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The ceiling medallion is an often overlooked but essential part of a home’s interior design. It can be quite a dilemma to select the right one, especially with all of the different designs, shapes, sizes, and materials available on today’s...

Crown mouldings can enhance any interior room. They can be used to cover a wall or, more often than not, they are installed around the perimeter of a room. Crown mouldings do much more than simply act as an accessory...

By Nick Bell, Senior Designer White River Hardwoods Our customer had requested a small capital in the Scamozzi style. We were challenged to fit all the intricate and beautiful details you see in larger capitals while keeping the piece at...

By Stewart Allen Morgan, Senior Designer White River Hardwoods Before the Renaissance, the structural beams in a ceiling were generally exposed. Over time, the crossing members would become more integrated with the main beams, creating deliberate rectangular pockets of space,...

Above: View from Entry Vestibule to Bathroom By Stewart Allen Morgan, Senior Designer White River Hardwoods Elaborate bath complexes were a part of everyday life in the Roman Empire. Consisting of a series of specialized rooms, each sumptuously decorated, the...

By Nick Bell, Senior Designer, White River Hardwoods This blog returns to this intricate Pennsylvania home. Last time, the topic was the beautiful window surround at the far edge of the photo. Now we move to discussing the perimeter crown...

By Stewart Allen Morgan, Senior Designer White River Hardwoods Above: Great Room, Château de Montaigne; Tennessee Panelled walls come in varying levels of intricacy. Rectangular panels formed by a single moulding are the most common type. But in the Rocco...

By Nick Bell, Senior Designer, White River Hardwoods The White River Design Team is often confronted with key components of projects with multiple constraints. This large set of stacked windows is the focal point of this Pennsylvania home. As you...

By Stewart Allen Morgan, Senior Designer White River Hardwoods In our last visit to San Diego, we explored the foyer of a White River Design Services project which had a lot of style on the exterior, but little on the...