Sometimes called cornices, crown molding dates back to ancient Greece, where craftsmen and builders chiseled ornate moldings from travertine stone or molded them from plaster. In generic terms ...

When choosing crown molding, consider the following: “This is one of the most expensive, heavy and fragile types,” says Chapman. “The benefit of plaster is that it allows casting complex ...

The first thing you notice when you walk into the bright and airy Collina Strada flagship store on Canal Street is the unusual plaster-cast crown molding. “I really wanted to do crazy crown ...