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where is the coving from?

4 years ago

where is the coving from?

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Hello Jackie, Well the thing about cornice or other details such as dado and or even skirting.. There's many ways to address this from complimentary lighter or darker to traditional white/creamier colours. It takes the ceiling into question too as this can also be complimentary to the walls i.e not white (if there's colour) and spatially too, you can create width and or height in how you address these details coupled with the wall treatments. A lot of people will paint the portion above cornice white or a "white" colour and the ceiling to compliment with the cornice a slightly brighter shade of said "white" colour.. It could be any shade of white to cream but you get the idea. With a modern build and you have no pic here, I would say why not leave it if it's not ghastly.. I do though love the two tone wall which has it's roots in period architecture (It can also be done for skirting where there is none) Now coming, as everything does back into current fashion.. Notice I don't say trend.. Can't stand the word and I believe rather than go with trend you should set it.. With what you like as opposed to what everyone else is doing.. So to perhaps inform you best.. Consider the palette you want to use, light and airy or darker and dramatic and take it from there.. I love to work the woodwork into the scheme but of course what you choose will be what works for you and the space.. : ))
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I don't think that has beading on the top. I think the style is called Ogee. But it is at the bottom and think it finishes off nicely, however, the people who installed the floors before us didn't do a great job and they're quite uneven (oak wooden floors) so hoping they don't leave gaps along the bottom, that would be dreadful. We're removing all the old skirting and architrave in the house on the ground floor. There's no coving either so we have a blank space to work with really. We're going to try source something like the above, but would like to make sure we source good quality. The walls will be painted in Cornforth White from Farrow and Ball. The skirting, coving and architrave in a nice white, probably more matte white.
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How faithful to the period are you hoping to keep your renovation? Many homes from this time would have only had coving in "the good room" and as such it would be totally in keeping to leave the other rooms without. If you do go ahead and install I would definitely go with your plan of keeping the design simple and without too many curves (curves would be more in keeping in a Victorian style home). Good luck!
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Hi all Just wanted to give a quick update on our coving situation - in case it is ever useful for anybody :) I tried to find a matching coving to do Sarah suggestion but it was not possible. So in the end, some expending foam, hold with masking tape until solid enough. Once cured, cut it to match the coving shape, then used some filler (pollyfila) and sanded. Now that it is painted, it is almost invisible (I did a worse job on the ceiling, filling the cracks after removing the textured wallpaper- that was hell!) Here some progress pictures and final result :) (still need to paint the walls) It will probably be indeed frowned upon as it is probably not the “proper” way to do it, but as a temporary measure for the next 3-4 years (until we can afford our kitchen diner extension, in which this wall will be removed anyway) it will do! ;) Thanks to all for your advices and support - Houzz is so great for this :)
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