plaster moulding – Carlow Cornice

On the Move!

Exciting things happening here at Carlow Cornice & Mouldings Ltd as we are preparing our move. New Factory and a spectacular Showroom on the way at O’Brien Road Carlow.

We can’t wait to move in and start showing you all whats new!

In the meantime, just a question, how can it be so hard to choose colors?

Get your dream home!

We all dream of a perfect home, a place where we can relax, entertain, feel safe in and be proud of. Here at Carlow Cornice we realize these dreams every day with our timeless designs.

Give us a call and see how we can help you to live the dream

Restored Cornice in St. Brigid’s Church

Last week we finished the restoration of some cornice in St’ Brigids Church, Hacketstown, Co. Carlow. The Cornice was so big we had to do it in three sections, to be sure the weight would not jeopardize the original ceilings. After it was run out by hand in the factory we got good use of all of last weeks spectacular sunshine to get it dry enough to fit!

These type of jobs is one of the best parts here at Carlow Cornice & Mouldings Ltd. It is a real privilege to be a part of restoring the historical heritage of Ireland, free for everyone to enjoy. From the smallest cup for light fittings and cottage coving to large intricate plaster art in the shape of panel work, cornice and centerpieces. And when we are not preserving traditional craftsmanship, we are happy to add the beautiful pieces to your home.

Pictures form St. Brigid’s

Add the two additional lengths for the detail

Voila! Cornice restored, just waiting for a lick of paint

Old and cool – Brooklyn setting the example

From cottage to town house to country estates, cornice and decorative plasterwork can be found all over Ireland. But how do you incorporate the traditional elements to something cool and modern? In a new book, Brooklyn Interiors, Kathleen Hackett has looked at the most inspiring homes in Brooklyn . The old New York Borough is now the epithomy of cool so a good start to get your design ideas going.

Shabby Chic at it’s finest. We can help you clean off the old paint baring the cornice imperfections and all for this long lasting trend.

Cool and classic. Let the cornice frame the room and your art and mementos to the talking.

Colour and knick-knacks. The paneling on the walls a subtle reminder of a time when working class homes were decorated too.

Elegant plaster work, white backgrounds and a sublime coordinated interior with a feel of the fifties.

Large crisp cornice to lift the height of the ceilings, panel work on the walls really gives you the feel of the architecture of the turn of the century.

All photos from Architectural Digest

Call us today for more inspiration and help on how to incorporate your cornice, coving, panels and centrepieces in to a modern home 059 9143930

Cornice + yellow = LOVE

Get inspired this Easter by adding yellow to your home. From mild buttery nuances to bold mustard or loud neon, it matches the white crispy cornice, coving, centerpieces and panel work absolutely beautifully. Have a look at the pictures below for some inspo and do not hesitate to contact us to make your design dreams come true

Grey walls, ceiling, cornice and centrepiece. Make it pop with high gloss yellow kitchen door. Mix the feel of the fifties with Georgian plasterwork. Read more about it here

Yellow double door anyone? Add colour to a narrow dark space the lift its spirits. More here

Don’t want to commit to painting? Get some yellow art. Here matched with a high gloss finish paint that reflects the bouncy yellow

White, pink and a splash of yellow. Having your breakfast in this kitchen would certainly brighten your day. Link

Before breakfast, why not do your morning routine in a room kissed by the sun? Classic fittings, crisp white and warm mild yellow is a winning combo. More inspo here

Why settle for nuance of yellow when you can have two? Turn your corridor in to a room with colours, cornice and practical furniture. More here

Let us create a beamed ceiling, you pick the rest. More here

Why settle on white cornice when you can let it blend in with the ceiling. Stunning cornice, stunning colour. Read more here

Yellow ceiling, white cornice, grey walls and beautiful dark wood furniture. See more here

10 most beautiful ceilings in the world

A ceiling can be so much more than just a white page, it’s a blank canvas! Here at Carlow Cornice we can help you pick out Centerpieces and Cornice to make your ceiling a focal point in your home, and with the use of paneling work, the only limitation is your imagination.

The BBC listed the 10 most beautiful ceilings in the world during the week, and it’s definitely worth to look it up. See full article here.

Unfortunately none of the beautiful ceilings around Ireland made the list, but there are so much excellent plaster work all around the island. Much of this is getting restored today and we are very proud to be a part of conserving that cultural heritage

BBC1 — Castello di Sammezzano, Leccio, Italy

BBC3 — Solna Centrum Metro Station, Stockholm

BBC6 — Nine Bridges Golf Club, Yeoju-gun, South Korea

BBC7 — Heydar Aliyev Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan

BBC9 — Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, Temple of Heaven, Beijing

The art of running cornice

After yesterdays short interview on KCLR96FM we’ve been getting a few questions about the secrets behind running cornice. We decided to give you a bit of a sneak peak when Brian runs some bespoke cornice as a part of a restoration job in a Victorian house in Dun Laoghaire.It is a long process requiring not only exceptional skill but great patience. If the cornice has enrichments they are cast separately and fitted in situ.

The principle is straightforward, a perfect shape of the cornice and casting plaster, the details are trade secrets! Speaking of that, back in the day the trade secrets were kept close and often the doors would be locked as the craftsmen ran out the cornice by hand on the ceilings.

The story starts with some mesh for support and a layer of plaster

We pour the hand mixed plaster by hand

Slowly building the base

A shape is starting to be pulled through

A good few more layers added on and the design of the cornice has started to come through

Some closeups

Finished! All it needs now is a few days to dry out naturally and the to its off to its proper home.

If you have cornice that has seen better days, but you don’t want to loose the original designs, give us a shout on 059 9143930

Centrepieces are ART!

An new trend we’ve seen in a few bars, restaurants and interior design stores is the use of Centrepieces or Ceiling Rosettes to provide a powerful design statement for a wall. We have Centrepieces started at as little as €15.00. If this is something you might like, pop in to our showroom just south of Carlow town and we’ll help you to plan it out.

Why not just go all in, Centrepieces everywhere!

Or go sleek, just one statement piece, this works so well with the ”shabby-chic” look

Try a coloured background and some metallic paints

Want a more Zen like home with an oriental feel, try this design and colour scheme

We have similar styles to what you’ve seen here, and much much more, any size and any design is possible, just let us know

Preparing for Halloween

In order to get ready for Halloween Carlow Cornice & Mouldings has dived deep in to the dark depths of the internet to find some pretty scary places, with beautiful cornice, centrepieces and plaster work.

This is Denbigh Asylum, or North Wales Hospital, completed in 1848 it could room 200 patients with psychiatric illnesses. Victorian asylums is frequently featured in horror movies and novels, I can’t help to be fascinated by the beauty of the architecture in the places were they put to most marginalized people in society. As much as we love restoring old buildings and get out all the detail of the plaster work, I’m happy I don’t have to get on to this site. The hospital didn’t close until the mid 1990’s and performed lobotomy on patients well in to the 1940’s. Oh, and it is supposedly haunted to.

Take flight to Germany, and have a look at another institution. This is the Military Hospital in Beelitz, Germany. The hospital started as a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients and became a military hospital in the First World War. This is were Adolf Hitler was treated for a leg wound acquired in 1916.

Looks like the setting of a romantic movie, unfortunately I’d say it contains more amputated limbs and gangrene…

Happy not to be on that examination table. More than likely the ceiling would have been framed by some ornate cornice.

Truly hauntingly beautiful. You can still make out the fantastic detailed plastered ceiling.

Perhaps to beauty of the ornate cornice and plaster mouldings helped with the healing process?

Moving down on the continent, take a trip to Chateau Miranda in Belgium. A Neo-Gothic castle, it has been abandoned since 1991, and the owning family is refusing financial aid to restore this once orphanage, wonder why…

Look at this two fantastic rooms, the plaster finished arches, so typical for the architectural period. The fantastic details framing the windows can easily be done in plaster, if any reader is after some Gothic-revival!

Let’s finish up with what Halloween has come to be about; fun, games and horror!

Here are some abandoned amusement parks to help you sleep at night

Spree Park Berlin

Gullivers Kingdom Yamanashi Japan

Six Flags; New Orleans

Cornice Kitchen Dreams!

Many of us dream of a big country kitchen, the centre of the home and family. This week we’ll show you some design ideas of how cornice can help with that effortless, homely and yet enviable look f the Country Kitchen Dream (even though Dermot Brennan clearly reminded us that there is such a thing on Room to Improve last Sunday on)

Lets start with something white, bright and light. See how the cornice just frames the room, barely there, just that extra touch to complete a flawless design

Want it even cleaner? Check out how the thin cornice works with the wood paneled ceiling on this one!

The other too plain? Look at this indulging kitchen, the cornice framed cupboards and the beautiful decorative plaster design on the ceiling.

Looking for something more detailed and a splash of colour? Here’s what kitchen dreams are made off! The cornice and ceiling work is just beautiful.

If the previous kitchen was to old fashioned, check out this classic yet modern design in black and white.

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