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Baseboard
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- Baseboard trim runs along the bottom of the walls along the floor, hiding the gaps between walls and flooring. You can find it in almost every home, making it one of the main types of wall trim you need to know.
- Because it’s so common, it comes in a variety of styles, including:
- A well-installed baseboard will also help keep drafts out of the house, which could keep your heating bill low.
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Casing
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- Casing surrounds the windows and doors of a home. In modern homes, casing tends to be simple, as an extension of the baseboard trim. In older homes, casing is often more ornate, especially when it surrounds a door.
- These doors often have rosettes, small square corners that contain a carved, circular indent. More ornate window casings may also have rosettes or more pronounced windowsills.
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Chair rail
Notes:
- A chair rail runs horizontally across the wall at about the height of an average dining room chair. That’s because their original function was to protect the walls from chairs as people pushed them out from the table.
- To this day, you’ll likely find them in dining rooms. The space beneath the chair rail sometimes contains wainscotting, or it may feature a different paint color to add visual interest.
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Crown molding
Notes:
- Crown molding runs parallel to the baseboard along the ceiling. Because it’s near the top of the wall, it tends to make us look upward, which makes the entire room feel bigger. Although it’s similar to baseboards, it’s less common and tends to give spaces an air of prestige.
- This distinguished look makes crown molding well suited to public spaces where you might entertain guests, such as the living or dining room.
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Picture frame wall molding
Notes:
- Picture frame moldings create several rectangles on the wall, like picture frames. Like crown molding, it calls to mind aristocratic settings, making a room feel more luxurious.
- This type of molding can either make the room feel smaller or more spacious, depending on what color you paint the trim. Painting it white breaks up the wall while painting it the same color makes the walls seem bigger.
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Picture rail
Notes:
- Visually, picture rails are the inverse of chair rails, resting a foot or two belong the ceiling. Back when walls were made of materials too thick for nails, homeowners installed these rails to hang pictures.
- Homeowners may still use them for this purpose if they don’t want to put a hole in their wall. Otherwise, they may create the same visual interest as chair rails or complement crown molding.
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