Just because it's a "Style" does not make it right. I hate the look frankly, and yet no one even notices it in DS's room. It was a very expensive mistake for the contractor (May he rest in terminal heckfire) (he's not dead, just fired). I should have had it taken down the day I saw it frankly, and I'd advise you to do the same. It's worth the wait to do things right, it is, and this from a chick who's working on a three year (NOT DIY) remodel. Mine looks like it was done on purpose, so it's ok. I live in a house on pilings so I can understand the idea of floating the molding, I just don't care for it. In other rooms, where the ceilings aren't remotely flat, there are some gaps in the crown to ceiling but they're hidden in the shadow line (it helps that my trim is tint de'negre which is brown so dark it appears black). So in these rooms, you don't see at all where there is a gap unless you're on a ladder with the crown in your face. Since firing the contractor I've found some areas where his wife caulked on our baseboard. She didn't worry about the fact that he obviously didn't nail it into studs so there are big gaps between wall and trim, instead she just filled the gaps with caulk. They look like crap, really really bad. I'm going to redo all of these rooms myself to correct the problem, which involves cutting through the caulk, then pulling the molding off the wall, hopefully not damaging the wall to badly, then new molding, paint blah blah...I'm not a little peeved about this issue. If you do decide to keep it, I really do suggest repainting the ceiling which helps immensely. I had a white ceiling in my son's bathroom and changed it to a color called parchment by ralph lauren. It flows well with the wood and somewhat hides the issue to the naked eye. It's so much better than when it was white with a huge contrast. The difference being mine was purposely hung to float...so It's somewhat "ok" since it's just a style issue...it sounds like yours might just be more error than anything...in that case, I just wouldn't live with it. here are pics of my bath to show it sort of disapears with the ceiling painted... and in this pic there are areas where the crown does not touch the ceiling due to slope issues (particularly the inside corner you see here...and yet it's rather invisable): In this room the ceilings really have slope...we just tented it :oP Another option heh heh

I have the opposite--SW Creamy ceilings, trim & crown with white cabinets (with pewter glaze). I only have 1 white cabinetry piece that goes to the ceiling, though--it's the arch over the sink. The adjacent cabinets are lower. My hood goes to the ceiling, but it is stained. Our lighting is very soft and that probably makes a difference too. In your situation, it sounds like your crown would end up being a continuous look with the cabinets going to the ceiling. In that situation, I would likely go with all SW Creamy for a seamless look. Do note that SW Creamy looks more yellow if you pair it with cooler colors like light blue and lavender. Here's a pic of our sink arch for you... Hope this helps!

Kmoth, that question makes me smile! It's actually not hardwood at all, but cheapo laminate that's supposed to look like Brazillian Cherry. Our flooring choice was a slave to our budget, but we plan to switch it out for the real McCoy in ~10 years, after we get through the young kids phase. Luckily it looks nice; we had a friend over for dinner and she asked if our hardwoods were original to the house. Imagine her suprise when we explained it was plasty-wood (which is what we fondly call our laminate). CADreamer, Moving-in in two days!! Hurray! I don't know how I missed that the first time I saw this post. I am still amazed at how quickly your kitchen came together. Can't wait to see pictures!

"The ceiling was off by 1/2 inch in some spots. " Do you mean the ceiling is wavy? If so, the contractor's suggestion may be your only option. Dropping it 1.5 inches is better because it would hide the uneveness better than having the molding touch in some places and be 1/2 away in others. I've seen re-done kitchens where the crown molding is not directly against the ceiling and it looks very good. However, if it is straight, but slopes down from one end of a run to the other end, another option would be the filler piece as suggested above and you may like that look better. This post was edited by Dovetonsils on Thu, Dec 25, 14 at 23:29