I'm installing coving in a new house, but undecided about hall, landing & kitchen - should they be coved?

Question

I am building a new house for sale and am installing cornice to the lounge/dining room and normal coving in all the bedrooms. However, I am undecided as to whether to intstall coving to the hall, landing and kitchen? What is the fashion at the moment and what do you think most buyers prefer?

Answer 1

Hall and landing Yes, normal coving should do. Kitchen No

Answer 2

Coving makes painting a nightmare unless you're going to do it the same colour as the walls and ceilings. I personally wouldnt have it in the kitchen or bedrooms but think it can make a lovely feature in the hall and living room.

Answer 3

If you have high cellings in the down stairs rooms coving will lower the cellings... in my opinion, this makes the room cosy!!! but i dont think you need to do upstairs rooms or the kitchen and the stairs... just downstairs rooms and definatly in old terraced houses that are cold... but if your building a house...

i think just the living room and dinning room!

Answer 4

I think it looks just great in a kitchen and hallway as long as there is plenty of space and there are not too many joints and corners involved. If the space is small it can look too fussy

Answer 5

Coving looks great in hallway and stairs.I also have it in kitcen but it would look odd without has all the other rooms have it

Answer 6

leave the kitchen alone everything else will be fine

Answer 7

looks better all round