Types of Moldings & Trims

Popular wall trim and crown molding found in today’s homes

Decorative Moldings

With so many types of moldings and trims decorating our homes today, it’s often difficult to distinguish them. The many types of moldings and trims are designed for a specific purpose and have their own name. Below we have compiled a handful of terms your painting contractor may use when talking architectural trim. We hope you will find it useful and make things easier when communicating what you want to see in your home.

Crown Molding

Baseboard

Used to trim walls where they join flooring, baseboards usually measure three to five inches. Baseboard styles are usually simple, and accented with a small piece of quarter-round (semi-circular) trim.

Door & Window Casing

Casing is designed to cover the unfinished gap between walls and door or window frames. Though different variations of door casing styles are readily found, the width of casing usually spans two or three inches.

Chair Railing

Chair railing is functional molding meant to protect walls from being damaged by furniture. Of course, it can also serve a purely decorative function, delineating two different types of wall coverings—paint and wallpaper, for instance.

Picture Railing

Picture railing allows artwork frames to be hung without nails having to be driven directly into the wall. Often combined with crown molding, this type of molding is one or two inches tall and appears seven to nine feet off the floor.

Cove Molding

Also known as coving, cove molding is plain, concave-shaped trim employed where walls and ceilings meet. It can also be used on stairs, at the meeting of risers and treads. In essence, cove may be considered a less ornate version of crown.

Dentil Molding

An ornamental detail with a Classical pedigree, dentil molding consists of small, evenly spaced blocks in a repeating pattern. Incorporated into crown molding, dentils are frequently found in historic homes.

Egg & Dart Molding

Window surrounds can be embellished with the use of keystones, ordered and delivered factory-coated for quality from our suppliers. Stucco coated foam keystones are a great way to add value to your home or office, window surrounds and Keystones can easily be mixed for building design flexibility.

Board & Batten Wall Trim

Batten, also called board-and-batten, is a wall trim piece used to hide the joint between two pieces of paneling.

Bead & Pearl Molding

Bead and pearl moldings are two different, though very similar, types of trim. Both feature a row of small, symmetrical spheres. Paired often with other designs—leaves, darts, or spindles—this variety of molding typically accompanies crown or chair railing.

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Types of Moldings & Trims

Decorative Moldings

Crown Molding

Baseboard

Door & Window Casing

Chair Railing

Picture Railing

Cove Molding

Dentil Molding

Egg & Dart Molding

Board & Batten Wall Trim

Bead & Pearl Molding

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