Ceiling trim help, I'm totally lost.

15 years ago

I'm purchasing a new house and it has crown molding that seems to go up onto the ceiling. I was trying to google pictures of this so that I could get ideas on painting it, but I'm not sure what it's called. Does anyone know what you would call this or how you would paint it? I mean if you were painting the crown molding would you keep the color going onto the ceiling or separate it? See, I'm lost as to how to paint with this and it's throughout the bottom floor of my house. So if it has a name I can google or if anyone has pictures to share I would appreciate it.

I have crown molding in my current home that I am selling, but it doesn't extend onto the ceiling. So this kind of molding is new to me.

Sorry if the picture doesn't post. I'm kind of new at this.

Thanks!

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palimpsest
15 years ago
It would be painted trim color all the way out to the moulding on the ceiling (or I have seen between the front edge of the crown and the inside edge of the panel moulding on the ceiling painted a paler version of the wall color as an accent, but I would keep it simple and let the detail speak for itself.

They did this treatment to make it look like a built up cornice. My building has this, but in plaster.
htnspz
15 years ago
Wow, I think it's cool! I'd paint all of the moulding white.
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jessicaml
15 years ago
I agree with palimpsest & htnspz. Paint it white all the way to the edge of the final trim piece.

I did a google image search and came up with some fun pics, some white, others striped:
trancegemini_wa
15 years ago
hi, I have it throughout my house but Im not in the US, ours is done in plaster and here we call it cornice so you could try searching on that. It's usually painted the same colour as the ceiling and the wall colour is cut in beneath it.