I don't know the name either, but I've had it in a 30s era small country house in east Texas as well as my 20s Tudor revival house in urban Michigan. It's a great style, and one that homeowners can replicate easily (in both my homes, the trim was standard sized--didn't even need to rip boards). In my current home, the "fancy" rooms (dining, foyer) have the same framing with a more detailed molding for a slightly fussier variation of the same thing.

It will look nice to do your kitchen to match--I'm sure your carpenter won't need a name. Bring your diagram when you talk to her. She'll know what you're talking about!

I don't know what it's is called but my house has this style. My living room and dining room were done in oak and the rest of the house in fir. I re-created the woodwork in oak for our bathroom and also duplicated the old medicine cabinet which had the same style. It wasn't difficult and I'm sure you'll have no problem finding a carpenter/cabinet maker who can duplicate it for you.

I agree with the others. It can be found in many places. Does the outer piece of trim stick out further than the flat piece -- sort of like a picture frame? That's exactly what I had in a 1929 Tudor revival and a 1926 storybook home in Birmingham, Alabama.

Yes, it does. It's really, for all its simplicity of style, a pretty impressive piece of work. The "frame" pieces are wide. They are more of an architectural statement than simple pieces of molding are. And they're everywhere in our house, every last dad-gummed window and door. I like the way it looks. Simple, yet substantial and well-proportioned.

I think it'll look good on kitchen cabinets, too.

Well, for kitchen cabinets, that's pretty close to a shaker style cabinet. But I don't know the name of the type of window framing, either.

I've seen that way of doing windows over and over in houses old old and not so old. I don't think it has a name. I believe that little furrow under your nose doesn't have a name either.
It's just an easy way to do windows and it looks good.
As DH always says when he rigs up something around the house, "Works good, lasts a long time, doesn't rust".

It's called a "philtrum." The groove under your nose, that is. Not the window frame.

Yeah, it's common, there's no question about that.

We call it "Traditional Farmhouse Trim" here. It's the only thing most people understand as soon as you say it. The very bottom board is the "Apron" and the one above it is called the "Seat" board. These terms are still used today. Funny I should see this post when I spent all day making this style of trim for some new windows we are putting in an addition. The customer wants it to match the existing windows in the old part of the cabin. That's the only style I've ever heard. I'm sure there's something else out there to call it. Hope this helps.

"Hey, Mac, ya got some mustard on your philtrum."
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