We're in the process of renovating at home, and we've come to the point where we need to install moldings, both for the ceiling, baseboards, and casings around the door opening. But we've encountered a problem; the door opening goes all the way to the ceiling, so there's not enough space for both casings and door moldings. How the heck do we make this look nice? Pictures of how it looks now how it looked before, maybe not very pretty, which is why we want to improve it
pictures of how the moldings we want to use look like
How would you make this look the nicest? We need ideas! Is it even possible? 😅
I would have installed the crown molding (swan neck) all the way and the door casings against the crown molding; you'll probably only have room for the crown molding in the header of the frame.
Yes, that's what we were thinking, but how do we make the joint between the ceiling molding and the trim look nice? I noticed it's not very visible in the picture I uploaded, but previously they just ended the trim straight against the ceiling molding, and it's not very attractive. Is there a better way to do it?
I would have placed the cornice (swan neck) all the way and the door architraves against the cornice, probably you'll only have space for the cornice in the upper part of the frame..
That's exactly what I just did in the laundry room with a concave moulding and architrave up against it. It was a window, but the same anyway 😊
That's exactly what I just did in the laundry room with the cornice molding and trim up against it. It was a window, but still the same 😊
Do you have a picture of how it turned out? As mentioned, it was done like that before, but the joint wasn't very nice. We're wondering if there's a better way to do it 🙂
Yes, that's what we were thinking but how do we make the joint between the crown molding and the casing look nice? I noticed it's not very visible in the picture I uploaded, but previously they've just ended the casings straight off against the crown molding and it's not very nice. Is there a better way to do it?
Maybe bevel the top edge of the casing so that it meets the crown molding at the same level?
