Visited a friend's new place in the new Pine Grove Estates and the window trim detail stopped me cold

I was over there yesterday helping them move some boxes in... and I just stood in the living room for a good five minutes. The builder did this custom window trim where the casing is set back a full inch from the wall, not flush. It creates this deep shadow line all the way around each window, and they painted the inside of that recess a really dark blue. It sounds simple, but the way the afternoon light hit it... it made the whole wall feel so much more solid and the windows just popped. I've never seen that detail in a spec home, only in old craftsman places. It's such a small choice but it changed the whole feel of the room. Makes me want to go back to our own plans and see where we could add one or two details like that instead of just more square footage. Has anyone else used a set-back trim detail like that? I'm curious if it's a pain to keep clean.

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averywilliams25d ago

My builder always said flush trim was cleaner, but that dark blue recess looks amazing.

jesse99426d ago

My old apartment had that exact trim in the dining room. The shadow line was great, but it acted like a tiny shelf for every single dust bunny and dead fly in the county. I had to keep a small paintbrush in the cleaning closet just for it. The dark color will hide a lot, but you'll still feel the grit when you run a finger in there.

holly71325d ago

Honestly, that sounds like a nightmare to clean. Did you ever try compressed air or just accept the tiny paintbrush as your fate?