Running cornice
Set to a level line rather than to the ceiling, which is rarely level. Mitres cut on site.
Supply and install · Nationwide
We cast it.
We also put it up.
Ornamental plaster is easy to buy and easy to ruin. A cornice set to a crooked wall instead of a level line, a medallion fixed off the ceiling rose, a mitre filled instead of cut — the casting can be perfect and the room still looks wrong. So we fit our own work, anywhere in the country: surveyed, drawn, cast to the lengths your room actually needs, and installed by the people who made it. If you would rather use your own fixer, the same work ships crated.
How it runs
Four stages, one crew
Nothing is cast before the survey is drawn and signed off. It is slower at the start and much faster on site.
01
Surveyed
We measure the room ourselves — ceiling heights, wall runs, the out-of-square corner nobody mentioned. Drawings come from the survey, not from the plan.
02
Drawn
Dimensioned shop drawings are issued and signed off before a mould is opened, with the lengths cut for your room rather than for a standard box.
03
Cast
Modelled and cast at the Seattle studio, in the quantity and the lengths your room actually needs. Nothing is pulled off a stock shelf.
04
Fitted
Set, mitred, pointed and made good by the people who cast it. Mitres are cut on site, not filled.
What we fit
Rooms, not boxes of parts
Medallions and centrepieces
Centred on the fitting, not on the room, and packed out where the ceiling drops away.
Coffered and tray ceilings
Set out full size on the floor first, so the field is square before anything goes up.
Columns and pilasters
Plumbed, packed and scribed to floor and soffit, with joints closed and stopped.
Fireplace surrounds
Set to the opening and to the hearth, with clearances checked against the appliance.
Panelled walls
Set out as a whole wall before the first panel is fixed, so the margins read even.
Seattle bench, nationwide jobs
Fitted by our own crew around the studio and anywhere else in the United States. Or crated and shipped — same castings, same drawings, your fixer.
SeattleBellevueKirklandRedmondTacomaOlympiaEverettBellinghamSpokanePortland OR
Before you book
The questions we get most
Do you fit outside Washington?
Yes — our own crew installs anywhere in the United States, with the travel quoted as part of the job. If you would rather use your own plasterer, we crate it and ship it with drawings and a fixing guide they can follow. That is what the Shipping page covers.
Can my contractor fit it instead?
Yes, and plenty do. You get the same drawings, the same setting-out marks and a fixing schedule. Ornamental plaster is not hard to fix — it is easy to fix badly, and almost all of that is setting out rather than skill.
Is installation priced separately?
It is quoted as one number with the castings, because the two are not really separable — the lengths we cast depend on how it is going to be set. Ask for supply-only and we will price that instead.
What do you need from me before you quote?
A photograph of the room, the ceiling height, and the length of the run. That is enough for a number. For anything being matched to existing work, a photograph with a ruler or a coin in the frame for scale.
How long does a room take?
Most single rooms are one to three days on site once the pieces are cast. The casting is the long part, not the fixing.
Send us the room
A phone photograph, a ceiling height and the length of the run is enough for a number. Mon – Fri, 7am – 5pm PT.