How to Transform Your Living Space with Crown Molding

Crown molding is a really effective way of transforming your living room. It can be used to create the impression of a larger living area, or can help accentuate a feature in your room, such as a fireplace. With so many designs and sizes to choose one, there’s a style for quite literally every project you want to complete.

Inspirational Ideas for Using Crown Molding

Wainscoting combinations. Combine crown molding with wainscoting on the walls to create a striking, formal effect. This not only looks good, but can keep the heat and sound in, making your room feel more homely. Select moldings with different patterns to make it more of a feature.
Innovative lighting. Add brightness to the room by including lights along the molding. Different colored bulbs can make the room appear more vibrant or give it a more relaxing ambiance.
Create height. Placing molding a few inches down the wall can create an impression of a taller room. Combining with the lighter colored emulsion paint above it can also make the room appear larger and brighter.
Add refinement. For a classic look, place crown molding around the ceiling and add a ceiling medallion.
Highlight doors and windows. Turn your doors or windows into features in their own right by adding molding around the frames. You can paint this to help them blend in with your color scheme, or to stand out and create impact.

Whatever Style You Want to Create

Crown moldings come in many different designs and thicknesses. Choose from plain, a classical look or even a more modern design to create whatever style you want. Alternatively, mix and match to create your own unique theme.

Here’s a useful tip – if you want to paint your molding, wait until you have fitted it. If you paint it first you’ll find yourself going up and down your ladder to paint over seams and nail holes!

At Gloger Construction we have lots of great ideas and inspiration to help you create the look you want, and we provide professional service and fitting too. Call us at 813-253-0000 today to find out more.