Colonial Interior Door Trim Styles

Tapered casings created by building up several profiles from the inside of the door jamb to the outer edge were common in 19th century federal and italianate homes and later in greek revival and colonial styles that prized depth and dimension.

Colonial interior door trim styles. These double doors might meet to form a unified arch or be topped with a transom. When hanging a door colonial door trim casing may be a style to think about. Aug 9 2019 part of the windsorone classic american moldings collection classical colonial moldings.

The classical colonial style captures the feel of the 18th century. To install this kind of molding you can use rosettes or miters at the top and against the floor at the bottom. It is a basic one piece baseboard with a back band that creates a casing between the two decorated edges.

Make the most of complementary characteristics. The colonial georgian styles can sometimes be recognized by the front door. Transom windows and sidelights that surround multi paneled entry doors casings for double hung windows picture rails and frame walls.

Here are a few examples of architectural styles and matching trim styles and why they work so well together. The casing can be matched to the style of the room such as colonial door casings. Pair colonial style crown moulding with modern door casing and you ll get lots of attention but most likely not the kind you re going for.

Coming from the 17th century when the typical early american home was small and the owners had little extra money these trim pieces are narrow and suited for average to smaller rooms with ceilings of about 8 feet. Popular colors for the doors were white and ivory or another light tone showing great contrast to the rest of the house s material. Designed after the historic william gibbes house in charleston south carolina where the rooms and walls are symmetrical balanced and perfectly proportionate.

Although not so lavish as the english styles this styles doors used rectangular geometry in divisions of 2 3 4 5 or even 6 panels. Accompanying such architectural styles as second empire italianate and queen anne paneled doors were used in matched pairs. The profile on colonial revival raised panel doors is typically deeper and curvier than on any actual colonial antecedent.