Crown molding size recommendations for 10' ceilings?

That’s very nice of you Eddie. That’s bigger molding than what I thought would have been there originally.

Dorkofwindsor, thank you so much for the link!

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Guest User | 4 years and 3 months ago

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I’d like to add crown molding in the parlor room with 10′ ceilings in a townhouse built around 1900. All the original crown moldings had been removed before we bought the house. What face size would you recommend keeping in mind that I’m hoping for something historically appropriate? Thanks in advance!

RobertGMarvin

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FWIW my 1899 house doesn’t have crown molding on the parlor floor. It has coved ceilings in the hallway and front and back parlors, outlined with fairly narrow plaster moldings. Perhaps that might be more historically accurate for a house of this age. Of course it also would be far more more difficult to install, so, IMO, if you like crown moldings go for it. While our ceiling cove is original I’m sure the paint co;ors aren’t especially historically accurate and I don’t care. [Ceiling cove and molding](//muut.com/u/brownstoner/s1/:brownstoner:UDtg:ceilingcoveandmolding.jpg.jpg)

Guest User | 4 years and 3 months ago

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Thank you for the reply. I haven’t really settled on the style yet – I’m just kind of stuck on the size. I’ve actually ordered several samples and either they look too big or too small! I love cove molding and got a sample of that too but had decided that one was too big. Whatever I pick is I m probably going to attempt install first in the entry vestibule (I’ll try that myself) and hire someone for the parlor.

Guest User | 4 years and 3 months ago

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Bob Marvin, do you mind my asking the face measurement of your cove molding (if you know it) and ceiling height where it’s installed?

RobertGMarvin

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The ceiling is about 11’ high. I’m sorry but I can’t bring up a ladder now to measure

Guest User | 4 years and 3 months ago

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Thanks, but no need to drag the ladder out 🙂

Guest User | 4 years and 3 months ago

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I don’t have the exact measurements in front of me, but we just installed some relatively historically accurate plaster moldings (from DecoCraft in north Clinton Hill). The designer/contractor picked out a few options from their catalogue, and my neighbor– whose home still has the original moldings– was kind enough to let me in to see them. I’d definitely recommend checking the homes of any neighbors with neighboring homes if they were built around the same time, since the same builder was probably responsible for them. And honestly, it wouldn’t be that much more expensive to have DecoCraft or a similar place cut a mold copying those existing moldings and then replicating them for you.

One thing I’ll point out, which may not be immediately obvious, but when you’ve got moldings on ceilings that high, the moldings themselves will actually be pretty tall when you see them up close. Just… you’re rarely going to ever be seeing them up that close! So don’t get too worried about them feeling overwhelming in the space.

Guest User | 4 years and 3 months ago

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I’ll check out DecoCraft, thanks victorvictorian. I’d love to see the original crown moldings but the houses on either side don’t have them-the one that probably does seems mostly occupied by raccoons right now (this house is one of 4). We’ve got some original window and baseboards and they are large so maybe I should reconsider some that I’d ruled out because they seemed too big.

RobertGMarvin

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I realized that I could get to the hallway cove from my stairway landing. It’s 10”, including the cove and the narrow molding on the top and bottom.

Guest User | 4 years and 3 months ago

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That’s very helpful, thank you Bob Marvin.

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I agree your best bet is to see what others in the row have if at all possible and copy them. New off the shelf molding is likely to look unconvincing.

dorkofwindsor | 4 years and 3 months ago

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I have 7″ I think on a 9′ ceiling and wouldn’t go any smaller. I like Bob’s 10″ size for a 10′ ceiling.

Guest User | 4 years and 3 months ago

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Thank you both. Cate, it probably will be off the shelf new because price is a consideration. I didn’t mean to say that the molding has to be a perfect match to what was there originally, although if I’m able to find out, all the better.

RobertGMarvin

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The only place we have regular crown molding is our top floor hallway. The ceiling height and dimensions are about what “dork” mentioned.
RE: off the shelf molding, O think it will work fine as long as the joints are caulked or otherwise concealed. Keep in mind that turn of the 19th/20th Century plaster molding is fairly simple. More elaborate versions belong in earlier houses.

stevecym | 4 years and 3 months ago

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GLUE the scarf joits and caulk the corners.

stevecym | 4 years and 3 months ago

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For poplar molding, go to adriatic wood products on pitkin in eny. You can look at dykes catalogue and give them a dykes number. We cannot go in the facility due to covid.

Guest User | 4 years and 3 months ago

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Thanks stevecym, I’ll look at Dykes. Bob – yes I’m looking for something simple too. I’ve actually installed lots of molding over the years (because the house had some of the cheapest and smallest Home Depot moldings when we bought it). It’s been a big improvement overall and very much changed the look of the house.

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Plaster mouldings are a whole thing, which I could say a lot about. On a 10 foot ceiling I probably wouldn’t make the so tall, but rather extend them onto the ceiling. Look at some real estate photos of similar style houses. Is your house a late victorian style, or a more edwardian? Big difference in the style around that time. Take a look at some of the writings of brent hull, who had a lot of comments about the use of classical proportions in 19th century architecture. There are certain rules but they are not exactly hard and fast.

Getting a custom gypsum moulding isn’t that expensive compare to an “off the shelf” moulding unless the off the shelf i going to be a polyurethane product. The gypsum is made to order anyway, so decocraft won’t charge you too much more to make a custom pattern. At least they shouldn’t if you sound like you know what you’re talking about. However, decocraft is not the most cost effective place to buy gypsum mouldings.

Now if you’re handy and interested, you can actually make the mouldings on site yourself. It’s not that hard, and plaster is cheap. The risk of breakage during transport is eliminated, and any pieces that break can be refabricated. However you do need time for the plaster to cure, so setting up a couple units at a time may be necessary if you’re doing a lot of moulding.

Another challenge is installing the mouldings. You’ll probably find that the walls are not perfectly plumb and square, or even flat. And this makes mitering the mouldings and attaching them a little tricky, but you say you’ve installed a lot of trim so you probably know what you’re doing.

Finally, I wouldn’t use a wooden moulding unless you really want that look. Plaster is a much better material for ceiling mouldings as they are much more stable and won’t move and show gaps and joints like a wood moulding will.

Good luck with your project.

Urbandad

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That’s a lot of information, thank you Urbandad. What did you mean about extending them onto the ceiling? I’m pretty sure the house is Victorian rather than Edwardian. I’m not an expert installer but think baseboards and window moldings are much easier than crown molding. I’ll look up Brent Hull, thank you for the reference.