crown molding return

[Clydem]

I am having a problem with a crown molding return. Mechanically is no problem. It is the way it comes out visually. I have installed coove crown in the front hall of my house and I have to terminate it at the wall leading to the upstairs bedrooms. There is a wall that the stair hand rail attaches to about 5 or 6 steps up and the start of this wall is where I am terniating the crown. When I do the typical return there, it is flush at the ceiling but the lower edge of the return is about 1.5 inches shorter and visually looks bad. I know this is a function of having the crown angled but is there a more visually pleasing way to make a return at this wall. Thanks for your help.
Clyde

[VALENT]

If you can post a pic, you will find that the results will be wonderful.

[Tom R]

Sounds like you're just not use to looking at a standard 'return', - - in your eye it's 'symmetrically-unbalanced'.

Only other option I can think of is ending at a similarly-angled (usually 38 degree) block.

That'll give you a 'square' look from the front, - - and a 'matched-angle' look from the side.

[Clydem]

Gentleman,
I have posted two pictures of the wall. One is without the molding termination and one with the molding held in place. As you can see that the top of the molding runs to the edge but the lower edge is stopping before the wall ends. Any suggestions on making it look more visually pleasing? Thanks
Clyde

[Tom R]

I think the 'angled-block' idea above would look just fine, - - another choice is to go around that next corner too, and 'then' return into that wall.

[Tom R]

Just tryin' to run different ideas by you, - - another one is (in your first picture) 'paint' the blank spot white.

Another idea yet is return your crown in before it even goes around onto that 5" end-wall.

[Clydem]

Tom,
Do you have a sense about what is most commonly done in this situation?
Thanks.
Clyde

[Tom R]

Can't really say I've run into that situation, - - maybe 'Dragon' will be along soon, - - he does a pretty lot of crown and probably has some good suggestions, or at least the 'norm'.

I think my first choice would be to return it in before it even wraps on to that end-wall, - - but hard to say without being there to see the whole situation.

[Dragon]

The norm is to do what you show in IMG_0637.jpg but stop it back a bit shorter, say like a half inch from the edge on the left.

From what I can see I'm tempted to agree with Tom and say that it might look better if you didn't wrap the corner at all.

Alternatively I'd wrap the crown all the way around into the stairwell. It looks like you are roughly 6 inches wide there. Take the crown that same distance onto the stairwell wall and return it. Put a cap on top with a routered edge.