How to Choose Good Moldings

[@АлексейМаринчев-м1з]

Brent, once again I have realised that you are the most knowledgeable expert in moldings in the world.🤘 Living in Russia I have never come across anyone having a tiny fraction of your knowledge and expertise, nor I have seen similar videos by any of the European trimming carpenters . Many thanks 🤝

[@BrentHull]

Wow, thanks! Cheers

[@spencerboyle6113]

I'm an architect in Los Angeles and found you several years ago, but recently came across your content again as I'm researching historic moldings and trim. I can't find a better channel! This is a wealth of good information and thank you for sharing you knowledge. Already bought your book!

[@BrentHull]

So glad to hear it is helping! Thx.

[@JR-gh8lp]

This is absolutely my DREAM CHANNEL! Thank you for covering all these antique architectural details, great content

[@BrentHull]

Thanks for watching! Appreciate the comment.

[@hassaanvault]

Absolutely love it, listening to the rant and observing all the mouldings around my house and just shaking my head with a smile on my face, Thanks Brent & Build Show Network.

[@BrentHull]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@wolf-ls7jx]

I have an 1820 farmhouse, building a turn of the century bathroom. This has been another wealth of knowledge. No wonder i built my own moldings out if parts instead of the big box trims. Sonething just told me that's the way to go.

[@BrentHull]

Nice. Well done!

[@wolf-ls7jx]

@@BrentHull I actually found the original wall paper in the dining room. I know it's the original because behind it is brown coat, not a skim coat. The silver stripes are still shiny. It was a mix of reds, burgundy, and greens. My friend, a historian, said they must've had some money and it seems it was imported at the time. Also, the lineage of the people who lived here goes back to the asst. Governor to the Plymouth colony, Stephen Hopkins. I figured you might like that.

[@mattmag3089]

Subbed. Im a carpenter building my own craftsman style house. You caught me with your tapered column video on the day i was to start building them. I had never before considered proportions more than subjective aesthetics. Ill be binge watching all your videos for the next week or so. Thanks for the quality content!

[@BrentHull]

Welcome aboard. I look forward to your feedback.

[@BO_Riddle]

Wow, I'm blown away. love this video

[@BrentHull]

Good, I hope it helps.

[@insanerootwoodworks5800]

Thank you for the great information. I’m glad I found this video to help me understand moldings and how they work together. Great job

[@BrentHull]

Glad it was helpful!

[@robnarley]

Always great videos from you. Please keep them coming.

[@BrentHull]

Thanks, will do! I appreciate you watching. B

[@sean369]

Brent you have inspired in me such a love of classical architecture. Thank you so much!

[@BrentHull]

Happy to hear that! Thx

[@RWBblood]

So Informative, thank you once again Professor Hull. Completely understood everything you were teaching.

[@BrentHull]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jonathanisaac9259]

Good info. You definitely have an unprecedented passion for this craft. Thanks

[@BrentHull]

Thank you. I appreciate that!

[@laszlodesimon4768]

What a very inspiring and informative lecture on moldings! Thank you for sharing that valuable knowledge and experience you have!

[@BrentHull]

You are so welcome!

[@katrussell6819]

Thanks. I learned a lot. My house is 1939 and very simple. I have lots of plain moldings. Some we added. We did okay since we matched the old stuff.

[@BrentHull]

Nice. Glad to hear it.

[@benjaminfisher5809]

Your rants are a blessing sir.

[@BrentHull]

LOL. Glad you like them!

[@benjaminfisher5809]

@@BrentHull love them Brent. Keep them coming please I have a lot to learn from you. Muchos gracias as they say in Spain.

[@nabilaidoud6966]

We’re in the process of restoring an 1850 Queen Anne and your content is what I’ve been dying to find. Just ordered one of your books. Love the passion. When you were in Boston, did you ever check out the Eustis Estate in Milton?

[@BrentHull]

Cool, thanks for watching. We never went to this but I just checked it out on the web. What an amazing home.

[@Hakaze]

Love this breakdown. Learned a lot. Want to put up some molding myself, but live in a small'ish apartment with only 7.8 ft ceiling, so guess it would be hard to find anything fitting

[@BrentHull]

Thanks, and yeah, low ceilings are hard. I have a house with 8' cielings and I still use 4" door casings. It works. Good luck.

[@U-TUBE-me]

Love your videos they're very informative! Do you have any videos that explains scale of traditional moldings to ceiling Heights? My father was a finish Carpenter who worked most of his career restoring old mansions and historical sites in Boston. I have many fond memories of doing layouts and designing intricate custom moldings with him.

[@BrentHull]

Yes!! If you go to my classical overview videos there is good info on the scale and size of moldings. I also talk about it. Also, check this one out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5_SgIJ7g7SDgtU

[@cheripaul4645]

My lifelong dream, has been to tour all house museums in this country. What a treat it would be to have a docent available to highlight the joinery, as they say across the pond🤓

[@BrentHull]

That's a worthy dream! Sounds like fun!

[@Concerned_Citizen111]

This is extremely knowledgeable. Thank you sir!

[@BrentHull]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Concerned_Citizen111]

@@BrentHull I would love to hear your take on polystyrene crown moldings.

[@piggly-wiggly]

The "rant" is an absolutely warranted. It's like everyone wants to look "rich" but with only a "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" idea what that means and certainly no ability to afford what it takes. I'd love to see what a good design of today would be like for the kind of budget that sends people to the Big Box stores buying the copies of copies of copies of "traditional". How do we respect the rationality and sense of proportion of Palladio on a modest budget, when even most architects seem to have fallen into the McMansion trap of building boxes tarted up with whatever random ornamentation the budget allows?

[@BrentHull]

Its a challenge no doubt. Thanks.

[@markflajsner9944]

Thanks very much such a fascinating video. Just came across your channel, a recommendation from Richard @Finish Carpentry TV, look forward to watching some of your back catalogue.

[@BrentHull]

Awesome, thank you!

[@Fedgery007]

So passionate!

[@BrentHull]

Absolutely.

[@bradfry2259]

I am super fascinated by all of this and I'm only a flooring installer. The houses here in New Zealand that are around 100 to 120 years old that should have the nice architecture still only have the extent of what you call a bad molding in extra wide used for skirtings and door casing. Sure you might find the odd jem with some nice stuff in it but incredibly rare, I would love to come over there and see some of this stuff because you just don't see it here. Doing what I do for a living I work in a lot of new houses in a near completed state and it seems as though it's just about slap it up as quickly and cheap as possible. The same basic trim with a slight angle on top used for everything, the same concave plaster made crown trim and sometimes it's just straight plastered corners with nothing on them. Yes it's part of a lot of factors like modern taste, cost, time and just life these days in general but it becomes very bland and uninteresting very quickly. Keep the videos and information coming it's great to not lose this knowledge to time.

[@BrentHull]

Very Interesting! I'd love to visit and see it some day. Thanks!

[@viviannedonnelly233]

I'm here in Auckland. The Wallace Arts Center (Pa Homestead) circa 1870 has some fine details.

[@larrymunninghoff6746]

I inquired about buying the book "Historic Millwork" using the email address you mentioned and was told the book price is $75 not $50 like you said in the video. Really enjoy the information in you provide. thanks

[@BrentHull]

Wonderful! Sorry about the price.

[@jwd0808]

Thanks for the detailed in formation, but in some ways I found it is nearly impossible to choose a molding for a home worth 1.3 million in northern California with only 8 foot ceilings. No one I know has your level of sophistication or knowledge. I think most people just choose moldings because they look pretty. I want to replace all the crown moldings but I feel more confused than before. I was looking at the Horner Millwork catalogue and they have suggestions for 8 foot ceilings but I don't feel it tells any sort of story.

[@tylerjenkins6088]

go with what you love and makes your house a home. you'll appreciate it later on

[@BrentHull]

I understand completely. It is confusing. What I am talking about mostly is historic precedent. I believe the historic precedent provides good clues we can use to make decisions today. If you want to send me an email with pics at [e-mail] i'll be happy to give you my 2-cents. Good luck.

[@garymiceli7321]

so glad i found this vidio ill be buying all your books very interested in this type of carpentry( im an intermeadate carpenter timber framer)

[@BrentHull]

Awesome. Thanks.

[@spilleradam]

Great video very good 👍

[@BrentHull]

Thanks for the visit

[@BrothaJeff]

What would suit a more modern townhouse if we wanted to bring in a more traditional style? Trying to figure out what path to take before changing the trim and dressing up the rooms.

[@BrentHull]

You can still introduce the proportions without using traditional moldings. I do think the moldings need to be bold in projection off the wall in order to punctuate details. Good luck.

[@BrothaJeff]

@@BrentHull thank you so much Brent!

[@austinc8176]

At Home Depot before watching this video: Wow those leaf moldings look nice 😊 After: All of these lack historical precedent 😤

[@BrentHull]

Haha, yes, resist the urge.

[@TheCdrbaby]

Where did you find those books? Ebay? And so true hand made is gone! no one will pay me to hand make things ones I tell them how long it will take me. Thanks for the rant;)

[@BrentHull]

Yes, books from Ebay, a good resource. And Your Welcome!

[@larrymunninghoff6746]

What is the name of the moulding book you are referencing in the video from the 1920's? thanks

[@BrentHull]

Historic molding catalog is available from our offices. please email [e-mail] with your request. Thanks.

[@speedster9622]

Your library link is dead.

[@BrentHull]

noted. thx.

[@tylerjenkins6088]

history is lovely but never neglect the essence of a new creation. More-over we should pay attention to the flow and design aspect of what your channel is clinging to but always remember we are inventors and have the ability to create things unwritten.

[@BrentHull]

Ok. Thanks.

[@Daihatsu_Hijet]

👍🏻🖤

[@BrentHull]

Thanks!

[@seanmcguire7974]

Labor was alot cheaper too back in pre 1900

[@BrentHull]

True.

[@karenolvera5539]

Hi Brent this is Gabriel Fagotti again I am fully subscribed and have watched all of your videos I will email you shortly about our restoration project or house building project for my colonial revival style home with interior Georgian wall papers and colonial and neo classical interiors with a Greek revival palldain exterior. However the colonial finishings on the door entrances wich copies palladain style is varry beautiful I will send you photos of colums Baldwin moldingsgetgian wall papers crown moldings arches fire placeswppd floor patterns in the colonial style and different styles in the colonial style Gergian and neo classical style that reminds us of our nation's history and colonial Williamsburg. I know many historical Greek revivals and neo classical homes that look like antabelluims. I noticed a hudge difference in the gilded adge mansions of saint Luis Missouri Road island long island that replicate classical Europe. Greek revival exterior palladain exterior and Georgian interior colonial interior with neo classical interior are my favorite styles in the US in Europe Europe Italian baroque Italian rocco and English Georgian and palladain with French rocco.

[@BrentHull]

Hi, thanks for your comment. I look forward to seeing the pictures. It sounds great!

[@laurajojackson374]

Picking random mouldings can be likened to getting a Japanese kanji tattoo without knowing what it says. You might be walking around with the word dog breath written on you.

[@BrentHull]

Haha, good point. Thx.

[@davidstokes8441]

After the Edwardian (Greek, Italianate) period 1900 to 1920 the barbarians took over and they had no use for proper building and beauty, in fact anyone interested in Traditional architecture was hounded into the wilderness. and our cities became concrete jungles.

[@BrentHull]

I think it happens after WWII. Thanks.

[@davidstokes8441]

@@BrentHull That's when they got the confidence to wreck our cities and turn them into a haven for the motor car. The motor vehicle gave them the excuse to knock down our beautiful cities to widen road, create "ring routes and build multi level car parks.

[@zachrawlings6523]

I love ypu man, but christo colombus did not discover america

[@BrentHull]

LOL, well good point. Thanks.

[@Nunyobidne55]

For the Modern West he did. And thank goodness for that…or we wouldn’t have anything like we see on this channel.

[@snafunet]

I'd like to add that it is possible to get decorative moulding with deep details but without paying an astronomical $250/ft. You can use composite (compo) mouldings (assuming you're painting the moulding) to get deep details for a fraction of the cost of purely carved mouldings and there is historical precedence for this type of moulding: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_ornament

[@BrentHull]

Thanks for sharing