A closer look

Room planning

Connect small changes to the room around them.

Room planning

An entryway trim plan that survives daily traffic

Bags, boots and a swinging door put different demands on an entrance than a quiet sitting room.

Room planning

Repeated doorways already create a pattern. Work with that pattern before adding another one along the walls.

Room planning

A room can hold several kinds of detail without asking every wall to become the main event.

Room planning

Consider what you see from the bed, where furniture covers the wall and how evening light catches a profile.

Room planning

Scale is a relationship between elements. Choosing the smallest available molding does not always make a compact room feel better.

Room planning

Continuous walls need a coherent edge. Distinct zones can still have their own treatment when transitions have a clear place to happen.

Room planning

The board price is only one line in the estimate. Junctions, preparation and finishing can change the cost of a modest-looking project.

Room planning

A short record of profiles and junctions can prevent a sequence of small purchases from becoming a house full of near matches.

Room planning

There is no single sequence for every room. Start with the floor system and the surfaces you intend to keep.