Today, a home is so much more than a place to sleep. Due to the Coronavirus, homes are now being used for offices, schools, and gyms. Are you happy with the overall look and tone of your house, especially now that you are spending a lot of time at home? Paint, furniture, and decorum can help boost your home’s style, but so can crown molding. By adding trim along your ceilings, floors, and doorways, you can add depth and uniqueness to any room. Consider ceiling crown moldings or cove molding to elevate your home. Or, if you have a modern home and want to forego molding for a sleek, flat look, there are other architectural elements you can add to draw the eye up. Read below for a complete guide to the different types of moldings and their benefits.
Crown Molding Styles
You can add trim to just about any area of a room, from ceiling to floor, and areas in between. Some molding styles will work in any location, while others are designed to fit a specific space. Here are the most popular types of moldings:
 Crown molding – As the name implies, crown molding crowns a room when placed at the seam between the ceiling and the wall. Styles can range from simple framing to ornate and highly elaborate designs. For elaborate designs, it’s best to consult and work with a professional to ensure that the wood is cut and installed correctly.
 Casing – This type of trim is used to conceal gaps between the wall and the door or window frame. Casing around doorways also adds stabilization to the opening, so this type of molding provides major benefits to your home. It’s important to remember that casing and baseboard framing should match to give the rooms in your home a cohesive look.
 Baseboards – Baseboards, along with casing, are the most common types of molding. Base frames fill the gap between the wall and floor and protect your walls from shoe scuffs, while also hiding any separation between the walls and floor that may occur over time. For aesthetic purposes, you can choose narrow or wide baseboards, depending on the desired “look” for a particular room.
 Chair rail – Serving as both protection and decorative trim, chair rails are built about halfway up a wall to protect the wall from scratches made by furniture. A variety of options exist for adding chair rails to rooms in your home. You can paint the walls above or below the chair panels different colors, panel half the wall with wood, or cover some of the wall with wallpaper. The major benefit of chair rail molding is that you can repair just part of your wall if damaged by the furniture.
 Medallions – Typically used to conceal the opening through which lighting fixtures hang, medallions are ornate decorative moldings that are installed in ceilings. Ceiling medallions tend to be easy to install and come in an array of designs and styles to meet your decorative needs.
Crown moldings are one of the architectural features that can really and do add value to your home, no matter what type of home you live in. Optimize your living space into a sanctuary by adding different architectural elements.
