I just put in crown moulding, now just waiting for it to be caulked and painted. I love it, and room seems finished to me. The house was built with nice base moulding.

It’s a 60’s ranch with 8’ ceilings. The moulding Is about 3”.

Tried to edit, it wouldn’t let me.

I think crown moulding would look nice in to space. We put in the entire house, including bedrooms and baths.

Don’t be surprised to find the crown accentuates how uneven your walls and ceiling are where they meet! But fear not, once caulked and painted, it will all blend in and you won’t see unevenness.

If your house is traditional in style, crown molding is a beautiful touch. If the house is more modern, it doesn't need the molding. The type of windows you have are not intended for molding.

Ok that goes with my instincts. The builder did choose some traditional elements in the faucet choices, and trim on the kitchen cabinets, and even the type of baseboard and door trim. Overall it’s not traditional though. And we certainly haven‘t decorated that way. I’d say it has become rustic, modern, industrial, coastal with very minimal traditional. 😂🤪

Then forget the extra trim, the reason builders use a more traditional style for faucets and baseboards is they are generally cheaper . The good thing is they are also easy to change down the road. In your space I would do the baseboards the same color as the walls and also all the other trim.

Oh, interesting. They didn’t go as cheap as I’ve seen in houses around here- they used Moen faucets. I’m thinking they go traditional in style to attract the most buyers, too. Thank you for these explanations- I learned a lot. I never thought to paint the trim and baseboard to match the paint. That might look slick. Thank you!

I might at most add a painted window stool because they're easier to keep clean than drywall or plaster.

Trimless windows do take a higher skill level of drywall (or plaster) than ones covered with trim. Enjoy them! The room looks complete as is. No need for more.

(Keep the carpenter's card if he does good work. You can always have him come back.)

Ooh, yeah, I like window stools. Our couch that is up against the windows is still used as a trampoline by our daughter, so I worry adding that will create more dangerous edges and corners than exist already. But eventually I probably will do that in a dark and/or rustic wood.

I love this forum. Thanks so much!

Another question- frame builder mirrors or just replace?