tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post473008380929165110..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: This Is Bowling; There Are RulesSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-39681492389154419652009-07-01T20:40:52.547-04:002009-07-01T20:40:52.547-04:00Hi Pat old friend- Not exactly. A crown moulding i...Hi Pat old friend- Not exactly. A crown moulding is generally what is called a cyma recta, which is a shape you'll find at the top of a greek/roman column. The baseboard mimics a plinth base on the same items. They are decorative first and foremost. <br /><br />A lot of wooden moldings at the join of wall and ceiling used to be executed entirely in plaster, so the wood molding simplifies that quite a bit. <br /><br />The moldings don't necessarily make the walls easier to finish, but many of them incorporate or cover what's call a "ground," which is a wood slat that plasterers could trowel up to, and use to gauge the thickness of their application. Plaster before sheetgoods used to have three applications to achieve a full thickness and a paintable or wall paperable surface, so the ground made it much easier to keep the wall from being wavy, especially near window and door openings and chair rails and so forth. <br /><br />I used to help people with remodeling often, and they'd figure if they were applying crown, they didn't have to tape and finish the wall/ ceiling join at all. Bad idea, as it makes a fire and insect invasion scenario likely.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-46176995486137879292009-07-01T09:37:10.424-04:002009-07-01T09:37:10.424-04:00Didn't they invent crown molding so the plaste...Didn't they invent crown molding so the plasterers and carpenters and painters and such wouldn't have to work so hard to get the joint between the wall and the ceiling just perfectly so? And base boards, so that nobody would have to be fussy about the edge between the wall and the floor?PatHMVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15542719040606654134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-28301947738814070452009-06-25T07:29:00.268-04:002009-06-25T07:29:00.268-04:00ed in texas
Once you realize that the whole "...ed in texas<br /><br />Once you realize that the whole "functionalist / minimalist" school of architecture was invented by people who were basically nazis, then it all makes sense. It fits in nicely next to the posters done in "socialist realism".<br />As far as the porch is concerned, when you put a transom like that over your front door, you pretty much have to go for the rest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-53387726377954843162009-06-24T13:44:38.921-04:002009-06-24T13:44:38.921-04:00Your point is well taken regarding the inherent fu...Your point is well taken regarding the inherent fussiness in some of the more extreme examples of modern design. It is not immediately apparent as it is a fussiness of the mind rather than of the eye.<br />A few years back I did an extensive restoration of a 1960's architecturally designed contemporary for clients that was well received and made the cover of a few magazines. It was absolutely beautiful to look at when finished and completely unlivable. When the client's two young children so much as laid a hand on the flat white sanded plaster interior walls they might as well have been clearing the Waterford crystal off the shelves with broom handles.<br />The poor kids had to live in that house like minimalist vases rather than rambunctious boys.<br />Fussy is as fussy does.westsoundmodernhttp://westsoundmodern.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-2343297142468276042009-06-24T13:15:27.786-04:002009-06-24T13:15:27.786-04:00Sipp...considering the epic (by my standards) reno...Sipp...considering the epic (by my standards) renovation I am going to embark on in the near future your post leaves me more worried than ever...faint hearts etc.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-53846834359845146942009-06-24T12:55:54.519-04:002009-06-24T12:55:54.519-04:00Turned posts, corbels, fretwork, bay windows, towe...Turned posts, corbels, fretwork, bay windows, towers, cupolas, domes, crown moulding - I love fancy gingerbread trims, especially the Queen Anne style.Golden Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590087189810939432noreply@blogger.com