Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man hangs crown molding along a popcorn ceiling - Jodijacobson/Getty Images If you purchase a home, some of the design choices ...

Adding crown molding to your kitchen cabinets can elevate the look of the entire room. It can also be a kitchen upgrade that sets the stage for other improvements like beautiful over-cabinet lighting, ...

Sometimes a space is simply missing a little something. Try crown molding. Historically used to cover unsightly gaps where the wall and ceiling intersect, crown molding is, today, one of the most ...

While a fresh coat of paint can easily transform a living space, another easy and fairly affordable designer element that will instantly elevate the look of a room is crown molding. Often, newer homes ...

You've likely seen those old Victorian and Regency homes with ornate cornices — they exude a sense of grandeur that many of us wish we could capture in our own spaces. One way to do so is to ...

Step into any older home, and chances are that your eyes are going to be drawn to the beautiful molding. Once a must-have in home design, molding has fallen by the wayside in newer construction in the ...

Sliding chopsaw. Photo by Steve Maxwell. Of all the ways trim can make the inside of your home look better, crown molding delivers the most bang for the buck. It had fallen out of favour for decades, ...

Q: My husband and his friend spent several hours trying to install crown molding in our nursery. They finally gave up because they couldn’t get the corners right. How can they finish the job, so our ...

Dear Matt: Adding crown molding is the finishing touch to make any room look truly elegant. As you have found, it is not easy to fit the corners properly. I have done remodeling in many homes where ...

Getting the crown molding to fit at the corners is one of the toughest jobs to do well. Actually, many builders and remodelers cannot even do it properly and they end up using a lot of wood filler or ...

Intricate crown molding and baseboards—you know, the kind with scrollwork and dentils and multiple layers—are all well and good in a restored historic apartment in some romantic European city. But if ...

You’ll want to start by measuring the walls of the room and determining how much molding you’ll need to buy. (Be sure to buy extra, just in case you make the wrong cut. Many stores will let you return ...