On 2005-03-20 19:02:54 -0600, John/Charleston said:

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 00:01:24 -0600, "h" wrote:

I have doors in the living and dining rooms whose top casing extends to the
ceiling. I would like to put crown moulding in these rooms. Any suggestions
on how to do this and make it look good? I.e., if the casing is left in
place the crown moulding which is intalled at an angle will stick out beyond
the top moulding (it is "standard" colonial casing). I would prefer not to
have to lower the height of the doors which is an obvious solution).

H

Frankly I can't imagine this looking good no matter how you do it.
Why is the door casing up to the ceiling? Low ceilings? Tall
doors? Very high casing?

The ceiling is 8 feet high in the foyer leading into a sunken living
room with a 9 foot ceiling. When they remodeled it they wanted the
increased height and it gives it a nice open look compared to identical
homes in the neighborhood. So I would prefer not to drop the top casing
and lower the door height.

h