Moldings for Home Decor Improvements

Crown molding is a versatile decorating tool, because it can fit into almost any location, and can change the atmosphere of a room. In order to make the process of choosing a style that is best for you and your home, here are some useful tips for beginners.

Architecture and Crown Molding Styles:
Carefully consider the architectural type and style of your home before deciding which style of molding to use. Although personal taste is extremely important, certain types of molding can clash with particular styles of decoration. Always choose a style that will compliment the style that your home is decorated in.

Consider the Dimensions and the Climate of the Room:
Both the dimensions and the climate of the room will drastically impact the type and style of the crown molding you choose. In a small room, it is usually best to take the "less is more" attitude, and use a delicate crown molding, while in a larger room, you can use a more ornate style of molding to pull the room together. Some types of molding lasts better in particular atmospheres than others, so it is also important to consider the type of room that your molding is going into. Basements and attics need a type of molding that can withstand sudden changes in climate, so for these rooms, polyurethane molding is best.

Adding Your Own Style to Your Moldings:
Incorporate your personality into your moldings. High quality moldings last for a long time so when choosing a style, make sure that it is a style you will continue to love for the years to come!

When incorporating crown molding into home design, most individuals only think of using this on the wall or ceiling, however, a new trend has been to use molding in a unique way, such as through a decorative mirror. Mirrors can be found in a variety of styles, and are not only a creative way of adding moldings to your home, but can also greatly open up a small space. They are also a great way to integrate moldings if you rent a home or apartment, and can't make any changes to the walls.

There isn't really a right or wrong way, however, as with any other project, you should always consider the size, and space of the room you're adding the mirror to. A large mirror in a small space can make the room seem much bigger, and many smaller mirrors in a larger room can make the space feel much more intimate. It can also be fun to mix different styles and textures. Try using an intricate wooden mirror in a modern room, or adding a metal mission style mirror to a traditionally decorated room. When incorporating moldings through a mirror, anything can work, so open your mind up to many possibilities, make sure to be creative and have fun.

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Selecting Molding



Choosing Molding Material



Architectural Moldings

Molding come in a variety styles and shapes. Ornate molding add a feeling of dignity and grandeur. Ornate molding command more attention when incorporated into a design and should suit the overall decor. From the ceiling to the floor moldings are used on most parts of the wall.

Window and Door Trim. Moldings used to trim the doors, windows and other openings in the home is called casing. Same profile moldings is commonly used for chair rails, cabinet trim, and other decorative architectural enhancements. Casing is the most typical molding used to conceal faults in a room's architecture and carpentry.

Cornice molding is placed on the top, where the wall meets the ceiling. Even a single piece of cornice molding will add an entirely new dimension to a room. Cornice molding creates s decorative transition between walls and ceiling and works especially well in a rooms with high ceilings. The term "cornice" describes one-piece molding installed along the top if the wall or above the window. The same treatment made from multiple pieces of molding called build-up cornice. Moldings for cornice come in two main types: dramatic crown molding that is frequently combined with other molding styles for an opulent look. Crown moldings and cornices have adorned interiors for centuries. By counseling and dressing up the joint where wall meets ceiling, these moldings do more than any other to eliminate foxiness in an untrimmed room.

Crown molding is the most popular type of cornice moldings. Crown generally refers to the types of single-piece moldings that are
installed on the angle to their adjoining surface. Crown moldings have a profiles that project out on the ceiling and down on the wall and gives a rich appearance to a room. As its name suggests, crown molding serves as an ornamental capping to walls, cabinets, and built-in furniture. Crown molding also used as a decorative support for horizontal architectural elements like decorative ledges and shelves. Adding crown molding to the relatively simple room provides a certain character that the room would not have otherwise. Many complex looking crown molding profiles consist of the series of simple moldings installed together to achieve a finished appearance. Crown moldings are also used in combination with other moldings to add details to the fireplace mantels
and shelves. Click in following link to learn about crown molding installation


Cove molding is very similar to the crown molding. Application and function of cove molding identical to the crown molding, The difference between the two in in the profile. Cove molding has a concave profile (bended inwards), while line of the crown molding profiles bends outwards. Sophisticated cove molding that eliminates the ceiling line creating a curved transition. Wonderful selection of cove moldings available in variety of styles and sizes for installation in the rooms with high as well as with low ceilings. Traditionally, cove and crown molding reflected the type and functional use of the rooms they decorated. Entries, formal living rooms, and master bedrooms usually received moldings with ornate patterns, while kitchens and other more
functional areas of the home had moldings with more simple design.

Over the years coves and crowns have become much smaller, but most still bear the shapes and styles of their Greco-Roman origins.


There are other types of molding that are especially effective in enhancing the look of your walls. Chair rail, picture rail and frieze moldings are horizontal wall molding that, while less common than baseboard and crown molding, have been popular features of many house styles and have rather interesting origins and functions. Perhaps your room longs for decorative frieze
molding. The Frieze molding is a wide band, often ornamented with beautiful motifs, that runs under the cornice or crown molding. Usually, frieze molding installed about 1/3 or 1/2 of the way down a wall from ceiling. Frieze molding has a wide flat profile with decorative relief design on
the front. Decorative frieze molding are most common in the homes that follow neoclassical architecture or decorating style. When run around the perimeter of the room, these moldings create a space above known as frieze. Frieze often decorated in a different manner from the wall space below. If you have a very high ceilings it is a good idea to paint frieze molding, frieze and crown molding altogether in a same color. It helps visually bring ceiling down and makes room upper cozier. A frieze molding can enliven your space with a signature theme.

A chair-rail molding divides wall horizontally, usually about three feet above the floor. Chair rails, which protect walls in areas subject to damage by chair backs, have nosing that give way to curved and beveled surfaces that taper back to the wall.

Chair-rail molding was originally designed to prevent the tops of the chair backs from denting or marring the wall and was used to protect walls from damage. For this reason chair-rail molding traditionally located about 30 to 33 inches above the floor and wrap around the perimeter of the room.

Today chair rail molding remains a common detail in traditional interiors. Traditional chair rails offering the decorating effect of unifying the various architectural details of the room, such as door and window trim, fireplace surround, est. Decorative chair-rail molding often serves as a cap for a wainscoting or wood paneling. Considered decorative by today's standards, chair rail molding adds a feeling of detail and charm to the walls and lends continuality to a room by unifying it.


Panel molding, commonly called a picture-frame molding, looks like a large empty frame, and it is similar to designs on the walls of old colonial and Georgian homes. The placement of the picture-frame molding should be above chair rail height and about 10 to 12 inches down from the ceiling, depending upon the height of your walls. Picture frame molding is delicate in design. This molding measures from 1 to 3 inches in width. Like chair-rail molding, picture  molding adds a feeling of charm and delicate details to the room. Wall framing appears at the Georgian period, when plaster began to replace wood panels on the walls. Wall panels provided elegant assent fore large expanses of the walls and helped popularize contrasting color schemes. Paneling on the walls enhancing a room's sense of space. During past century wall paneling became standard in European homes. Panel moldings dividing walls into large, aesthetically pleasing units.

Wall frames making a stronger statement than you can make with paint or wall paper alone. You can design and install wall-panel treatment using just a panel molding, or for more graceful effect you can use combination of panel molding and decorative panel molding corners made to feet perfectly with certain panel moldings designs. Usually panels installed just below a chair rail or both - above and below it. The panels above chair rail maintain the same width and the same spacing as those below. Click on following link to learn about panel molding installation.

Panel molding often used to create wall frames, a popular treatment for the lower part of the wall blow the chair rail. Wall frames (or panels) look like a series of empty picture frames running along a wall. When moldings are painted in the same color as the surrounded walls, they lend a sculptural quality to a wall surface, adding texture and shadows. If moldings are painted to contrast with surrounding wall, as shown on the picture to your left, they can create a striking three dimensional appearance of varying depth and dimensions. This type of wall treatment is very popular for staircases and entries.

Picture molding, also known as picture rails, developed to hung framed art without damaging walls. This molding is similar in design of a chair-rail molding. Picture rail molding has a rounded top edge that projects from the wall and is designed to receive special hooks for hanging pictures.

Baseboard molding protects the bottom of the wall from ware and tear and hides irregularities where the wall and floor meet.

Baseboard molding from our collection provides an assortment of high impact-resistant polymers that
allows the user to design a matching interior throughout the home. More durable than most wooden baseboards, our baseboards are easy and quick to install using adhesive and common woodworking tools. Saving installation time and money, the molding is primed and ready for direct color application to match or complement the walls and floor. The molding line includes multiple fashion options to match any room with any decorating scheme, while requiring no special maintenance beyond installation. 

Baseboard with LED lights.Unique baseboard designed for installation with LED lighting. This wonderful baseboard design is very popular. Along with extreme durability benefits this baseboard gives you an opportunity to add accent lighting, and highlight your beautiful hardwood or marble floors. LED lights and accessories are designed specifically for installation with baseboard molding. This lights are shock and water resilient and provides a soft glow creating a floating effect. This baseboard lighting solution is irreplaceable when it comes to a home theater. Aside of amassing visual effect of the lighted baseboard, if you would like to get more snacks during the move, sinking out to the kitchen is a safe task with baseboard lighting. This baseboard successfully used on raised floors and stair steps.

Baseboard molding with rope lighting. Easy way to incorporate accent lighting in the architecture of your home is to use it with the baseboard molding. Rope
lights come in a different lengths and variety of colors and can be easily installed behind baseboard molding. This configuration of molding and lighting is popular for commercial applications as well as for an entry ways and long hallways in contemporary homes.

A shoe molding is installed along the bottom front edge to hide unevenness in the flooring and gives the baseboard a finished look.

The area between the chair rail molding and the base molding is called dado. Base molding gives the floor line a higher profile and can be as elaborate or simple as you like.

Flexible molding. Curved lines, such as in an arched doorway, suggest freedom and brings feeling of openness to the home interior. Curved walls as well as any arced openings have to be treated with flexible molding trim. Flexible moldings made from special durable material that gives an ability to install moldings along curvatures. Usually flexible molding is more expensive than rigid ones. Flexible molding profiles are identical to the rigid version and are compatible. Some molding collections consist of flexible moldings as a stuck idem,with specified bending radius limitations. Stock flexible molding works well with wide arches, flexible chair rail molding, friezes, baseboards, and small crown molding By clicking on the following links you can preview some of the flexible molding collections available on our website

Ingenious L-Molding is a revolutionary problem solver. The name of this molding is originated from it's shape. L-shaped molding is an instant tray ceiling,lighting, and concealment solution. In one day you can create a beautiful tray ceiling with this molding. If your room lacks light,adding a recessed lighting is a snap with L-moldings. This molding with integrated spot lighting can be used around the ceiling. Lights can be placed for overall illuminations or in specific places to highlight an artwork or artifacts. Molding is made from high-density polyurethane, therefore cuts easily with common woodworking tools. Additional metal hardware for additional weight support should be requested if you plan install this molding with lights. Front surface of the molding reinforced with synthetic foil providing extra durable and smooth surface. L-molding designed with drilled holes and dowels on the sides for easy and precise installation creating a seamless joints. This type of molding available on our website in "molding for indirect lighting" category in variety of sizes.

Molding for indirect lighting is a beautiful decorative addition to residential and commercial interiors. Innovative architectural moldings designed to be fixed only on the wall surface allowing light to be installed behind them.

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