Rosette Blocks Show It's Hip to Be Square
This decorative window and door trim detail adds a fashionable design note in traditional and transitional homes
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Being married to a carpenter, I have the pleasure of being immersed in a world of architectural trim. My most recent learning experience came in the form of the rosette block.
Wooden rosette blocks are both functional and fashionable. They form a decorative corner on door and window casings; functionally, they eliminate the need to calculate complicated miters, usually otherwise required where moldings meet in corners.
Wood rosettes have been featured on door and window casings since the 1800s and were especially popular in Victorian homes. These days they be may used with many trim styles to create a traditional or transitional feel.
Wooden rosette blocks are both functional and fashionable. They form a decorative corner on door and window casings; functionally, they eliminate the need to calculate complicated miters, usually otherwise required where moldings meet in corners.
Wood rosettes have been featured on door and window casings since the 1800s and were especially popular in Victorian homes. These days they be may used with many trim styles to create a traditional or transitional feel.
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| This historic Highland Park, Illinois, residence features original stained trimwork with rosette blocks. |
Rosette blocks helped Union Studio conserve the architectural integrity of this Jamestown, Rhode Island, home during its renovation and addition.
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by The Red Jet
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| Wood rosettes add decorative detail to the original wood moldings in this Boston apartment. |
Designed by architect David Adler, this historic Princeton, New Jersey, home features a bevy of architectural details, including bull's-eye rosettes.
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by Shelley Gardea
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| Along with rosette blocks, bull's-eye plinth blocks are used at the edge where the baseboard joins the casing of the doorways in this Encinitas, California, waterfront home. |
by Gast Architects
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Rosette blocks are quite common in Victorian homes, such as this 1898 San Francisco row house.
| This historic New England home is rich with architectural details, like a coffered ceiling, a built-in buffet and trim with rosette blocks. |
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| Crown molding and rosette blocks grace the interior of this 1889 Gothic Victorian residence in Arlington, Virginia. |
Rosette blocks manufactured from solid wood are readily available in many sizes.
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Granite Grannies Gorgeous! We just did a renovation of a historic row home in DC. It's one of about 6 center aisle way row homes in the city, and the hall had historic paneling taken from a nearby mansion before its demolition years ago. All the corners had gorgeous rosette blocks! I think it really adds weights and presence to doorways, which in turn makes you notice the transitions between rooms in the house and really defines the individual space.
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olldbobbi I love this look! And it's #735 on my list of home improvements. I'm currently at #12, but I'll get there!
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peggle You had me with the first picture. I can't remember what the trim looked like in the house I grew up in but these always feel like home to me.
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mchan I cut more than a hundred and fifty stars out of scrap wood with my bandsaw, then glued them to wood squares to make my corner door and window trim. Very custom touch for hardly any money. Buying those things can turn into serious money quickly. Not the best photo but you get the idea. 
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