How to Decorate Crown Molding
Crown moldings dress up a room by enhancing the design and style of your home. Typically, crown moldings refer to the trimwork at top of the wall next to the ceiling. Choose a style and size of moldings based on the height of the ceiling, the dimensions of the room and the architectural style of your home. Trimwork pieces can be found in hardwood, pine, plastic and polyurethane. Many strategies can be used to decorate them to give added color or drama. This simple technique is elegant and timeless. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Primer, sealer paint
- Inexpensive, stiff brushes -- 2 or 3 inches wide
- Black interior latex paint in satin finish
- Soft rags
- Gold metallic paint
- Kitchen sponge or a sea sponge
- Paper or plastic plates
Instructions
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Faux Painting Crown Moldings
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If possible, ask to have the primer tinted a color close to your basecoat color. Paint the primer to seal your molding. Let dry.
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Paint the molding black in small areas of 4 to 6 running feet. Use a soft rag to rub off the high spots of any decorative areas on the molding, being careful to keep the recessed areas black. Let dry.
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Pour a small amount of metallic gold paint on one plate. Dip only one side of the sponge in the paint, and then offload paint on a dry plate. Keeping the sponge flat, move it across the high points of your molding. If the molding is fairly flat, dip a stiff brush into the gold paint and then lightly dry brush over the entire area to add gold highlights.
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Tips & Warnings
These techniques may also be used on baseboards, ceiling medallions, chair rails and other decorative elements.
Paint the moldings before you cut and install them.
If you are planning to paint the moldings, use a less expensive wood or a synthetic material to save money in your budget.
Choose any combination of base paint and accent paint that will suit your décor.
Satin finish on the basecoat paint will help the decorative topcoat glide easily over the surface.
The amount of paint and primer will be determined by the square footage of the moldings you paint.
Be careful not to choose large, complex moldings in a small room with low ceilings.
