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Maple Crown Molding

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Maple crown molding is an excellent choice for decorating the interior of your home.  Maple is a hard wood with a very tight grain that works great with stain, paint, or a simple clear coat.  There are infinite options for your home when it comes to quality decoration like this, so I’ll try to keep this brief!

Using maple for your baseboards or crown molding will make sure that it lasts just as long as your house does.  Since maple is hard it is much less resistant to warping over time.  Installing this crown molding is the same as most other applications where the ends have to be mitered at a 45 degree angle so that the patterns match up properly around corners.

Your local hardware store will have lots of different options for molding and you’ll probably be able to find what you’re looking for there.  If you want to get away from the standard and generic moldings, I recommend finding old homes that are being demolished or renovated.  Maple was a very common material for cabinet crown molding in the past, and most old homes will have it.  It may have to be cleaned up a bit before you can use it, but its quality probably hasn’t faded.  When salvaging wood like this be sure to look for long spits and cracks, and check long pieces for vertical warping.  You’ll be able to get away with a little bit of horizontal warping, but if it’s not going to line up with the ceiling you’ll have a hard time getting it installed.  Sometimes you can get away with using it for kitchen cabinet crown molding if it’s warped because it doesn’t necessarily have to butt up to the ceiling.

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