Interior Design Orlando: Trim and Moulding 101

Trends in creative trim and molding have really taken hold over the last few decades. It's the finishing touches put on any custom home with features like crown moulding in the master bedroom being almost a must have. Even so, creative moulding and trim work tends to be  somewhat of a mystery to most home and business owners.

How do they put that stuff on so it looks so nice and how do they decide where it goes? Those are the two biggest questions that are asked about this growing interior design Orlando trend, a trend in home decorating Orlando that involves materials that are really quite affordable.

That's right. The regal look that tastefully done trim and moulding-work brings to home costs surprisingly little money when it's time to buy the actual strips of moulding and trim. It's the labor that's involved that runs the price up, particularly if the crew doing the installation work has a reputation for quality.

DIY Wide Crown Moulding

So the first Orlando Interior Design rule for crown molding is 'the wider it is the more difficult it is to install'. It's the twisting of the longer pieces as they're being nailed on that become a problem. Wider pieces of crown molding bend and twist easier which cause a problem with connecting the end joints were pieces butt together.

So if you're planning on a do-it-yourself job don't get too excited about wide Crown molding if it's your first experience installing it. Go with a style that's a little thinner. Something like, say 5'' instead of 8'' to 10'' and you'll wind up with a much cleaner finish job without visible joints.

DIY Tall Base Boards

The look in baseboards that run around the lower end of the walls on the outer perimeter of room has become taller and taller over the years. In fact it's gotten to the point where you can commonly see baseboards in living rooms in custom homes as high as 12''. Then when you go looking for baseboards that high at your local lumber supply yard or hardware store you can't find them

The reason you can't find baseboards that tall is because they aren't done with standard baseboards stock. If you want 12'' inch tall baseboards you're going to have to start off with standard flat 1'' x 12'' stock. Attach it to the wall just as you would a standard baseboard and then use decorative edging along the top. Finish it off then joint with caulk so it appears as one solid piece.

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