Built-Ins and Interior trim

A house can have many different moldings. One type is the trim, or casings, around doors and windows. Baseboards are also molding, and sometimes molding is installed on walls as chair rails and picture rails—or just to delineate a space. Tim White Home Improvement offers all types of trim and interior finishes. Some of the most popular are large window and base moldings, crown moldings wainscoting, chair rails and coffered ceilings to name a few.

There are so many uses for molding and not only does decorative molding increase the aesthetic look of a room but it can also increase the value of your home so whether you’re looking to add enjoyment to your current living space or you’re looking to stage your home for selling purposes molding is a great inexpensive way to give your home that something extra.

Types of Trim

The most common types of interior trim are chair rails, wainscoting and raised panel molding on walls, casings around windows, baseboards where the walls meet the floor and crown moldings where the walls meet the ceiling.

Crown Molding

Crown molding is the most popular type of molding and can be used in more ways than you can imagine. The most known way to use crown molding is at the top of the wall where the wall and ceiling meet; however what you may not know is crown molding can also be used in a number of decorative ways you can install it atop kitchen cabinets or armoires to create added details, frame a fireplace creating an overmantel, add decorative shelves and so much more. Crown molding is an amazing way to transform a room and is my personal favorite type of molding.

Chair Rail Molding

Chair rail, also known is a linear molding that is usually installed at 1/3 of the wall’s total height and creates a divide on the wall. Generally chair rail is installed on the wall at a height of 36″. Chair Rail serves a functional purpose as it keeps doorknobs and chairs and most furniture from bumping and scratching the wall. In addition, people use chair rail for decorative purposes; chair rail can be used alone or in conjunction with wallpaper, wainscoting or paneling.

Panel Molding

Panel molding is traditionally used to create a panel effect often seen on internal doors or used to create shadow box wainscoting; however it can also provide a finishing touch to walls and furniture.

Base Molding

Base molding is used where the floor and walls meet. Baseboard molding is essentially in every room of your home it forms a visual foundation adding character to a room and is often used to fill the gap if the walls are slightly uneven. In addition, base molding functionally protects the walls.

Casing

Casing is used to trim interior and exterior door and window openings; casing is also used at the baseboard where the wall and floor meet. In addition, casing can be used to “frame” other types of wall fixtures including fireplace mantels and overmantels as well as other miscellaneous openings.