Home Improvements...Crown Molding

This was once offered only as a feature in beautiful new homes and custom properties, but it can give a finished look and update a tract home. Molding around doors, windows and ceilings adds a soft appeal to any room. Like a picture frame around a portrait, this decorative trim can turn a room from plain to outstanding.
The molding comes in a variety of sizes, and can also be combined to add width and elegance and to give a more dramatic effect.
Be careful with color. White is most often used to separate the walls from the ceiling. Subtle use of coordinating colors can be effective, but in a home I recently sold, the seller decorated a room using various tones of green in the top and bottom molding, chair rail, and wall and ceiling colors...too much of a good thing.