Classic Molding Dining Room

Decorative molding, whether it be crown, baseboard, chair rails or door and window casings, add style and elegance to any room or home they are used in. They are visually appealing architectural details that can improve the saleability of your home.

Moldings can be used to decorate in any style that you wish. Perhaps you are looking for a more ornate or elaborate look, such as during the Victorian era. You can find more lavish and detailed molding to fit that style.

You can also find sleeker, cleaner lines for a more contemporary and modern style home. Whatever the mood or look you desire for your home, you can find a molding type to express your style.

Here a few examples of classic molding types:

Cavetto is a concave, semi-circular molding where the top edge juts out over the bottom. It is used for crown molding when transitioning from the ceiling planes to the wall. The word cavetto comes from the Latin cavare meaning "to hollow". It is quarter-round molding sometimes employed in place of the cymatium (see below) of a cornice. It forms the crowning feature of the Egyptian temples and took place of cymatium in many of the Greek Etruscan temples.