Modern Craftsman Door Casing Styles

Colonial style door casing.

Modern craftsman door casing styles.

Recently i was asked to install craftsman style window and door casing. Craftsman style trim offers more curb appeal in the forms of tapered columns gable brackets and window panes in the front door. According to cole the more modern the home the less trim you will see inside. Known for their hinge roofs and tapered square columns supporting the roof in the front of the house craftsman style homes afford the opportunity for simpler trim.

From entry doorknobs to bathroom cabinet pulls you can be true to classic craftsman style in your entire home with high quality lifetime warrantied hardware customized just for you. To install this kind of molding you can use rosettes or miters at the top and against the floor at the bottom. Good examples spawn better designs. Casing is designed to cover the unfinished gap between walls and door or window frames.

To help me settle on a design for this project i did four different drawings of a window to try variations of craftsman style casing. These hardware pieces add a thoughtful and stylish touch that will not go unnoticed. 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. 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.

This allowed me to experiment with the size and the proportions of the elements before i did any cutting. Today door casings come in a wide variety of styles from clean and simple to ornate and elegant. I never really thought about craftsman style door trim for my interior doors until i got my new laminate floors i m so happy with the way the floors look that as we were putting down the new baseboard i decided to cut the baseboard short in order to allow the chunkier door trim. This kind of design is often found in colonial homes in the united states.

This is part one of a three part series showing how to trim a door with a craftsman style look. Baseboards and shoe molds can be seen throughout these houses but rarely will they have crown molding. Though different variations of door casing styles are readily found the width of casing usually spans two. Have fun styling all the details.