Mouldings

If you are in the mood to create illusions of height or length in a room, adorn a piece of furniture or camouflage an assembly joint, think mouldings. Once you have chosen the type of moulding you need in the style and material that suit your needs you need only "mix and match" them cleverly to improve your decor!

There are many styles of mouldings and baseboards on the market. You're sure to find one that will suit your very personal style. For example, you can break the monotony of a never-ending hallway wall by installing mouldings in the shape of rectangular panels. Or, a simple moulding, about halfway up a bedroom wall (chair rail).
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Planning
Two main categories of mouldings
Architectural mouldings
Chair rail
Baseboard
Casing
Astragal
Coves: finishing mouldings
Quarter-round: finishing mouldings
Applied mouldings: finishing mouldings
Other mouldings
Speciality mouldings
Ornamental mouldings
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Planning

The installation of decorative mouldings is simple. But like any other job, it requires precision. First, choose the walls you want to decorate. This will help you determine the amount of moulding required. Mouldings are sold in lengths of 3 to 16 feet. It's always preferable to buy them in short lengths. Wastage for an entire house should not exceed 8 feet. Do not hesitate to ask your merchant for advice as to the type of mouldings and tools that best suit your needs and your budget.

Installation tools and materials: measuring tape, mitre box saw, finishing nails, nail punch, hammer, fine sandpaper and wood glue.

Two main categories of mouldings

Mouldings can add class to walls and furniture or camouflage their faults. The most impressive are architectural mouldings used along walls, ceilings, floors or around doors. Finishing mouldings are most often used to adorn furniture or draw attention to decorative elements on walls.

Architectural mouldings

Ceiling mouldings are impressive on high walls. They soften the joint between wall and ceiling and camouflage unsightly imperfections.

Chair rail

The chair rail is generally installed along a wall, half-way between the floor and ceiling. Chair rails are used to protect walls, separate wallpaper from another finish, separate different colours or finishes on the same wall.

Baseboard

Protect walls from blows and damage by feet or other sources. They also add a finishing touch to floor coverings.

Casing

Casings, installed around doors or windows can be painted in contrasting colours to break up long walls and hallways.

Astragal

Astragals are used with double doors, the Astragal is fastened to one door and the other door closes against it.

Coves: finishing mouldings

Coves are small concave corner mouldings designed to camouflage joint imperfections.

Quarter-round: finishing mouldings

The quarter-rounds, generally used with coves, are small rounded corner mouldings.

Applied mouldings: finishing mouldings

Applied mouldings can be combined with others to create new and varied types of mouldings.

Other mouldings

Among ornamental mouldings, panel moulds are used to cover joints in raised in cabinet making.
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