Baseboard/Base Moulding – Baseboard covers the space between floors and walls. It comes in many different materials including plastics, medium density fiberboard (mdf), pine and hardwood. It is also produced in many different profiles, some of which have been around for years. Baseboard is different than Base Moulding in that baseboard is only one board and Base Mouding is made up of frieze boards, nailing strips, caps and shoe. Because of the many parts, Base Moulding is costlier than Baseboard, both to buy and to insall. But there is no comparison to the visual impact Base Mouldings have over Baseboard. Shoe or Quarter Round Trim can also be used in conjunction with baseboard or base moulding to hide gaps between the base and the floor surface.
Chair/Picture/Plate Rails – Most people know what a chair rail is and that is it not only decorative but also protective. Chair rails are single or multiple pieces that are installed on a wall at a height of between 30-32″ above the floor. They are normally seen in dining rooms and serve to protect the walls from damage due to banging a chair against it. Picture rails were installed below the ceiling and are single pieces of trim that served the purpose of holding the nails that pictures hung from along the perimeter of the wall. Used in parlors, sitting rooms or other gathering rooms. Plate rails, like picture rails, were installed on the wall below the ceiling to display collector plates of an individuals choice china. Plate rails can also be the cap of wainscotting in kitchens with high ceilings. All of these rails can be made in paint grade poplar or stain grade hardwoods.
Crown Moulding/Cornice – Crown Moulding and Cornice Trim cover the space between ceilings and walls. Crown moulding is generally a single board that have two beveled edges and sits, at an angle, to the ceiling and wall. Those bevels are cut at 45, 32 and 58 degree angles. Installing Crown is not something a DIY homeowner will generally undertake. Crown not only has a miter cut but also a bevel cut. Those angles change depending on the angles of the walls to each other (square) and the angles of the ceiling to the walls (plumb). It is a rare thing to find those two angles exactly 90 degrees as such bevel and miter cuts can be different with each wall. We have a wide variety of Crown profiles in both paint grade poplar and stain grade hardwoods. Cornice is simply a Crown that is made up of many different pieces and thus is costlier for materials and installation.
Coffered/Beamed Ceilings – Coffered or Beamed Ceiling trim looks the best on ceiling over 9′ in height, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do it on ceilings under 8′. The difference is in the depth of the beams or coffers. We can design the right ceiling treatment for your space based on height and square footage. Coffered ceilings are an arrangement of square blocks that appear recessed into the ceiling. In reality they are attached to the existing ceiling giving the impression of depth. That is why they work so well on high ceilings. Only the depth of the recess is less on shorter ceilings but the overall look is similar.
Beams for ceilings can be made in different styles to accentuate the decor of the room and can be made for most any ceiling height and in many different configurations to suit the client.
Both coffered and beamed ceiling pieces can be made in paint grade poplar or stain grade hardwood.