Crown Molding Painted The Same Color Of The Walls

Along with what color to paint their walls, clients often ask me if the trim needs to be painted white or if it can match the wall color. I feel like we’re used to seeing a crisp white trim, but it isn’t a hard-and-fast rule, just something we see time and again that we think is a “rule.”. Here are 8 examples to use as inspiration to prove that you can paint the walls and trim in your.

Crown molding painted the same color of the walls. Light crown moldings in the white or cream family create a subtle distinction between the colors of your walls, especially if you have dark walls and your ceilings are painted a color other than. For example, if your baseboard trim is a light gray color, use the same shade for your crown moulding. The same advice goes for the trim around your doorways . If you don’t like the “matchy” look, consider painting your walls or trim to contrast with each other for a bolder aesthetic statement. The crown molding color generally should not be the same as the ceiling shade because when molding matches the ceiling, the ceiling seems heavier and the molding insignificant. With nothing breaking up the wall, a single color unifies the walls and molding, giving the walls a perceived additional height. Make sure to match the sheen of the walls and the molding. You can even include painting the doors along with the walls and trim, to coat a room in a single hue.

Otherwise, match the color of your walls. If you do decide on white trim and moldings, you might be surprised at how many shades of white are available. Choosing one can be maddening. If your rooms are painted different colors (for example: red dining room, yellow kitchen, sage green family room), choose a shade that will complement each color. Just a note–I recently painted my LR walls and crown a very similar color (BM's Bold Blue). I thought I had a steady hand…but the contrast of blue crown with the light ceiling was harsh. I ended up using the tape method for doing crisp stripes to get an acceptable line on the ceiling. You have a couple of options for painting crown molding that will make it change how large and how high a room appears to be. Choosing wall paint colors for rooms with low ceilings and painting the crown molding the same color as your walls can make the molding seem like a coherent part of the wall rather than an additional element. The bedroom actually looks larger – in large part due to the lighter paint color than extends up and over the room. In this situation, I chose to paint the ceiling the same as the wall color. Notice there is no crown molding at the intersection between the ceiling and wall (more on this topic here).

This lilac shade is actually very bold, but it doesn’t feel like it swallows the room paired with deep crown molding and window trim in all white. Hanson Fine Building Save Photo Paired with a neutral wall color, white trim highlights the surrounding undertones so the walls don’t look colorless, while still bringing in a slight modern edge. We painted all walls, trim (baseboards and crown), doors, and cabinetry the same color in our 2200 sq foot condo and LOVE it. Used SW Anew Grey in eggshell for walls, semi gloss for all the rest. It gives a very clean, transitional feel to the room and lets all interiors flow seamlessly. Plus, it was easy to design around the same color everywhere. Install picture-rail or chair-rail molding on the walls of the room and paint the rail, and/or the wall area above it, a darker color than the rest of the walls to draw the ceiling down. Raise the roof. Install crown molding around the perimeter of the ceiling and paint it a darker color than the ceiling to draw the eye upwards. 6 Even though it’s painted the same color as the walls, the simple molding works to give this room a contemporary and sophisticated look. If the molding had been painted in a contrasting color, it would have changed the mood of this room entirely and probably would have made it seem too busy for the style of the room as it is.

Often you can take a room that is boring and needs some extra detailing and add crown molding, for not much money. Then, by painting the top edge of the wall, above the molding, the same color as the ceiling, you create an elegant, classy effect. Often in older homes ceilings are painted white, regardless of the wall color. All my walls, ceilings, and mouldings in my open areas are the same color, Sherwin Williams Aesthetic White. (One of my fave whites, BTW.) I can't tell you how much more expansive my home feels with out the delineation of contrasting trim mouldings and ceiling. The ceilings seem higher when the same color wraps the whole space. Planned on using the same Chenille color for new crown molding but when my test piece was put up next to the ceiling white the 2 shades of white really shows up and wondering if the crown molding should be the same white as the ceiling. Then that would be different than the other trim. I'm all mixed up here. Don't know how to proceed. I just finished painting my kitchen cabinets and frames white. Countertops are black-grey granite. Crown molding and baseboards and doors are natural light wood. Walls are Sherwin Williams URBAN PUTTY from before I painted my cabinets white (cabinets used to be antique glaze). Backsplash is tumbled marble in a sandy color.