Live with it.

Fix them all to match the higher door. Forget about the crown moulding?

Yes, it will always look patched in the hands of a builder who would make that mistake in the first place. Live with it. Contemporary volumed houses do not need crown. It's not appropriate to their heritage. Only a traditional closed concept home truly gets away with tall elaborate crown.

They could be fixed, but it would involve more than a patch above the lowered opening.

If you raised the lower doors, it won't look like a patch. They will have to cut the drywall and reframe the new tops and sides. One way or another, they all need to be the same height. How many doors are too low? Could you add transoms to those?

If it's really a problem I would say lower the openings. If the builder can't repair it so that it doesn't look patched he's not that good.

HI -- Just fill in the space between with a molding panel and make it look like the door casing trim is supposed to join with the crown molding . Like a feature that was done in colonial house in the past .

No room for a transom.

>>> ppf...what else is entailed?

The blue lines are studs. Red is the outline of the drywall I would remove and then replace. This would be 54" wide. It's important to be between 2 studs as shown so the joint can be recessed a bit. When taped and mudded it will be flat. I'd use Buttboards or a similar product to create the recess.

Finish the drywall to match and prime. I'd paint the patched area, then a coat over the entire wall.

When done correctly, you won't be able to tell.

The glass size in any transom would be much too small by the time it was framed to reflect the other door trim. It would be disproportionate, and look pretty bad. Transom have to work mathematically, proportionately.

No transoms. Either rip the whole thing out as illustrated, at your cost, or live with it.

Just wondering......when your furniture is in and art is on the walls, will you even notice it? It might help us if you step back and take a pic of the whole wall to give a better perspective. I'm also curious, if it was an error on the part of the architect, does he have any thoughts on what might be done to improve it?

Transoms. Will you add a transom over every door, which you should, or just the few that need a shorter door? The picture posted by the OP shows a tall door leading into a hall with a shorter door. I think they should all match.

Another issue is window head height. Notice the window in the hall. The head height does not seem to match either door. They should also be trimmed to match the doors.

Perhaps add a transom window? Not sure how it would look with the heights you have going and it might not go with the style, but I throw it out there.

I don't get why she can't raise the lower doors? That's why I keep asking how many are low and how many are high. Why can't they all be high? In order to not look odd, they all have to be the same. The only problem with the higher doors is that the crown moulding (the trim by the ceiling) won't work. I think that kind of crown moulding is lame anyway, so to me its an easy trade off.

Because all the trim and drywall will have to be ripped out to reframe the opening with a taller header.

I've got 5 cased openings (foyer to living, living to kitchen, and 3 leading to hallways). All of my doors have been ordered and are set to be installed on tuesday. The doors are standard height. Thanks for the suggestions so far. I'm going to discuss some of these options with the builder tomorrow.

Please keep us updated. It's nice to have a bit of closure to these dilemmas.

Can you post a picture of the new opening and the stairway closet door please? Maybe we can come up with a way to just deal with the one you don't like.

@clopin0 what did you decide? Can you share a picture please?

I stupidly now find myself in the same position after listening to my contractor say a 8' door in a 9' room would look great. OMG THE MOLDINGS!!!! Good grief!!!!!