Cornice and coving, drawn before it is run.

The right cornice anchors a room. The wrong one fights the ceiling height, dates the space, or gives up at the corners. We draw the profile against your room dimensions before we cut the first length.

Three families of profile, one drawing process.

We work in three broad styles — minimalist shadow gap, modern stepped cornice, and classical egg-and-dart or dentil. Each one is sized to your specific ceiling height so the profile looks intentional from the eye line, not exaggerated or pinched.

Every run is laid in continuous lengths, mitred on site to the actual room geometry, and finished by hand. The corners are the part most visitors notice without realising it.

  • Profile drawn against your ceiling height
  • Continuous lengths, mitred on site
  • Plaster, fibrous plaster, or PU options
  • Compatible with hidden cove lighting
Detail of an ornate plaster cornice profile.

Picking a profile for the room.

Profile A

Shadow gap

A narrow plaster recess where wall meets ceiling. Reads as a clean line in modern interiors and pairs naturally with a flat finish ceiling.

Profile B

Stepped cornice

Two or three plaster offsets that step up to the ceiling. Quietly architectural. Works for both contemporary and transitional rooms.

Profile C

Classical mouldings

Egg-and-dart, dentil, acanthus — restored to scale from heritage drawings, sized to your ceiling height so the proportions read.

What a cornice run usually costs.

Shadow gap from $14/lin ft

Plaster recess, painted to match wall or ceiling.

Stepped cornice from $22/lin ft

Two or three plaster steps, mitred at corners.

Classical mouldings from $36/lin ft

Profile drawn from heritage references, finished and sealed.

With LED cove + $42/lin ft

Adds the strip, driver sizing, and dimmer wiring.

Walk us through the room.

The walk-through is free. We will draw two profile options against your actual ceiling height before we send a quote.

Book the walk-through