basement playhouse crown molding question
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Comments (17)I know there are scientific reasons that some color combinations are so pleasing... Correct again. Doesn't matter what primary colors you choose to comprise a color wheel (Red/Yellow/Blue or Cyan/Magenta/Yellow) in every case, harmonious color relationships are mathematical based on varied distances around the wheel. For example complementary color schemes means the two colors are opposite at 180 degrees. Analogous colors are neighbors on the color wheel at an angle of 60 degrees. Triadic means all three colors are equidistant at 120 degrees --- and so on. And that applies to the whole color sphere moving in all the way towards chromatic grays, not just the outside rim of the color wheel. Again, when you start dissecting color at this level, you start to understand how color really works and why it's so important to have a correct understanding of the proper structure of color. This is also where the miscellaneous color systems and processes people conjure up start to fracture into the disparate inaccuracies that they are. For example, just one popular 'method' is to collect a bunch of color chips and take them all home and then perform a process of elimination. When you understand how and why color works they way it does, you realize how ridiculous those approaches are. But. When people don't have the proper knowledge, they're left to their own devices. And when people are left to their own devices, they'll fill in the blanks the best they can. They make stuff up so color makes sense to them. It's an effort to shift color from something that's confusing to somethings that is manageable. Understandable how and why that happens. What's unfortunate is when the unfounded, inaccurate made-up stuff gets traction and takes on a life of its own to the extent that the mass consciousness then start to perceive it as fact. So instead of just one person being confused about color, you have many that are misguided and misinformed. It can be argued that the internet has not been a positive force when it comes to color education. Rather, it's done a lot of damage by providing a platform for the misguided and misinformed to spread their wealth of misinformation....See Morecrown molding size advice with 9 ft ceilings
Comments (16)A 4 1/2" profile on crown would give a drop of 3 1/4" - 3 1/2" which, IMO, would look skimpy with 9' ceilings. What your carpenter did by adding a backer board with a profile is frequently done in our area (and appears to be used frequently elsewhere given the number of photos on Houzz of this treatment). If the size appears to be proportionate when looking at it in person, then the product looks fine once it is caulked and painted. If the total affect still looks small to you, I would stop now, return what you can and go with a larger crown. You can do a search here on Houzz for crown moldings in photos and you can see the finished product....See MoreHelp! What size Crown molding with 10 foot ceilings?
Comments (22)To me, drywall based molding is cheap. You may not agree and that is perfectly fine. But hear me out. There are some people (like me) that come to your house and think 11 ft ceilings are all fancy but you cheaped out on the details. Now you can dismiss me as a snob and that is fine. But you should know that there are people out there that understand trim and feel like you are being less than genuine. My last hood had 55 houses built by 5 custom builders. One of these areas that was developed and each builder bought lots (presumably 11 each but not sure about that). They then built some spec houses and some custom. All to about the same level (fancy cookie cutter we liked to call it). Trim levels usually pretty ornate. Most with 10 down/9up ceilings. You could always tell which houses were Rudy's houses. Ah the corners he cut..... like drywall based crown. Our good friend's next door bought a Rudy (not the company's name) spec house..... My builder (total trim snob) refers to drywall based trim as a "spec house trick" that he refused to partake in. Better to have no trim than fake trim.... On your other issue - you should post a floor plan. 11ft transitioning down to 9 ft is tricky with door sizes as you are figuring out. But the plan matters. You can mix 8 ft doors and 7 ft doors in the right situation I think....See MoreCrown molding dilemma - please help!
Comments (19)I don't really have an opinion on whether you do an archway or a rectangular opening. Rooms will often have both, it is not incorrect. I would say that it would be harder to get someone to build a large three-centered arch to match the one you have, than it would be to build a rectangular opening. It might be a little easier to get someone to properly build a psuedo three-centered arch which would be flat on the top with a radius that matched your other arch at the ends. I would prefer the arched opening rather than just removing the entire wall. That provides some articulation of the two spaces rather than a big open space which, in my opinion, can be problematic, unless you turn the entire space into "kitchen with an eating area" --you wouldn't want to end up with something that still looked like two separate rooms, just with the wall missing where bits and pieces of the two bleed together in the middle. And I feel like you see this last occurrence an awful lot....See Moreburtonjeeplj
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