Attractive space with perfect ceiling trim

Beautiful historic molding

Sutton Place Plaster Molding Restoration

Interior molding raises the bar on style, elegance and interest. It provides a focal point whether around doors and windows, along the tops or bottoms of walls or near the top like a picture rail or around the middle somewhere with a chair rail. These architectural design elements serve as transitions between spaces and are usually crafted with wood or plaster. In this apartment, in the revered Sutton Place neighborhood, water had damaged historic molding.

The project required a creative twist to replicate the original trim. We first patched the wall and trim space. Our team created a custom tool for shaping plaster to the precise form of the original molding. It’s the kind of task that blends tradesman skills with art, form and acute attention to detail. Once the plaster was built up and crafted into an exact duplication of the existing molding, we primed and painted. No one knows or will notice any repair up there, well, except us, the homeowners, and now you, and everyone else who reads this. It’s tricky work, and truth be told, we love creative challenges.

Creating perfect match historic trim

Working toward molding restoration

Back at the beginning with water damage

Cut, installed, primed, painted low box molding, chair rail, high picture molding for sensational, classy living room.

Beautiful box molding adds dimension and style.

Custom Manhattan Decorative Moldings  

Central Park West borders the entire, 2 ½-mile western edge of Central Park, and people live here in large part because of this 843-acre park. From streams and woods to open green spaces and myriad paths, the park beckons urban dwellers who crave a major slice of nature in the neighborhood. The architecture is stunning as well, and this client wanted some 1920-30’s flair in the apartment.

Adding box molding, a chair rail and picture molding on an otherwise blank, boring vertical wall transforms it into an exceptionally attractive visual component to the overall decor. All the molding came from Dyke’s Lumber Company, founded in 1909 and continuing its tradition of quality and integrity to this day. We measure twice and cut once to get each piece accurate for installation. There is not only a retro feel, but also an elegant charm with texture and final coats of Linen White, a creamy off-white star of Benjamin Moore’s neutral shades. The project successfully radiates the grace and grandeur found in glorious rooms a century ago.  

In process. Unfinished molding cut, leveled and installed.

In the beginning. One of the dull, flat, boring, non-sensational walls.