Decorative Architectural Moulding

When you enter a home or business that has been creatively trimmed with tasteful architectural moulding, you immediately feel you have entered into a world of timeless elegance and grace. Architectural moulding has been the distinguishing highlight of finer homes throughout America's history. However, in recent years, wide variations in new home styles have made architectural moulding less common. But for those who still long for the stately beauty and grace of traditional homes from America's past, few can deny that adding the right combination of architectural moulding to an otherwise plain room can easily add stature and style, transforming the room into a place seemingly built for royalty. There's nothing that can transform a plain drab room, or an entire home, from "ho-hum" to "WOW!" like architectural moulding. Finishing your home with a high quality trim moulding is an investment that you will enjoy day in and day out for as long as you live in the home. It may be enjoyed for generations, so it is well worth taking the time to make sure you choose a product that you will love living with for a long, long time.

Architectural moulding is available in many different styles and many different materials, from metal to Styrofoam. Often made of wood or plaster, interior moulding defines a space, hides unsightly wall seams, and adds visual interest to otherwise plain walls. You can install moulding along walls, on the ceiling, around the floor, around fireplaces, around windows and doors and in all those special places that you can create in your imagination.

While there are many types of moulding, the most common types found in homes today include:

  * Crown Moulding - Also known as a cornice, this type of moulding can have the effect of making a ceiling appear higher, as it is routinely installed where the wall meets the ceiling, but as mentioned above, is becoming less common in modern homes.

  * Dentil Moulding - A horizontal series of square blocks installed beneath crown molding. Most often seen in formal, traditional houses, dentil is used to add additional detail and interest while hiding shadows under the crown moulding.

  * Base Moulding (Baseboard) - Used along the base of a wall where the wall meets the floor to conceal gaps and provide a finished appearance along the bottom edge of the sheetrock, paneling, or other wall structure. Baseboards are usually 4 to 6 or more inches tall. Sometimes used in conjunction with shoe moulding.


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