I am going to put up crown molding in the LR. I am going to terminate it,
and have it "disappear" into the wall right before the hallway. I.e. If you
assume an "L", the CM is going to be on the left of the long vertical part,
and the hallway is the short horizontal part. I plan to terminate it about
3 or 4 inches short of the end of the wall. On the other end, the foyer, I
plan to do the same thing.
My wife insists that I bring it right flush to the end of the wall. I don't
think this will look as finished, and am concerned that it won't look good
if I am 1/16" off.
Do y'all agree that terminating it short of the end of the wall is the
"preferred" look?
Hi Buck,
Absolutely put a "return" on it - it will look
much more professional.
I'd set it back an inch from the end of the wall.
Have done this many times & it looks great.
Lou
In article <[email protected]>, Buck Turgidson
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I am going to put up crown molding in the LR. I am going to terminate it,
> and have it "disappear" into the wall right before the hallway. I.e. If you
> assume an "L", the CM is going to be on the left of the long vertical part,
> and the hallway is the short horizontal part. I plan to terminate it about
> 3 or 4 inches short of the end of the wall. On the other end, the foyer, I
> plan to do the same thing.
>
> My wife insists that I bring it right flush to the end of the wall. I don't
> think this will look as finished, and am concerned that it won't look good
> if I am 1/16" off.
>
> Do y'all agree that terminating it short of the end of the wall is the
> "preferred" look?
>
>
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 01:31:17 GMT, Ba r r y
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:45:43 -0600, Mike <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:48:18 -0500, "Buck Turgidson"
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>My wife insists that I bring it right flush to the end of the wall. I don't
>>>think this will look as finished, and am concerned that it won't look good
>>>if I am 1/16" off.
>>
>>
>>I hate to disagree with everyone here but I'd do as your wife asks and
>>take it as close as possible to the end of the wall.
>
>Let me be the third hand.
>
>I might explore turning the corner with the molding and using a
>mitered return to have it die a foot or so down the other wall.
>
>Sorry to muddy the water <G>
>
>Barry
that one occurred to me after I posted. could look real sharp.
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:48:18 -0500, "Buck Turgidson"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>My wife insists that I bring it right flush to the end of the wall. I don't
>think this will look as finished, and am concerned that it won't look good
>if I am 1/16" off.
I hate to disagree with everyone here but I'd do as your wife asks and
take it as close as possible to the end of the wall. Start at the
corner and work you way out so that the return cut is the last. Make
your first cut a little long and using a return piece to test it,
check your length until it's perfect. It may take an extra cut or two
but as the old saying goes, "the customer is always right".
The thing to remember is that you will have to live with your
"customer".
Mike
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:45:43 -0600, Mike <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:48:18 -0500, "Buck Turgidson"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>My wife insists that I bring it right flush to the end of the wall. I don't
>>think this will look as finished, and am concerned that it won't look good
>>if I am 1/16" off.
>
>
>I hate to disagree with everyone here but I'd do as your wife asks and
>take it as close as possible to the end of the wall.
Let me be the third hand.
I might explore turning the corner with the molding and using a
mitered return to have it die a foot or so down the other wall.
Sorry to muddy the water <G>
Barry
When you say bring it flush to the end of the wall, do you mean ending it &
not putting a return on it so the open end is visisble? Obviously, you
don't want to do that. I would put the return on the end (box it off) and
give yourself some wiggle room. After all, even if you bring the top edge
flush with the end of the wall, the bottom end will still have some of that
wall exposed, so why get overly fussy. Don't make things difficult for
yourself.
my 1/50th of a buck.
Joe
"Buck Turgidson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I am going to put up crown molding in the LR. I am going to terminate it,
> and have it "disappear" into the wall right before the hallway. I.e. If
you
> assume an "L", the CM is going to be on the left of the long vertical
part,
> and the hallway is the short horizontal part. I plan to terminate it
about
> 3 or 4 inches short of the end of the wall. On the other end, the foyer,
I
> plan to do the same thing.
>
> My wife insists that I bring it right flush to the end of the wall. I
don't
> think this will look as finished, and am concerned that it won't look good
> if I am 1/16" off.
>
> Do y'all agree that terminating it short of the end of the wall is the
> "preferred" look?
>
>
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 08:48:18 -0500, "Buck Turgidson"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I am going to put up crown molding in the LR. I am going to terminate it,
>and have it "disappear" into the wall right before the hallway. I.e. If you
>assume an "L", the CM is going to be on the left of the long vertical part,
>and the hallway is the short horizontal part. I plan to terminate it about
>3 or 4 inches short of the end of the wall. On the other end, the foyer, I
>plan to do the same thing.
>
>My wife insists that I bring it right flush to the end of the wall. I don't
>think this will look as finished, and am concerned that it won't look good
>if I am 1/16" off.
>
>Do y'all agree that terminating it short of the end of the wall is the
>"preferred" look?
>
stop short of the corner, and miter it so it dies into the wall at 90
degrees. how much short of the corner you go will depend on how the
rest of your trim is laid out. I'd do the first mock up at about
1-1/2" to 2"