floors, wainscoting, crown molding and cased windows. Even the rust-colored walls pay tribute to the warm, earthy color palette found in original Craftsman homes.
Tantalizing Textures
When you select a neutral color palette for your home, it gives you a lot of room to play around with interesting textures. This airy master suite is packed with eye candy, including tufted upholstery, a wooden nightstand with a geometric floral design and a molded resin light fixture that emulates weaving. A board and batten feature wall adds even more subtle dimension to the space.
White Party
This eat-in kitchen is replete with interesting embellishments, from the millwork on the ceiling, to the cornice pearl molding, to the arch accent with hefty corbels. Because the walls, ceiling and trim are all painted a bright white, these accents don’t feel overly flashy or fussy.
The panel details in the newly-built breakfast nook blend in seamlessly with the picture frame molding underneath the adjacent window.
Belle Blanc
In addition to ornate molding and millwork, Haussmann architecture was identifiable by its balconies and large windows which was a big departure from the medieval design it replaced. In this apartment, bright white paint and ample natural light work together to achieve a modern sensibility in this otherwise historic space.
Because the white walls and ceiling mitigate some of the visual impact, even opulent pieces like the crystal chandelier and marble fireplace facade feel approachable.
Elegant Master Bedroom
If you want to add drama and dimension to a room, you may want to consider a step ceiling. Step ceilings take the premise of a tray ceiling and build upon it by creating a series of smaller trays, one inside the other.
Staggered ceilings like these draw the eye upward and create the illusion of height. Monochromatic crown molding adds decorative detail and helps to clearly delineate one tray from the next.
Tie It Together
Older houses have a lot of character, but their rooms tend to be significantly smaller than the ones you find in modern construction. Taking down a wall that separates more rooms can give you the space you’re looking for, but has the potential to feel disjointed.
What was once a sunroom has now become a sitting area in this spacious master bedroom. Continuing the crown molding and baseboards from the sleeping space to the new seating area makes the room feel more cohesive.
Balancing Act
It can be tricky to find a happy medium between preserving the history of a home and updating the space for your needs. This Colonial-style home was built in the early 1900s, but it feels surprisingly vibrant and contemporary.
Bright white paint highlights original details like cove molding and cased openings but provides an exquisite backdrop for the more contemporary boho-style decor.
Mix and Match
This cheerful traditional kitchen combines raised panel cabinets with glass-front mullion cabinets. Using different styles like this allows you to showcase wedding china or other decorative kitchen items while keeping bulky or unattractive pieces out of sight. Running cavetto molding across the entire bank of cabinetry ties the design together and gives the room a more cohesive feel.
Make It Your Own
This eclectic nineteenth-century brownstone was once converted into a modern, minimalist space, but its new owners sought to restore some of its original character. The flowering branches on the hand-embroidered silk wallpaper extend upwards, pulling the eye to inverted crown molding that is reminiscent of the Arts and Crafts movement. Antique furniture throughout the space, including a plush Louis XIV daybed, is from an assortment of eras, giving the room a bespoke and original vibe.
Something Old, Something New
In vintage modern interior design, antique and contemporary furnishings and decor come together to create a completely original space. In this unique living room, older pieces like a 19th-century wheel barometer and midcentury Parisian street art print in a Baroque revival frame coexist with more modern pieces like an industrial spider arm chandelier and an ash wood credenza. Instead of traditional crown molding, scalloped reclaimed metal is mounted on a pipe that runs around the room.
Cozy Coastal Cove
In geology, sheltered bays and rounded coastal recesses are known as coves. Cove molding, which is characterized by its curved, inwardly-bowed silhouette, likely gets its name from the rounded shorelines of these bodies of water. It’s fitting then that this dreamy coastal cottage features low-profile cove molding alongside its pastel color palette.
Embrace An Era
When you move into a historic home, it’s okay to keep only some elements of the original design while still expressing your personal style. Patterned wood flooring was a common feature in midcentury homes. This herringbone floor is highlighted by midcentury-inspired modern furnishings including a credenza, tripod floor lamp and textured wooden pendant lights.
While crown molding is uncommon in midcentury homes, these clean lines can dovetail nicely with the right aesthetics. Cove molding helps this living room feel more contemporary while still honoring the original era.
Master Your Domain
At the end of the long day, it’s a real luxury to be able to retreat into your bedroom to unwind. This lavish owner’s suite makes the most of its size by establishing a distinct sitting area that is open to the bedroom but still has a sense of separation. The sitting room is framed by a partial wall with a massive cased opening adorned with traditional style molding and trim. Those details are continued in the custom fireplace mantel within.
All Squared Away
Picture frame wall molding often feels formal and old-fashioned, but it can also be surprisingly well-suited to a more contemporary design style. The black lacquered bed frame and chest-style nightstands in this room have a modern sensibility, but their simple profiles are an unexpectedly good match to the clean angular lines of the molding.
Beyond The Sea
Crown molding inspired by ancient Greek architecture gives this cool and contemporary kitchen a classic twist. The cove molding is reminiscent of classic cyma recta molding but has a more streamlined appearance. Crisp white trim is paired with Aegean teal wall paint, giving the space an updated take on Mediterranean style.
Subtle Sophistication
Molding can feel fancy, but that doesn’t mean it has to be flashy. This traditional living room blends Cavetto crown molding between the wall and ceiling with Colonial revival crown molding atop the fireplace mantel. The room also contains a cased doorway and picture frame molding on the walls. A neutral color palette helps this spacious living room feel remarkably understated despite a multitude of molding options.
Crown Molding Styles
Crown
Crown molding is a decorative architectural element that caps interior walls at the juncture where the wall meets the ceiling. It can also be found at the peak of other features like cabinets, bookcases and columns. This type of molding is exclusively used at the top of a room, much like a crown perches on someone’s head.
Crown molding is available in a variety of designs and styles, ranging from simple and understated to elaborate and ornate. While it can be used to hide cracks or other irregularities, crown molding can also be utilized for a purely ornamental effect.
As an interior design finish, crown molding is a simple but effective tool for elevating the feel of a room.
Baseboard
While crown molding bridges the visual gap where walls join the ceiling, baseboard molding serves the same function between walls and floors. A baseboard enhances the aesthetics of a room, while simultaneously providing a practical purpose.
Because it juts out, the baseboard works to protect the wall underneath from dirt as well as any scuff marks that may be caused by shoes or furniture.
While homes with crown molding typically also have baseboards, these two design elements don’t have to be an exact match for one another, but they should be coordinated enough to give the room a cohesive feel.
Casing
Casing is a type of decorative molding that is used to trim doors and windows. In addition to providing a polished look, casing can cover any unsightly gaps between doors and windows and the drywall that surrounds them. Casing styles are often used to frame doorless openings that connect interior rooms.
Chair Rail
A chair rail is an interior molding that runs horizontally around the perimeter of a room. As you might intuit from the name, this feature is intended to protect against damage from chairs or other kinds of furniture when they bump into a wall. You’ll typically see chair rails installed in spaces with ample seating options, including living rooms, dining rooms and breakfast nooks.
Interestingly, precursors to chair molding can be found in ancient Greek and Roman architecture. Then, it was used purely decoratively as a way to visually divide a room in a way that was pleasing to the eye. Today, placement is still important for aesthetic reasons as well as functional ones.
Design experts agree that chair rail looks best when installed approximately one-third of the way up the wall. This means that if your ceilings are 8 feet high, your chair rail should be placed 32 inches above the floor.
Picture Rail
Like a chair rail, a picture rail is a narrow piece of horizontal molding spanning the perimeter of a room. While chair rails are closer to the ground, picture rails typically sit between 12 and 20 inches beneath the ceiling.
Picture rail moldings are generally between 1.5 inches to 2 inches wide, which is just slightly narrower than the standard 2 to 3-inch width of chair rail molding. Picture rail molding adds a bit of architectural flair to a space, while also serving a practical function.
Artwork can be hung up on a picture rail instead of being affixed directly to the wall. This is particularly useful for people with plaster walls, as they can easily be damaged by improperly hung wall art.
Wainscoting
Wainscoting is a kind of wall panel that can be installed directly below a chair rail molding and often spans across the wall beneath. While these designs can be combined, there are differences between wainscoting and chair rails. Chair rail molding comes in strips which are typically between two and three inches wide, while wainscoting is generally much larger.
In the 18th century, wainscoting was used as a layer of insulation against damp, drafty conditions. With modern interior design, wainscoting is a decorative molding that offers a unique and elegant finish.
Batten
Batten is a wall trim that can be used to cover the joint between two panels. Also known as board and batten, this style of paneling is affordable and generally requires narrow strips of wood (batten) that are arranged over wide, flat planks (boards). The batten is used to conceal the seams where the boards meet, creating a layered, multidimensional design. Because it features rectangular cross-sections, batten has a clean, geometric feel.
Historically, board and batten has been used as exterior siding on structures like barns and sheds. As a result, it has a rustic quality that appeals to fans of modern farmhouse design. Board and batten is also relatively inexpensive as well as easy to DIY, contributing to its popularity and longevity.
Cove
Cove is a simple concave-shaped trim that is used where walls and ceilings come together. While crown is convex and protrudes from the wall in an outward manner, cove molding curves inward for a less ornate finish.
With different profiles, you can use cove molding to conceal and enhance the space between your wall and ceiling, drywall and door or window frame, and where your kitchen cabinets meet the wall. It can also be used on staircases where risers and treads converge.
Bead and Pearl
While two different styles of molding, bead and pearl are similar designs and often used together. These trims are characterized by patterns of small spherical shapes that resemble a string of beads or pearls. This elegant decorative trim is most frequently used in crown molding and chair rails to create visual interest.
Dentil
Dentil molding is an ornamental trim composed of small, rectangular blocks arranged in a repeating pattern. Visually appealing, dentil is often featured in crown molding found in historical homes and can be used in conjunction with cornice. Dentil molding was a hallmark of classical Greek and Roman architecture that can most frequently be seen today in stately government buildings.
Egg and Dart
Egg and dart is another example of an ornamental motif that can be found in molding. While styles like dentil, bead and pearl molding are relatively simple, egg and dart is decidedly more ornate and elegant.
The egg and dart pattern consists of a series of three-dimensional ovoid shapes separated by V-shaped darts. This highly-embellished style is most frequently found on Edwardian-era buildings.
Georgian
Heavily influenced by classical Greek and Roman architecture, Georgian style molding showcases ostentatious details like heavy cornice trims bedecked with dentil or egg and dart trim.
From 1714 to 1830, England was ruled by a series of monarchs from the House of Hanover: King George I, King George II, King George III and King George IV. Fittingly, the architectural principles embodied during that time are known as Georgian style.
Federal
The Federal style of architecture and interior design first rose to prominence in the immediate aftermath of the American Revolution. In addition to breaking away from the British government, the newly-established country also broke away from the Georgian architecture style that dominated England.
Federal-style homes pared down on the ostentatious details found in Georgian design, instead focusing on more delicate details. In a Federal-style home, you could expect to see cove molding paired with simple but stylish bead trim.
In the late 19th century, Americans would once again embrace Georgian design features. During its resurgence, it was referred to as Colonial Revival architecture.
Greek Revival
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Greek Revival style molding brought back the hallmark elements of ancient Greek architecture. Greek revival homes boast regal features including towering columns as well as cornice moldings adorned with dentil or egg and dart motifs.
Craftsman
Craftsman is a molding style that features eased edges and basic geometric designs for a simple look. In the early twentieth century, Americans once again found themselves shifting away from fancy and fussy decor in favor of a low-maintenance and streamlined interior design.
Victorian homes had enjoyed a stretch of popularity, as their flamboyant style was the perfect venue to show off advances in American manufacturing.
With its emphasis on handcrafted goods in simple forms, Craftsman-style architecture was in direct opposition to the aesthetic excess of the Victorian era. In a Craftsman-style home, you’ll see clean large-scale molding and trim that is devoid of any unnecessary bells and whistles.
Traditional
Traditional is a classic crown molding style that borrows and blends architectural elements from several different periods to create almost transitional design features. This style of decor is particularly influenced by European architecture and design styles that were popular in both the 18th and 18th centuries. Molding is one of the many old-fashioned features that might be revived in a traditional-style home. And, since you aren’t married to any one style, you have free rein when selecting trims and finishes.
What Rooms Should Have Crown Molding?
While you can install this decorative finish in any room, you’ll want to have crown molding in your kitchen, living room, dining room, den and bedroom for an elegant look. You’ll want to put crown molding in any room that you want to enhance with this stylish architectural element.