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Dear Alice | Interior Design

Moulding & Millwork | The Icing On the Cake

Dear Alice | Interior Design

Alice Lane

Arts, Design, Visual Arts

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we talk about “The icing on the cake" (as Jess would call it) a.k.a finish work and moulding. Finish work is baseboards, casing around your windows–it’s the paneling that people love and adore in your homes. We go over different styles you’ll find in various homes or buildings, such as coffered ceilings found often in libraries, or shiplap. You can also see various examples of finished work on our portfolio, such as Tiger Oak, House of Kennedy, etc. Another type of finish work we discuss is chair rail, which if done correctly can look great, but there are other styles that will create a look far from what we want if not done right. Something that is often missed 3:45 Shiplap 8:05 Rules of where to start/stop 10:44 Chair Rail 13:11 Pro tip 21:28 Crown Mouldings 24:59 Styles 30:02 “I would say libraries, oftentimes you’ll see the coffered ceiling, which is also the work of a finish worker. They’ll create those boxed beams, and do that tic tac toe pattern that you guys have seen before on the ceiling and it’s got a lot of depth. Maybe it’s like 8-10 inches, even a foot deep coming down from the ceiling. That’s finish work.” 7:05 https://www.instagram.com/alicelaneinteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/alicelanehome/ https://alicelanehome.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AliceLaneHome https://www.pinterest.com/alicelanehome/ https://www.youtube.com/alicelanehomecollectionsaltlakecity News Letter: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=HZENWY&g=PFcqV5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Dear Alice, a lifestyle approach to interior design.

0:22.0

Hello and welcome to Dear Alice.

0:24.0

Today we are talking about the icing on the cake is just what call it.

0:28.0

We are talking about finish work and molding.

0:31.0

Okay, let's define that for the people.

0:34.0

Okay, finish work you guys is what your baseboards are.

0:38.0

It's what if you have a crown that's called finish work casing around your windows is finish work.

0:43.0

It's the paneling that so many people love and adore and a lot of these very

0:47.0

stately homes that we all want to have a little piece of in our homes.

0:51.0

That paneling, that's finish work, all that finish work design.

0:54.0

So we love it, we do it on so many of our projects.

0:57.0

And it's something that people are continually asking us for but have a hard time

1:02.0

kind of defining where to start and stop it, where what room should have finish work,

1:07.0

which room should have finish work.

1:09.0

So hopefully we're going to debunk some theories here.

1:12.0

I like it.

1:13.0

And get into the details of finish work.

1:15.0

It's kind of the finer things too in building a home because it's not a necessity.

1:19.0

It's a luxury.

1:21.0

And I think that people make it, it feels like a sign of success to them.

1:26.0

If they have paneling in their entryway or going up their stair wall,

1:30.0

you know, if there's this beautiful paneling, it always feels really successful.

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