[TheCrimsonKing]

Hello Everyone!

My Fiance and I have been doing some minor remodeling to our place. The house is Colonial Revival from the 1920's. Most of the repairs we have been making have been to the upstairs bedrooms. However, we recently had some water leak around the chimney that damaged the original tile ceiling that was in the living room. We planned on removing this eventually but the water damage forced our hand.

Ok, so onto my dilemma. One of the walls in the living room is wood and when we removed the old ceiling we ended up gaining about 2 inches of space. Since the wood wall was preexisting, there is now a 2 inch gap between the wood and the ceiling. And I have been trying to figure out how to cover that without it looking bad.

I was wondering if it would look OK to do something just on that wall or do I have to put some type of moulding all the way around the room? I would prefer to just do the one wall of I can. I am also open and welcome to any suggestions.. Attached is a not so great picture of the wall, you can at least see the gap.

 

[Windows on Wash]

Do you have a closer picture?

 

[TheCrimsonKing]

Do you have a closer picture?

Not at the moment, but when I get home from work I can certainly get one.

 

[ryansdiydad]

I'd fill it with a 1/3 make it look like trim.. Should be fine.. Don't think people would think anything of it..

 

[ron45]

Maybe use the same size board that's at the top of the windows..??

 

[joecaption]

No gap showing in that picture.
Why not finish the drywall, paint the ceiling them add crown molding around the whole room?

 

[TheCrimsonKing]

Here is a closer picture of the wall.

I had considered just a board wide enough to cover but hadn't considered trying to matching the size of the other wood. I like the idea.

For the crown moulding, I was worried that due to the size I would need to cover the gap that it would look like too much for the room. The room is 23x13x10. And maybe just a little worried that I would mess it up. ☺

 

[joecaption]

1 X 4 would look like a cheap cover up to me.

 

[Windows on Wash]

+1 to Joe's previous comment.

A smallish crown should work.

 

[oh'mike]

Yep--crown---if you are concerned that a large crown will over power the room, consider doing a two piece---first a colonial base molding,upside down--then a smaller crown.

 

[Colbyt]

Or the colonial base molding,upside down and then a cove molding (which is like a real baby crown).

 

[Gary in WA]

IMHO, remove the wall boards down to drywall, fill the small gap at top to stop air/moisture from entering attic, and texture to match other walls. Then the wall would look original rather than a HO added ship-lap siding with all the joints close to the same line/level and of a wood/application not normally used for the period. The different color boards is.... interesting; to be polite.

Gary

 

[123pugsy]

IMHO, remove the wall boards down to drywall, fill the small gap at top to stop air/moisture from entering attic, and texture to match other walls. Then the wall would look original rather than a HO added ship-lap siding with all the joints close to the same line/level and of a wood/application not normally used for the period. The different color boards is.... interesting; to be polite.

Gary

I hate to say it but I agree with Gary.

 

[TheCrimsonKing]

At the moment we would like to keep the wall, we like the look it has with the fireplace. Although we are a little unsure as to why they decided to put the darker boards where they did. I think they tried to make it look even when random would have been better.

I like the idea of using a colonial base and a piece of cover. Gonna have to stop after work and see what my options are.