I’ve learned to get particularly creative with adding personality and character to our boxy, split-level home, and one of the ways I’ve significantly changed the look of our home (for the better) is by installing molding (otherwise known as trim or paneling).
Before:
After:
It’s a great way to make a room appear larger by drawing the eye to boundaries and it just brings an overall luxurious feel to the room.
There are a few different styles of interior molding, so I decided to create a little visual to help you understand the different types:
Here’s another visual I created to help you see where each of the moldings mentioned above comes to life:
I scoured YouTube to provide you with some tutorials that can help teach you how to install some of the most popular styles of moldings.
Also known as Picture Frame molding, Panel molding is a great way to add depth and style to your room.
Here’s a great video on how to install applied panel molding.
And here’s amazing blog-post tutorial by Addicted2Decorating.
Wainscotting is typically applied on the lower third of the wall (and should never be applied halfway up the wall). That means for an eight-foot ceiling, Wainscoting should be about 33-35 inches from the floor.
This is a great video on how to apply wainscoting.
Box molding is also rather simple to install – you essentially add strips of wood to your walls with glue or nails. You can play around with the size of each box and the thickness of the wood.
I hope this was helpful and has inspired you to install molding in your home!
Have a great week!!
xo
Alisa
So funny you wrote about mouldings. I’m about to deck out yet another room for the one room challenge.
I cannot WAIT to see how your ORC comes out! I’m sure it will be absolutely stunning Veronica!!
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Hi Alisa! I’m dying to read your guide to DIY moulding. You should post one!! 🙂
Hi, I am enjoying your blog. In a bedroom I am refreshing now, one wall will be a “feature” wall: a built-in painted white wardrobe with some textured inserts in doors, and a bed next to it with an upholstered headboard. I am set on the wallpaper behind the bed. The other 3 walls of the room will be painted to match the wallpaper color. I am thinking of applying frame moulding on those painted walls, painted in different sheen. Will that look weird if the wallpapered wall is not paneled? I certainly can panel it an just insert wallpaper inside those frames, but I am afraid the wall will become too busy. thanks for your insights.