Molding

I absolutely love molding! There – I admitted it. It can transform a room from plain and dated to something far-more grand. And done properly you can make your own look. Coming from England I lived in a number of Victorian houses that had the traditional large base boards like the picture below (we call them skirting boards in England). When I moved to the USA I started to look for something similar but there aren’t a great deal of resources and those that I could find were very expensive as they are custom I guess.

I started researching and found a wealth of great resources showing how to develop your own custom Baseboard, ceiling molding and picture frame molding. I particularly like some of the ideas on Kens site ‘the joy of molding’ (http://www.thejoyofmoldings.com/how-do-i-make-make-this-large-baseboard/)

Depending on the varying trims you opt for you can have a different look in every room of the house.  I love the double layer of ceiling molding in this picture and the way the picture molding frames the lamps at each side of the bed to give the room balance. I really like the way that they have carried the ceiling molding across the drapes – it’s simply exquisite!