It seems like all of the moldings used in this house are straight - square moldings, and they're ALL made of mahogany wood (CHEAP) and stained a dark color.

The ceiling 'beams' are no different they are 'H' shaped and were made from 3 flat pieces of lumber. The beams can not be removed because there is an expansion joint between the roof panels behind them . So what to do with them during the overhaul of the house?

The best solution we came up with was to bury them in moldings as part of the process of updating all of the trim in the house. (We had previously replaced all of the base boards and window - door casings)

The cathedral ceilings in ALL of the rooms complicates the process of installing trim and the outside corners in three of the rooms makes it necessary to use 'pendants' to trim the corners of the room. So why not carry the pendant style throughout the project. Additionally because we are using two different sized crown molding, one down the sides of the 'beams' and a second style around the outside of the room, we need something to make the transition from the crown on the beams to the crown on the walls.

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