I’m nonetheless a few week away from being prepared to leap again into our grasp toilet transform (you’ll be able to see the progress on that room right here, if you happen to’ve missed it), however I’m at all times enthusiastic about subsequent steps and particulars that I wish to incorporate into that room. And I simply have yet one more unfinished venture that’s standing in the way in which of me putting in the crown molding. Once I do set up it, I feel I’m going so as to add some trim to it to raise the look of the crown molding only a bit. I would like that room to look particular and opulent, so taking the crown molding up only a notch will assist in direction of that purpose. So in enthusiastic about it, I’ve used the 3 ways I’ve already elevated the look of crown molding in my house as a leaping off level for concepts. I could use a kind of concepts once more, or I could tweak a kind of concepts for one thing slightly completely different. However right here’s what I’ve carried out thus far…
1. Add 1″ x 6″ boards round perimeter of ceiling earlier than putting in crown molding.
That is the thought I utilized in our front room, and I nonetheless love how this appears. It’s simply a kind of small particulars that actually provides a particular contact.
This actually isn’t a tough course of, and it’s particularly fast and simple in case you have two folks engaged on this collectively (which I didn’t have, so it was slightly harder, however a really doable one-person job). Earlier than putting in the crown molding, merely nail 1″ x 6″ lumber across the perimeter of the ceiling. You possibly can even transfer it out an inch or so to make it wider. Simply bear in mind how far out from the wall the crown molding will lengthen. As soon as these boards are nailed in, set up the crown molding in the usual manner.
I particularly love how this appears round my hearth, the place I switched from white to darkish teal on the crown molding to match the hearth, however stored the additional element of the 1″ x 6″ board white for continuity across the room.
2. Use MDF and base cap for a wider and extra detailed perimeter.
That is what I did for the music room, and when friends enter my house, this is among the options that appears to catch folks’s eye probably the most.
To create this look, I used MDF reduce into 12-inch-wide items (this was cheaper than shopping for 1″ x 12″ boards) and connected them in the identical manner that I did the boards on the lounge ceiling across the perimeter of the ceiling. Then I put in the crown molding in the identical manner. However as an added element in right here, I additionally included base cap molding on the within fringe of the 12-inch-wide MDF piece. After all, my music room ceiling additionally has the added element of the 1/4″ plywood strips connected to the whole ceiling. If you wish to do one thing like that in your ceiling, these plywood strips have to be carried out first. However these are fully optionally available. Even if you happen to go away these off, it might nonetheless be very fairly to simply use the 12-inch-wide MDF, the crown molding, and the bottom cap molding. This concept (sans the plywood strips on the ceiling) is definitely the path I’m contemplating for our grasp toilet proper now, however we’ll see.
3. Add 1″ x 4″ boards earlier than putting in crown molding.
That is what I utilized in our hallway toilet, which is just about the identical concept that I utilized in the lounge.
However since it is a small toilet (about 7.5 toes sq.), I needed a barely smaller look, so I used a smaller 1″ x 4″ board to line the perimeter of the ceiling earlier than attaching the crown molding. And as you’ll be able to see, I additionally used an analogous 1/4″ plywood strip design that I used within the music room, besides that I stained these a darkish brown earlier than attaching them to the ceiling. And once more, as a result of I didn’t need an excessive amount of occurring on this small toilet, I left off the bottom cap molding that I had used on the music room ceiling.
There are such a lot of different methods to raise the look of crown molding, and I’m positive I’ll use a variation of those three concepts in our grasp toilet. And also you don’t want tall ceilings to do that, both. I’ve 8-foot ceilings in each room of my home besides my studio, and I really like so as to add these particulars even on my low ceilings. I’ve by no means felt like these particulars make my ceilings really feel decrease, not even my darkish wooden toilet ceiling. And these are nice methods to decorate up a proper room (like a eating room) or a particular room (like your grasp toilet or bed room) just a bit greater than the remainder of the rooms to present it that really feel of being slightly additional particular.
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