In addition to the the pics in the linked thread, Needanap also has pictures of hers. She's in the Finished Kitchen's Blog. Click on her Kitchen pictures and then go up one level to her main account (click on "back to needanap..." in the upper left corner) Imrainey also has plugmold, but she's not in the FKB. HTH!

Wish I had a pic but currently there is not much to see. Beigy-creme walls with no trim, low white smooth ceilings, 2 small windows, golden narrow oak floors in a very small LR. The embossed vinyl border would not show up - it's currently painted the same color as the walls. Furniture is an antique round oak table and chairs and ant. oak china cab which will be moving into my back room currently serving as my den. A real lot of oak furniture from around my house will be shoe-horned into this dark north and east corner room, and I suspect most people on this forum will be quite appalled: my antique oak platform morris rocker and ottoman, oak mission-look glider and ottoman, ant. golden oak Hale 6 section bookcase, large ant. oak sliding door bookcase, vintage oak file cab, oak hoosier with porcelain top, with old oak swivel office chair, 1912 mission oak convertible leather loveseat, very small black new electric fake stove/fireplace whatever, and largish (in my room!!) TV prominently featured on a (for now) newer oak bookcase. All on a large-for-my-room 1930 dark dark dark american oriental rug. (was going to use my red and beige wool patterned rug when my plan for a different new rug fell through: the red rug would show a lot of the pretty golden oak flooring, but 1. it is on the small side. 2. I really think I want to do a light terra cotta type color on the walls, 3. I have loved the dark colbalt and many other colors in this old wool rug I've owned for many years and 4. it's VINTAGE like the bulk of the items that will be in the room. To me that makes it the best fit. Even though it *will* suck the light out of the room. sigh. (BTW Work in progress, I must say, my upstairs is lower than 7 foot, and the walls, ceiling and all trim is painted the same creamy off-white. The floors I had carpeted in a very sturdy dense, very low pile carpet cut into like a tin-ceiling design, in the same color as the walls etc. which makes the upstairs look serene and so much bigger than it did before) SO - what I have decided is that although I think Sashasmommy's idea of another color on the top of the wall, and/or the idea of a lighter version of the wall color on top is interesting, either will introduce a third element, and especially with all the furniture I plan to stuff in the room, that's too much. I either need to bring the white color down (and Katrina Ellen - I heard the opposite - that it may LOWER the ceiling - which is why I wanted to hear from other's experience in the first place) - OR I could still add my moldings but paint them and the wall border the color of the wall up to the ceiling. Frankly Katrina E I hope you are right, as that was my original plan. Only my lower molding will be about 4 or 5 inches above the windows. Actually, it won't be below much if at all as I plan to put another board atop my windows. I hope your plan works for you!!!! Oh - in case people want to know why I would want to stuff my room: I want my favorite things to provide me with comfort and to function in my room: comfy chair (morris), TV, office/computer space (hoosier) which will provide a work surface and hidden areas to contain bills and papers, shredder, etc., file cab for files and lamp, barrister bookcase for my books, oak slider for displaying antiques, glider and leather couch for company, (and extra bed as needed, electric fake fireplace for extra heat in winter and to provide lamp and table space for the glider chair) and so forth.

HGTV often implies that crown molding needs to "pop", but I think you may need to decide what's more important to you: showing off the molding, or making your ceilings appear as high as possible. Low contrast, letting the moldings blend with the wall, will make the ceilings appear somewhat higher. Painting the molding in a contrast will shorten the ceilings by however deep the molding is (a few inches?), and draws attention to your 8' ceilings. I have 7.5' ceilings at the sides of my living room & kitchen that peak to 8' in the center. I painted the molding in the same matte color I used on the wall, and I love it. The molding doesn't disappear, it still adds architectural interest, a more finished feel to the room, but the ceilings appear much higher than they did when the molding was dark. Using the same color in a higher sheen could be an option, too, since it would allow the molding to blend slightly with the wall but make it show up more than if the sheen were as low as the wall. Martha Stewart has a lot of trim matching walls in her homes, but possibly with a higher sheen. Here is a link that might be useful: Martha Stewart's Homes

Ooo -- that sculpted shape is *interesting*! What a great idea! It's reminiscent of bureaus that have a swoop in them and as this is destined for a master bedroom hall that would be kinda appropriate and a neat homage too. Thank you, jakuvall! You're all over this forum just now with super-helpful hints though you've seemingly lurked for some time. Thank you for coming out of the woodwork! I totally. love. that. idea. In one location I need to solve this problem at least; in another maybe not. That plinth block is also a great idea that I sure hadn't thought of. As you can see that other is done already and I'm not sure I'll have to solve this problem again. But I'll know how to if so. I don't think the other is so terrible it's worth redoing -- would you agree? There would have been a lip on the baseboard at just the right height and it would have been very clever, very artful. sigh. I had absolutely no clue before starting this the myriad of decisions and design-points to all of this. astonishing. Oh: just had a thought. To do the shapely solution you suggest above and still use that side space, you'd have to put the glides underneath not on the sides. I understand the underneath slides are not as good quality as the side glides, but it may not matter all that much? Any thoughts are really welcomed! Thanks a ton.