====== Crown Molding ======

====Objective==== 
  * Replace stained 2x8 boards that were used as low-end baronial timbers
  * Cover the studs and insulation exposed by removing the 2x8s
  * Visually define the space
  * Ornament the space in a way consistent with the rest of the house but appropriate to the scale of this space

====Project context==== 
  * WWII Cape Cod house with an addition built in the early 1980s
  * Addition is a 20x20' room with a vaulted ceiling 
  * Ceiling has two angled surfaces, parallel to the roof above, joined by a horizontal surface near the peak
  * Fireplace and exposed chimney on one wall
  * Walls at the base of the angled ceilings are taller than 8' but are covered with 4x8' sheets of paneling.
  * All ceiling surfaces are covered in sheetrock only down to the level of the bottom edge of the angled surfaces
  * All four walls have an area between the paneling and the sheetrock that need some covering to conceal the studs and insulation

==== Explanation ====

"Oh, old boy built himself a throne room," I thought as I looked into the addition.

The realtor let us through the front door and into the living room of the 1940s Cape Cod. The living room was the core of the original house. It had been one room, extending from the front wall to the rear wall and occupying the middle third of the width of the house. Kitchen and dining room were to the right, bedrooms and bathroom through a small hallway to the left.

Opposite the front door, where the rear wall probably had had a window or two, looking out on a pleasantly large yard, was a massive hole and behind that, a chasm.

==== Scratch Paper ====

Crown molding is decorative molding emphasizing the top edge of a wall. Usually it covers the corner formed between walls and the ceiling. In its simplest form it is a single piece of millwork wedged into the corner, touching both ceiling and wall. 

In this instance the room has a vaulted ceiling. Above two walls the ceiling meets the wall at nearly 135°, rather than the usual 90°. The other two walls continue vertically from the floor up to their intersection with the angled ceiling surfaces. 

Where a wall is taller than one story, and needs a visual break to distinguish the occupied part of the room from the open, airy space above, crown molding can be installed on the wall alone. This is called Flying Crown Molding.

  * Design brief
  * Glossary
  * Drawings, sketches, other design products
  * Process photos & narration of the work
  * Review after completion and self-crit

In some situations, where a wall is unusually tall, and needs a visual break to distinguish the occupied part of the room from the open, airy space above, crown molding can be installed on the wall alone.