Premium materials and custom built molding designs can easily cost 15 20 per linear foot.
Best crown molding for 8 foot ceilings.
Ten feet or higher.
Item 670887 model mld03x04x04co.
There are many different sizes and styles of crown moulding.
7 foot ceiling 3 or smaller 8 foot ceiling 3 4 9 foot ceiling 4 5 10 foot ceiling 6 17 foot ceiling 8 or larger this is taken from a builder s.
Here is a standard chart for guidance on ceiling height and crown moulding sizes.
Some people are completely focused on having as much storage as possible in the kitchen and selecting 42 upper cabinets will.
You wouldn t use an 8 wide molding in a room with 8 tall ceilings for example.
Eight feet or lower.
Ideally a crown molding should have an elegant and harmonious composition that is not overbearing.
Depending on the material you choose the cost for ceiling trim can vary from 5 8 per linear foot.
Here is a working drawing of a kitchen with an 8 ft ceiling.
Sold by the linear foot commonly used with 8 9 ceilings cm 2145 crown molding.
Here is the same kitchen with a riser molding added below the crown molding which takes the cabinets all the way to the ceiling.
Using 42 tall upper cabinets.
For an 8 foot ceiling height the recommended crown size is 2 1 2 to 6 tall with no picture mold.
This isn t a hard and fast rule and it doesn t work for lower ceilings.
I ve lived in three homes with 8 ceilings and 8 baseboards.
For ceilings 10 feet tall or higher consider a rule of thumb allowing 1 of width for each foot of ceiling height.
Sometimes we don t know something is wrong untill we see it done right.
This is not an all or nothing situation.
Nine to 10 feet.
After he saw how it lifted his 8 ft ceilings he was convinced.
Our goal is to go beyond simply satisfying you and part of that is ensuring that you are not only getting the best products for your project but also the best.
This design shows crown molding on top of 36 tall uppers and a small space between the crown and ceiling.
I had a client this past summer and the husband really wasn t sure about installing crown molding.
The riser molding is outlined in red.
Ekena millwork 3 1 4 in x 8 ft primed polyurethane crown moulding.
Browse crown molding recommended for ceilings that are 8 to 9 feet tall.
My house is nearly 60 years old and i m pretty sure it s always been this way.
How to choose the correct size crown moulding.
Ceiling crown moldings typically measure between 3 and 20 inches wide.
Well it looks like i have crown and baseboard trim for 10 foot ceilings when i have 8 foot ceilings.