Panel Molding Profiles

Traditional Style Your local lumber yard will most likely label this molding profile as a chair rail, and indeed you can use it for that, most people do. But it has other uses as well, like making wall or ceiling…

Panel Molding This is my favorite panel molding. And if you’re fortunate enough to find it at your local lumber yard, then I’m sure it will become your favorite, too. You can use it as a wall frame or to…

Astragal Profile You can use this classical molding profile as a collar on entablatures, pilasters, columns or newel posts. It also will serve you well as a panel molding for an ornate ceiling or wall. A few other profiles I…

Ovolo Molding This molding profile is commonly used as an astragal on a pilaster (like I built for ARCHWAY-100 and 101) or on a column. I’ve also used it on many entablatures, just above the frieze to support the soffit…

Good for Pilaster Base, Wainscoting The most common use of this molding is on the inside panels of wainscoting. But an even better use is for making pilaster bases. If you’re a Metro Detroit reader and looking for this molding…

Panel Molding A great little molding you can use as an architrave detail for entablatures and fireplace mantels. It also makes a great wall or ceiling frame molding, especially as a secondary frame to a more dominant one.

Cove Panel Molding A small cove or cavetto molding like this one can be used as a mini crown moding on small designs or as a terminating detail on the top edge of entablatures or fireplace mantels, just to name…

Panel/Screen Molding You are likely to find this small bed molding profile labeled as a “screen molding,” presumably to hold screen in place on a porch door or window. Though I’ve never used it for that purpose, it does make…