This project consisted of trimming the first floor of an apartment in crown molding.  It was approximately 150 linear feet.   A 3-piece crown molding system was recommended to accommodate the client's request for a grander detail and some technical aspects.  Two walls worth of crown moldings were installed four inches off the wall to allow a margin for ceiling-to-floor window treatments.  2-piece ceiling / wall modules were fabricated in the shop and preassembled with a custom molding cut on the vertical element.  These components were then installed on site and finished with the stock crown moldings. 

Overall view before work began.

Kitchen view before.

Stairway and front door before.

Prefabricating & assembling 2-piece crown modules w/ cove molding vertical component.

Four 3-piece crown molding systems were produced as samples for the client. This fairly symmetrical example was chosen for the project.

Here is a profile view of the selected 3-piece crown molding system. A cove molding was shaped on the vertical component to echo the upper molded area of the stock crown molding resulting in a symmetrical effect top to bottom.

Laying out / installing an inside corner with 2-piece modules. Both runs have been mounted four inches off each wall to leave room for ceiling-to-floor window curtains. The moldings at the inside corner have been coped and a scarf joint utilized at the end of a twelve foot run.

Installing stock crown into an inside corner.

A properly installed inside corner coped to fit the profile of the perpendicular molding.

Returns were utilized in the stairway area to neatly end the molding runs.

A detail of a return.

Stairway returns.

A view of the curtain pocket wells.

Stairway

Inside and outside corners.

Fin

An overall view of the job completion.

Kitchen area complete.