I would like to run crown throughout our home. I have one condition that poses a problem, and I thought I’d run it past the peolple here to see what solutions you could recommend.
As you can see in the pictures (I hope, this is my first time posting pictures on this forum) the condition is a cathedral ceiling in the living room cooming down into the hallway and foyer. Where the three come together a funky corner is formed.
I thought about putting some type of decorative header over the foyer and hallway openings to make a place to catch the crown coming down from the cathedral ceiling. Any ideas on how to do this or any better solutions?
Thanks
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put plinth bloks in the left and right corners... crown to them...
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In the first situation, some type of plinth as IMERC suggested is the only solution I know. In the second situation, a wedge piece of crown can be used to change the pitch. I've never done it indoors, but I've used a wedge to go from horizontal returns to up the rake on exterior cornice.
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that's whatr I said....
only I called it a plinth...
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Yea but I get the commision for linking the site.Who Dares Wins.
after deductions...
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WOW!!! What a Ride!
A plinth is a base piece. Capitals and pendants are up above.
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I knew that , just testing... ROAR!!!
(same problem as you ... CRS....)
sat her for 10 min and for the life couldn't remember what they were called...
plinth is the ony thing I came up with and I knew better and where they went..
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WOW!!! What a Ride!
Rosettes........
after my bull-nosed gable, I'm not getting into any more terminology debates - for a week anyways
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FINE HOME BUILDING HAD AN ARTICLE OR HOW TO A WHILE BACK ON A SIMILAR PROBLEM IF I FIND IT I"LL ANSWER PAGE, ISSUE
I found the article FINE HOMEBUILDING #162 MAY 2004 Pages 140-142.
I think this is the exact problem that you describe.
Paleo,
How about on all your horizontal crown you run a cap piece on the ceiling that has a route that faces down and is wide enough to drop your crown on to that is coming down from your cathedral ceiling. This will also help you on that spot to the right of the front door (in your pic.). We did a house last winter that had much the same thing that you are faced with and this is how we delt with the problem. It looks real nice also. Hope this helps .Rick.
ADR to my esteemed buddies... they may call me names over this but much like that girl in dodgeball I threw up in my mouth...just a little bit when I looked at that dangling thing at the transition point of a cathedral ceiling. I'm going to be as gentle as I can when I say I dislike it very much. Looks terrible...
Terminate before the transition... on the 90 part of the cathedral.
On the 135degree wall....do something different and creative...but don't go overboard. If you are going to install crown... maybe nest some lighting in there or extend it up to the angle in a clean way. Caulk and paint the wall colour. Keep it at the same height and angle as the other parts of the ceiling.
One of the editors told me when I complained about a couple of trim articles told me that there just isn't anyone working with the magazine that remembers the way it used to be done. I have a 25 year old article in which I learned to hang doors that was nothing short of brilliant.
Congrats to Katz... he's a damn decent trim guy...looks like good info on the coping. I learned to cope digging into old homes...started with a coping saw...then graduated to a jigsaw.
In some twisted way I kind of miss doing trim... (looking at thumb and middle finger which were mangled by tablesaws due to too many 18 hour days in a row... but not that much).
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