All About Hand Carved Capitals from Master Wood Carvers

What better way to add a sense of elegance to your home than to add Capitals to the areas of your home that you want to accentuate. These designs of Capitals are copies of Greek Roman capitals found in historic drawings. Capitals are an important design feature when used with columns or moldings, hi-lighting entrance ways. The look and feel of an entrance way that is flanked with columns and are topped with Capitals gives a sense of commanding importance to the room. Our selection of these hand carved Capitals offer the designer or architect the ability to create areas that speak of their importance.

The copies that we offer of these ancient Corinthian,and Ionic architectural designs can be easily incorporated into the modern lifestyle that we enjoy today. When Capitals are used as accent pieces in fine cabinetry there is no better way to make an ordinary cabinet into an important piece of furniture. Small Capitals are used as accent pieces in the kitchen as well. while the use of larger ones can be part of the design of an important piece of furniture Today we see the use of Capitals in the kitchen, great room, hallway, even incorporated in bathroom vanities. Your home will be the most envied in your neighborhood with the use of capitals as part of your decorating scheme.

Check our large selection of capitals for the one that works best with your decor at www.masterwoodcarvers.com! Here are just a few that we carry:

Make Any Room Beautiful with Hand Carved Crown Moldings and Chair Rail Moldings

"What a beautiful room!" That's what you will hear from any visitor when they see your room fitted with our magnificent hand carved moldings.

What better way to turn an ordinary room into an important one, than by using our selection of hand carved deep relief crown and chair rail moldings. Both are available in large 5" or standard 3" width. They are carefully and lovingly carved showing deep relief that makes the different designs jump out at you demanding your attention and admiration. It is sure to make the room an important part of your home.

Crown molding is used in the room at the point that the wall touches the ceiling and will add an elegant appearance to any room. Crown moldings are used as focal points in bedrooms, great rooms, pretty much in any room including bathrooms and kitchens. Our hand carved moldings will create an aura of sophistication that no other addition to your room can.

The use of Crown moldings as ornamental cap to kitchen cabinets greatly enhances the appearance of the kitchen, and gives your kitchen the stamp of your personal taste.

Chair rails were originally created to protect the beautiful painted walls of palaces from damage done by chairs. Chair rails are different from Crown moldings in that they have a concave profile while Crown moldings have a convex profile, so that they will not be damaged easily by chairs.

The attention to the deep detail of these chair rail moldings is sure to bring compliments from all who see it. Since chair rails are installed about 30 inches from the floor they are well within eyesight of all and are generally scrutinized for their workmanship. The attention to detail and the deep relief of the carving of these beautiful designs of grape clusters, floral leaves, scrolls and flowers are most impressive when viewed at this height.

Chair rail moldings can also be used as frames to highlight a particular piece of artwork because it is flat it is adaptable to many different applications Chair rail moldings when used in the same room as Crown moldings create the most impressive appearance.

A Stairway to Paradise: Newels & Balusters

Our Hand Caved Newels and Balusters made into an incredibly grand staircase will become the focal point of your home.

Our Balusters and Newels are available in two different sizes, two different carving motifs, both Acanthus leaves and Grape design, and are all available in either Maple, Oak or Cherry.

Just imagine when your guests enter your home and see this imposing stair case hand carved by 4th generation Master Craftsmen. This most beautiful sight will create a powerful first impression and become the highlight of your home, and surely become the topic of much conversation and admiration.

Navigate through our online catalog at Master Wood Carvers and see our other corbels, mantles, onlays, posts, capitals we have to make your home even more beautiful.

Things to look for before purchasing Corbels

Before purchasing your next corbel, make sure to ask yourself the following questions:

1) Is the corbel hardwood that shows deep relief and detail, or softwood?

Soft woods (usually imports) do not carve as well and lose much of the detail found in hard woods and do not take stain or paint in the same manner.

2) Is the corbel machine carved or hand carved?

Machine carved woods lack the detail and subtleties that you will find in Hand Carved products.

3) Is the finished product triple smooth sanded ready for finishing, or must you hand sand it before?

4) Does the corbel have a metal hanging strip on the back to insure proper and easy corbel installation?

5) Do they use Kiln dried hardwoods?

Air dried woods are subject to cracking and splitting when exposed to changes of temperature found in homes.

6 ) Does the vendor guarantee complete satisfaction? Master Wood Carvers does! Shop our online site for corbels and many other specialty custom wood carvings.