re: Is crown molding outdated?

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Not sure if crown molding would work against the brick wall

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I have it butting up against a solid brick wall like that. It doesn’t sit perfectly flush against the brick because that’s almost impossible, but doesn’t look bad.

A house (in the common rooms) looks unfinished without crown molding.

I did the five molding as well. But I did a 3 peice crown with the cove. Just added a 1x4 to the ceiling and the wall and attached the cove to it

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Bought a house built last year. Noticed there isn’t crown molding, except above the range exhaust. Is crown molding outdated now? I’m not sure what to think.

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I work for one of the largest hardwood import lumber companies in the country and I can assure you crown moulding is not outdated. Obviously it’s not utilized in every home built, but I still see miles of it being run every week when I travel nationally calling on lumber distributors and millwork shops. I’ve been in this industry for over 30 years so I have a good pulse on what is being sold nationally and internationally. South Louisiana has some of the finest craftsmen in the country. I probably sell around 5 million dollars worth of mahogany and Spanish Cedar a year alone just in the Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and the New Orleans area. Folks in south Louisiana and along the gulf coast absolutely love high end millwork. Those Vietnamese owned millwork shops in Baton Rouge are some of my best customers volume buying customers. Out on the west coast, those open floor plan contemporary homes I don’t see crown being utilized as much. But even out west I still see crown moulding being run through their moulders every time I’m over that way. The eastern seaboard is much like south Louisiana in their desire to have high end moulding installed in their homes. Up around the Great Lakes area down to Kansas City I see a lot of crown moulding still being run. The design of the home often determines what direction the architects, contractors, and home owners go in. As others have noted though some builders don’t trick a home out with mouldings to cut cost.

Crown molding, 12 foot ceilings and wooden floors will never go out of style.