I have cherry crown molding that extends over our 3 casement windows, over the opening to our dining room, and around the chimney of our cooktop hood. One thing that was not included in these areas that is on our cabinets is a frieze. At first I questioned why this was not continued throughout the space, however, the more I live with it, the more it makes sense to me. Now my dilemma is whether or not to continue the crown to our adjoining family room, but painted white to match our other trim.

Sort of off topic, but I just have to say it anyway. nhbaskets, I think your kitchen has one of the most interesting layouts I have seen yet on this board. What a wonderful use of the space! The cooktop in the corner is brilliant. GREAT job!!

ccoombs--You are so kind! Wish I could take all the credit for the design, but that wouldn't be fair to our KD. She really hit it out of the park in making our run-of-the-mill kitchen into something extrordinary.

When we were planning our kitchen, we wanted to join the family room and old kitchen. We definitely wanted to include the molding from the FR throughout the new space. There is dark molding throughout the rest of our house. DH purchased the molding and stained it and the carpenter installed it. We like the contasting color of the molding against the honey cabinets.

Thank you for posting pics of your lovely kitchens! If anyone else has an opinion, I'd appreciate it. Thanks to all.