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Term	Definition	Image
Adornments	Decorative accessory trim added to cabinetry, furniture, windows, doors and mantels.
Astragal	Attached to one of a pair of doors to serve as a stop for the other door. The two types are T-Astragal and Flat Astragal. The later is primarily used for decorative purposes.
Baseboard, Bases	Base molding or skirting board — used at the junction of an interior wall and floor to protect the wall from impacts. Many Panel Moldings will also make two-piece Baseboard applications. These are excellent when turned upside down and used with Cornice Moldings to form larger Crown details
Back Bands	Used to add more overall width an depth on the outer edge of Casings. Backbands can be used on all doors and windows, on doors only and not on window, or can be used in rooms that are carrying more detail (living room, dining room, library, etc.) Back Bands also help make transitions between Casings and Wainscot details, and are great Chair Rails.
Base Shoe	Used where Base meets floor to protect Base from damage; or as a decorative enhancement to the Base molding. Also see Quarter Round
Batten	A symmetrical molding that is placed across a joint where two parallel panels or boards meet.
Bed Molding	A narrow molding used at the junction of a wall and ceiling. Bed moldings can be either sprung or plain.
Casing	Used to trim around doors and windows. Door moldings can show more mass (width) than windows. Casings can also be used as larger Chair Rails or upper horizontal linear banding around rooms.
Chair Rail	A horizontal molding placed part way up a wall to protect the surface from chairs. Primarily used now for decoration. The standard installation height in 32-inches from the floor. Chair rail can be used as casing, base, wallpaper border, or panel molding.
Corner Guard	A molding used to protect the edge of the wall at an outside corner, or to cover a joint on an inside corner.
Cornice Molding	Used where the wall joins the ceiling. These can be used alone and will reveal tremendous depth. Cornice Moldings can also be built up using Lineal Moldings, Baseboards, Casings, Chair Rails or Panel Moldings for taller ceilings
Cover Molding	A concave-profile molding that is used at the junction of an interior wall and ceiling.
Coves and Crowns	Used where the wall joins the ceiling. These can be used alone and will reveal tremendous depth. See Cornice Molding when using multiple parts to build up a molding.
Crown Blocks	Crown blocks eliminate difficult 45-degree compound miter-cuts on Crown Molding. Crown blocks also form simple, elegant, decorative corners.
Crown Molding	A wide, sprung molding that is used at the junction of an interior wall and ceiling.
Dentil Moldings, Dentil Cornice	One of a series of small blocks used to form an ornamental row, used primarily in Corinthian, Ionic and Composite moldings. The collective term is dentillations, or a dentillated Cornice.
Dado Rail	Same as Chair Rail
Detail Moldings	Detail moldings are small moldings used for a variety of projects. Some possible uses are: decorative shoe, shelf edge, screen molding, furniture restoration, wallpaper border, and molding buildups.
Dimension Stock	Sized lumber used to create or enlarge the scale of Casings, Chair Rails, Door Jambs and window extensions, or as part of large combination details.
Door Jamb	Either of the two vertical pieces framing a doorway and supporting the lintel. Also called doorpost.
Door Header	Used to form a pediment above door and/or window openings. They run horizontally either on top of mitered Casings to give height to an opening or at the head jamb of an opening with a Casing dying into the 27/32" flat bottom. Door headers can be used in fireplace applications (as wide Casings or Baseboards) or in exterior applications as pediments to windows and doors. They can also be used as Crown Moldings and beam sides, or large Casings on focal point areas.
Door Stop	Used where Base meets floor to protect Base from damage; or as a decorative enhancement to the Base molding.
Drip Cap	This is placed over a door or window opening to prevent water from flowing under the siding or across the glass.
Fillet	A small, flat band separating two surfaces, or between the flutes of a column.
Fluted Molding	A fluted molding is simply a molding with ribs or flutes that run the length of the molding. Fluted moldings are often used in conjunction with rosette blocks and plinth blocks to trim doors and windows. The symmetrical shape of these moldings compliments their use with molding blocks. Fluted moldings also make great chair rails.
Friezes	Designed to be used as horizontal moldings in Crown details, Chair Rails, cabinetry and furniture. Friezes can also be used as Casings. They will accept most of our Back Band's, embellished or traditional. Friezes are designed to be added easily to existing Crown molding, giving it new life.
Keel Molding	With a sharp edge, resembling in cross-section the keel of a ship.
Lineal Moldings	Used in horizontal runs in Crowns, Chair Rails, upper Frieze applications and to form panels on ceilings or walls. Lineal Moldings are specifically designed to accept a full 3/4" thick molding to either edge. Cornice Moldings can be projected on the upper side of the Lineal Moldings with a Panel Molding or Chair Rail from the lower side to form a large Crown detail.
Lintel	The top part of a doorway, also known as the head or top jamb.
Onlay	See adornments
Panel Moldings	Used to form panels on walls or ceiling or used in built-up Cornice applications. Panel Moldings can also be used as smaller Chair Rails or used as Baseboard caps to form a two-piece Baseboard.
Picture Frame Molding	Picture frame molding is used as a decorative border around pictures. It can also be used as a chair rail for wainscoting.
Plinth	Plinth blocks add a decorative design where the door trim meets the base molding. The general rule for matching plinths to base and casing is: a plinth can be used with any molding as long as the molding is not wider or thicker than the plinth. These also used with Mantels to enhance the design.
Quarter Round	Often used at the bottom of the baseboard to cover a small gap or uneven edge between the flooring and the baseboard.
Rosette	Rosette blocks form a decorative corner on doors and windows. A rosette block eliminates the difficult 45-degree miter cut usually required where two moldings meet at a corner. Rosette blocks are most often used with fluted moldings, although they can be used with many different styles of molding. The general rule is: a rosette can be used with any moldings as long as the molding is not wider or thicker than the rosette.
Screen Molding	This is a small molding that is used to hide the area where a screen is attached to the frame.
Shoe Molding	See Quarter Round
Wainscot	Wainscot or wainscoting is wooden or other paneling applied to the lower 3 to 3.5 foot of an interior wall, below the dado rail or chair rail and above the skirting board or baseboard.