If you ever want to paint the walls a color again there will be no good place to stop.

just paint it white, another owner can always restain if they want.

i'm a semi purist, i try to avoid tossing baby with bathwater. everything painted all one color looks very modern.

Don't do it.

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I meant to write “paint it”. Looks like the original trim around the windows is gone anyway and the picture window is a replacement so I wouldn’t worry about painting the trim piece around the top of the walls. I think that painting it will give a similar effect to removing it without damaging the walls.

Don't remove the moulding, it's there for a stopping line for wall treatment or paint. If you have to, you could just paint it white.

If you don’t like it, paint it the same color as the walls. The next owner can strip it if they choose. Are you planning on painting the ceiling the same color as the walls? A good point was raised: without the molding, there is no logical stopping point for the wall color. I would paint everything the same white. Looks like a beautiful house. Good luck, and keep us posted.

Paint the trim same color as wall. Paint the ceiling a different shade. Oh, those curves! Gorgeous!

No, it is not a sin. It is your house. You live in it. You should have it the way you like it. If you are concerned about the impact on investment, ask the opinion of a knowledgeable local realtor or two.

Rather than paint the ceiling moulding, I would instead suggest creating a plan for the wood colors of the ceiling moulding, windows, floors, and any dining set to better complement each other so you can both maintain the original wood character and have a cohesive look.

If you don't like the wood that is in a tutor revival and wanted a more modern look, why did you buy a tutor revival to begin with. The ceiling is going to be the same height no mater if the trim is painted or not. Don't turn a house into something it is not. It usually doesn't turn out well. You will strip the soul out of the house. Paint the walls and ceiling, but not the wood. Let the next owner strip of the paint and bring back the wood, that is funny. Do you know how expensive, messy and time consuming it is to strip paint? If you ever go to sell the house people will walk away rather than strip the wood.

I don’t see anything wrong with the height in those rooms. They aren’t McMansion 2-3 story spaces, but those super high ceilings look dumb in McMansions anyway and are difficult to furnish and decorate.

Start by giving the rooms a fresh coat of paint without doing anything to the trim. Maybe a nice very pale sky blue on the ceiling if you want a little color somewhere.

Then get your furniture arrangements sorted out. The living room looks large enough for more than one seating grouping - perhaps a main one with sofas by the fireplace and TV and then a small two chair conversation/reading nook? Would need to see a floor plan to work that out better. The chandelier in the dining room also looks out of scale, although it does look old - is it original? If so I would keep it but maybe see if there is a different place in the house for it. Or maybe consider adding smaller coordinating pendants flanking it so the overall lighting shape is larger. Again, need a floorplan.

I don't think moses will mind. paint it (or remove it and store it in the attic) here's how a coved ceiling w/molding looks

If you do paint it, put on a wood sealer to protect it for the next person that may want to strip it.

I'm ambivalent about painting it because it looks like there is a lot of missing original elements anyway.

But I would not take it down:

1) I don't think there is anything the matter with the proportions created by the picture rail to begin with

2) like I said above, it creates a stopping point for paint that will disappear once you remove it.

3) depending upon how the plastering was done, the wall may not be on the same plane above and below the picture rail. In my house which was much older than yours, it was not. The picture rail was let into the plaster and above it the plaster was thicker.

The difference between your coved ceiling, and the last coved ceiling (which is very handsome) is that there is a detail on the ceiling that creates the break for paint colors:

You do not need an illusion of height. You have real height. Don't remove it for all the reasons mentioned. It's not a sin, but it would be a bad design move. Also, that dining room would look great painted a bold darker color.

What's life without a few little sins to repent?

Rather than remove or paint it, I'd replace the window casing and baseboard with mahogany to match the picture molding. That's because I'm a purist, and I'd rather see an original Tudor restored to its former glory than re-muddled into something else.

You could knock out the coving altogether, replace with right angles, and put up heavy crown molding instead.

(Or lower the slipper shade chandelier to make the ceiling look the right height.)

(by the way, I was joking. Don't kill the cove.)

It's probably not mahogany but likely is some sort of old growth, irreplaceable stuff of North American origin. Shame to paint it but not the end of the world. Removing it would be a mistake.

I wouldn't remove! I would restore it, I think it will look stunning. If you really hate it, I would paint it. But not remove.

It is a sin. Don't do it. Be a steward, please.

And then you would have what? An even more featureless worse designed room than you started with? It already suffers from lack of color and cohesion. The architectural character is what it has going for it. Don’t go from the frying pan to the fire.

Fix what is actually wrong with the rooms. Add in personality and style. Hire a designer if you don’t know what’s wrong. But don’t remove or paint the molding. It isn’t your problem. And ruining it won’t be your solution.

Beautiful home. Personally, I wouldn't paint it but it is YOUR home and should reflect your taste.

No way I would paint it, but if you must, please put a heavy coat of shellac on first to make it easier for the next guy to strip. Getting paint out f the pores in mahogany is a pain.

Have you made a decision? Best advice, hire a designer to work with you to make the best choices. Don’t rush into any changes that you may regret. Good luck.

Sophie is right - an all white room? Maybe the entire home? It screams - no personal taste.

It’s your house. If you can’t move and it’s not to your tastes then remodel. I’d personally try to work with the details than cover them up, but painting that trim white wouldn’t be the end of the world by any stretch. Plenty of talented designers, including the likes of Ben Pentreath and Bunny Williams, have painted architectural details in homes. But make sure that’s actually what you WANT to do, as part of a cohesive design to the house. I wouldn’t paint it *just* to paint it unless I absolutely had to.

Wonderful architecture. It looks like the windows are being replaced. What finish will you be using on them? Are the furnishings shown yours or the sellers?

paint it don't remove it

Who removed all the window trim? At this point, it's pretty much ruined, so the ceiling trim doesn't matter.

suedonim75--It's not ruined if they replace the window trim with an appropriate style and wood species.

Galilee Lighting--what is the point of your photos?

OP was probably looking for validation or needed a majority opinion to convince another in the household to go OP's route. . .

I wouldn't paint it.

I like the suggestion of darker color on the walls and a white or pale blue ceiling.

Love your light fixture.