What Is A Cornice?

Cornice is a word that comes from ancient Greek. It refers to the upper moulding of the Entablature, which is the horizontal structural element (beam) that lies above the columns...

What Is The Difference Between Coving And Cornice?

Just as a hoover is the colloquial name for a vacuum cleaner, so too nowadays is coving used to describe any form of cornice. The commercial success of the ubiquitous...

Ogee Plaster Coving MPC039 - New House Essex

This customer originally planned for his builder to fit the coving as part of the price of building a new house, however when he saw the range of coving the...

Choosing Plaster Coving and Cornice for Older P...

Fitting a decorative plaster cornice, to cover the join around the top of a wall where it meets the ceiling, became popular in Georgian times but the practice really took...

12 Top Tips For Buying Plaster Coving & Cornice

Choose cornice that you like:You are paying for the coving and ultimately you will be living with your choice so always choose cornice that you actually like. Consider your ceiling height:Rule of...

Decorating Ornate Coving

Spray Painting Plaster Coving Even the best decorators will have trouble painting large ornate coving without leaving runs. It is also extremely time consuming to pick out all the details of...