The chair rail. What ever happen to it? Once upon a time, it was seemingly everywhere. Today, it languishes on the bottom of interior design’s parts bin, right next to crown moulding. Perhaps we should give it another look. YOUR BASIC CHAIR RAIL In its simplest form, as a horizontal band running around the room, the...
Using contemporary interior trim and reveals to design modern traditional interiors was the topic of my last post. While I explored the notion at a global level, but my curiosity was not fully satisfied. In this post, I investigate the concept up close and personal, asking the questions, “What works for me? What doesn’t work...
Kitchen trim was on the mind of kitchen designer, Scott Koehler, when he contacted me several weeks ago. He was designing a kitchen with 10’ high ceilings and wanted to make sure the crown moulding’s proportions were right. Drawing on my understanding of the Classical Orders and Proportion, could I help him make sure this...
Today, I will be sharing my top interior trim tips. This post was inspired by a conversation with a fellow designer who had questions about the proper proportion and scale for the crown moulding in a kitchen he is designing. While I have written previously about this topic, this conversation got me thinking specifically about...
The thought of doing an E-Design interior trim package was not in our wheel house in January. Today, it seems we’re doing all our design work remotely. (Along with everyone else.) It’s seeds were sewn rather innocently last Fall – because of traffic. With projects on Cape Cod and Cape Anne, the thought of spending...
Periodically, we are asked to help a client upgrade the interior trim in their home. For instance, they might be a family with a newly purchased home. The clients love the location, but the interior of the home lacks character. It has no Gravitas. No Bones. What can be done? Another example is the family...
If a house could talk, what would it say? Quite a bit, if you make time to open your eyes and ears and listen. Thanks to the generosity of the Peabody Essex Museum, I recently had the opportunity to visit the Cotting-Smith House, located in Salem’s McIntyre Historic District, and field measure architectural details and photo document...
Creating classical crown moulding profiles is going to be made easy for you in this post. I will be sharing my knowledge and sources, giving you the confidence the mouldings you create in your home will look beautiful. Let’s see what’s behind Door Number 1. The premise behind classical Crown moulding profiles. As I mentioned...
Beautiful crown molding is a wonderful way to enhance the style and feel of your home. DIY’ers and readers who are currently in the design process take note! In this post, I am going to share with you, crown moulding details and specifications (and variations) of several of the crowns we designed for a French...
Creating simple classical moulding profiles should be easy. Right? That’s what I thought when I began this “little project” back in June. Little did I know… As I worked on the previous two classical moulding posts, I learned I had two misconceptions. My Misconceptions… Understanding/translating and interpreting the Classical Orders is like stepping into Rocky...