Architectural Accents Columns, Moldings, Decorative Building Materials

Classic Column--This decorative architectural Column System has been designed as a lower priced column for applications where standard architectural or decorative columns and porch posts may be specified yet not affordable. It is also a perfect method of covering and hiding basic structural supports. Products are maintenance free, weather resistant, easy to Install, can be used for interior and exterior columns. Their dealers will sell the caps and bases separately and most will also provide the pipe as well. The Classic Column web site should also help you in locating and choosing the right pipe to use with the caps and bases. These are not for load bearing applications, but the hollow pvc pipes can cover load bearing structural elements. Almost any column height up to about 20 feet can be achieved. To paint Classic Columns, the column should be cleaned as per their instructions, then lightly sanded with a 250 grit paper and then primed with Kilz or Behr primer deigned for PVC . To learn more about this product, watch the videos on the website. These products could be used by set designers, for prom stage designs, and wedding rental decoration companies. Beach weddings often include a series of columns standing in the sand just at the surf's edge. Made by Classic Essentials in Moulding (Classic Column Manufacturer) in Burnaby, British Columbia,Canada www.classiccolumn.com

Easy Crown Molding--from James Christopher Design, Inc. installs in about an hour with no tools or measuring. It comes with pre-mitered corners for perfect results. One kit will decorate a 16' 10" x 16' 10" room for less than $50. The crown moulding comes in white or you can paint it to match your decor. www.EasyCrownMolding.com

Pacific Columns makes both fiberglass and wood columns. Their sites for the columns are:
fiberlass columns-- www.polyclassiccolumns.com
hardood columns-- www.hardwoodcolumns.com  
For balustrade railings see www.balustradesystem.com and the site for specialty wainscot paneling is www.wainscot-panel.com All their other architectural building products such as wood shutters, pediments, pilasters, wall niches, appliques, brackets, ceiling tiles, corbels, ceiling medallions, fireplace mantels, cupoloas are on www.architecturaldepot.com   

Boldstone Sculpture designs and sculpts wall pieces and water features for interior and exterior environments. They have worked with architects, garden and interior designers, landscape architects, corporate and private companies locally and abroad. All sculptures are hung or set into walls and can be adapted to form water features or detailed paving stones. As part of the water feature ideas, water spouts can be placed in existing standard pieces or used as water catchers, fountains, runnels or rills in the garden. Sally Price is the designer for Boldstone. Boldstone Sculpture works have been placed in hotels, restaurants, sports and retail centers, show houses, galleries, designer gardens and private residences. Located in the UK but they ship worldwide. www.boldstonesculpture.com 

Spartan Architectural Columns makes fireplace mantels, columns, pillasters, synthecti fencing that they call Polly-Classic rails, posts and square Balusters with a solid feel and four times the stiffness of conventional thermoplastics. Their product is High-temperature stable and outstanding cold-temperature stable and outstanding cold-temperature impact resistant. They also have copper, bronze and painted metal weather vanes. Turncraft Ornamental Capitals artfully capture natural themes and images in an aesthetic composite sculpture. The capitals are crafted from a number of materials including wood, plaster, and fibers and are shaped into the appropriate the proportions for the various styles of architecture and sizes of column shafts. You can request a catalog online. www.architectural-columns.com

Azek Trimboards--gingerbread house trim and exterior house cornices, corbels, and things of intricate designs. Walpole’s new Freeport Collection, crafted from AZEK materials, features cupolas, window boxes, planter boxes, lattice panels, lantern and mail posts, pergolas, gates, and more. And, as with their traditional wood products, Walpole's design and engineering group and craftsmen can custom build with AZEK material according to a customer's plans or drawings. The combination of Walpole’s traditional woodworking techniques and AZEK Trimboards’ modern technology provides customers with more than 50 ready made products in the Freeport Collection – and even more from the Walpole custom division. Since the mid 1980s, Vycom (AZEK® Trimboard's parent company) has manufactured cellular pvc. A product initially designed to weather the outdoors as a sign and marine material, was introduced to the building industry in 1999 to offer its proven durability to the trim category. Manufactured in Moosic and Scranton, PA, AZEK has quickly become the nation's leading brand of trim. Today, AZEK is available nationwide and in Canada in all standard trim dimensions as well as sheets, cornerboards, and beadboard. www.walpolewoodworkers.com & www.azek.com 

The readers of Professional Builder Magazine selected Chadsworth's Columns 1.800.COLUMNS as the preferred column company in there national survey of professional builders for three consecutive years. Their columns, for both interior and exterior use, come with plain (smooth) and fluted shafts in a variety of sizes and lumber species. Our decorative capitals are plaster/fiberglass or wood grain. Chatsworth's Columns offers many designs - Authentic Replication, PolyStone, Colossal, Classic, Colonial, the Premier Custom Collection, including Stain Grade, and Original Design. Chadsworth Columns can work from custom designs or replicate existing columns for replacements or additions. Column materials include wood, fiberglass and polyester composite. The best column choices for exterior (outdoor) garden use are thier PolyStone and Colossal columns. Be sure to look at the column online idea book. The work of Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola is the inspiration for Chadsworth's Columns. Vignola, a 16th century Italian, is regardes as the authority on Greek and Roman columnar orders. He sought to establish and formulate guidelines for the use of these supports. The Tuscan coulmn is noted for its simplicity and is an adaptation of the Doric. The columns of the Temple of Piety in Rome and the Lower Order of the Amphitheater at Arles are of the Tuscan order. The Greek Doric is the oldest, simplest and sturdiest of the five Classical Orders. Distinguishing characteristics of the Doric Order are that it has no base or plinth and that it is thicker than an Ionic or a Corinthian column of the same height. The Doric has shallow flutes and an entasis, which is a flat curve on the tapering shaft. The columns of the Parthenon, the most famous temple on the Acropolis in Athens, are of the Doric Order. The Ionic has twenty-four flutes or vertical grooves which emphasize its height. The volutes, or stone spirals, are the most distinctive feature of these columns. The distinctive capital resembles an open scroll. The columns of the Erechtheum, a temple on the Acropolis, are of the Ionic Order. The Corinthian is distinguished by the tall inverted bell-shaped capital which is decorated with carved aacanthus leaves and small volutes. Almost all of the buildings erected by the Romans employ this Order. The columns of the Monument of Lysicrates and Olympieion in Athens are of the Corinthian Order. Chatsworth has a new polystone balustrade line. The catalog is online. www.columns.com 

Architectural Detail has been in business for nearly two decades. They produce fiberglass columns, capitals, bases, and custom pieces in all sizes and styles. Every piece of building material is designed to make each renovation, restoration, and construction project reflect superior craftsmanship and the finest architecture. Architectural Detail produces very durable ornamental products. Their nonporous pieces are waterproof and impervious to termites, staining, and decay,and not effected by weather conditions such as humidity and temperature extremes. Most ornamental fiberglass pieces contain 3%-4% fiberglass.  Architectural Detail's coulmns contain 40% fiberglass. Architectural Detail also manufactures structural columns. They can customize columns to any length or specification and all columns can also be load bearing upon request. The wall niches are made entirely in one piece. The durable plaster and fiberglass product is lightweight and easy to install. Architectural Detail can provide custom niches upon request. Several stock house rosettes are available and they can make custom rosettes in any size or style. They make decorative brackets, corbels, and keystones. All pieces leave the factory sanded and primed for painting. The patent-pending seaming system ensures a straight line and easy installation for reassembling columns that are split to fit around existing structures. Architectural Detail can build any number of columns to any size, build any custom ornamental piece, improve any home or building project. Architectural Detail is well established; founded in 1985. Architectural Detail has been featured in TV shows, magazines, and books and made columns for all over the world. www.architecturaldetail.com

Classic Column--This decorative architectural Column System has been designed as a lower priced column for applications where standard architectural or decorative columns and porch posts may be specified yet not affordable. It is also a perfect method of covering and hiding basic structural supports. Products are maintenance free, weather resistant, easy to Install, can be used for interior and exterior columns. Their dealers will sell the caps and bases separately and most will also provide the pipe as well. The Classic Column web site should also help you in locating and choosing the right pipe to use with the caps and bases. These are not for load bearing applications, but the hollow pvc pipes can cover load bearing structural elements. Almost any column height up to about 20 feet can be achieved. To paint Classic Columns, the column should be cleaned as per their instructions, then lightly sanded with a 250 grit paper and then primed with Kilz or Behr primer deigned for PVC . To learn more about this product, watch the videos on the website. These products could be used by set designers, for prom stage designs, and wedding rental decoration companies. Beach weddings often include a series of columns standing in the sand just at the surf's edge. Made by Classic Essentials in Moulding (Classic Column Manufacturer) in Burnaby, British Columbia,Canada www.classiccolumn.com

Columns & Carvings offers wood, fiberglass, pre cast stone, and polyurethane columns and architectural accents for both exterior and interior application. Columns and Carvings offers a collection of 45 authentic wood carvings, wood corbels and accents for architectural applications. These solid wood, hand-carved pieces will add a touch of embellished charm to your projects. The entire collection can be stained, painted, glazed, or can accept any other finish you choose. All Columns and Carvings products come with extensive warranties, among the best in the industry, C&C Wood Columns, Redwood Column, Pine/Poplar Finger Joint Column, C&C Fiberglass Columns, C&C Pre Cast Stone Columns, C&C Column Covers, C&C Polyurethane Balustrades, Columns, Millwork, C&C Fiberglass Arbors
C&C Wood Corbels and Carvings, C&C GFRC Corbels and Ceiling Specialties. The Columns & Carvings collection of woodcarvings and wood corbels includes centers with scrolls, centers, swags, drops, corners, corbels, capitals and rosettes. Use them on cabinets, furniture, pilasters, door panels, or over doors, mantels, wall panels, ceiling panels, and horizontal friezes. Use corbels as supports for shelves and mantels. These pieces can be used alone or combined to create a myriad of designs. Woodcarvings are also invaluable for craft projects such as decorative frames for mirrors or art and decorative boxes. www.columnsandcarvings.com

Estate Millwork is a small Pennsylvania woodworking company that makes custom wood
shutters, doors, and cabinet doors. They also do restoration work and architectural millwork and recently added door and shutter hardware. Estate Millwork's site has CAD software built into it. A user can access that by designing their own shutter or door on the site. The way it works is pretty easy, a user just selects the style of shutter or door they like, they choose the wood, they enter the dimensions, and then right there on the page they get a graphic of the item they want with available specs so they know what it looks like. Plus, they also immediately get a quote! No waiting for emailed or phoned quotes, no dealing with a salesman. Its right there. www.estatemillwork.com 

Vintage Wood Works in Texas makes the old style strong and handsome wood screen doors in all styles. You can order one made from cypress (best), pine or poplar . The also sell all manner of hard to find architectural details. Look to Vintage Wood Works for Porch Posts, Balusters, Rails, Etc. Screen/Storm Doors, including Custom sizes. Brackets--Largest selection anywhere. Spandrels, Mouldings, Blocks & Corner Posts, Gable Decorations, Headers, Cornices, Running Trims, Bead Board, Signs for fun and profit. Corbels, Special 3" or thicker Brackets. Fretwork Panels & Medallions, Finials & Drops, Cut Cedar Shingles, Gallery Rails for cabinet tops, etc. Interior Stair Parts, Protective Corner Beads for your walls and wallpaper. Mantels, Door and Window Caps, Appliques ands mall parts from their workbenchs, House Plans, Browse 13,000 different plans! www.VintageWoodWorks.com

Rustic Beams sells artificial lightweight beams that look like wood. They can be glued to your existing ceiling. The website shows how. They offer pine or dark oak finish. www.rusticbeams.com

Pineapple Grove Designs Cast Stone / SculptStone (tm) makes bas-relief architectural ornaments including medallions, friezes, key stones, plaques, rosettes, carved stone signs, etc. similar to cast stone or precast material. Pineapple Grove Design’s started in 1986 as a one-man shop in the Pineapple Grove Arts district of Delray Beach, Florida . Since then, our ambition remains to: “Do the best job we can, making products with care- as if they were going on our own building and treating our customers like family- with respect and fairness.” That mission has helped them grow to a 90,000 sq ft facility supporting over 40 families. They have helped create some of the most prestigious buildings, institutions and parks in the country. Pineapple Grove Design makes medallians, keystone shapes and rectangular frieze components in many styles.   www.pineapplegrove.com

Cumberland Woodcraft offers Victorian and country home decor by the oldest and largest supplier of hand-crafted millwork from screen doors and gingerbread trim to corbels, brackets, moldings, fireplace mantels, home bars, paneling and wallcoverings. Cumberland Woodcraft's extensive line of handcrafted Victorian and country woodwork and gingerbread trim includes screen doors, spandrels, brackets, carved corbels, moulding, ceiling medallions, mantels, cabinetry and period wall papers. Their products are priced unfinished (except where noted), or they can supply them finished on a special order basis. The selection of corbels, brackets and appliques comes in select harwoods or economical polymer castings. Exterior corbels and brackets are available in maintenance-free polymer. Cumberland Woodcraft has elegant cast ceiling medallions in high density polyurethane with over 60 designs and sizes from 6 inches to 62 inches for accenting any size room or light fixture. They also offer an extensive selection of decorative crown moulding. Fro over door mouldings and ornamentation they have both polymer molded products and wooden carved or embossed. Their selection of classic design fireplace mantels and surrounds features many hand carved details and select hardwoods with accent burl veneer panels. Custom sizes and designs are also available. For bars or cabinetry, craftsmen fabricate the larger items in modular sections so they can be easily transported and reassembled on location with easy instructions that require basic hand-tools and skills. Delivery and installation by Cumberland is also available and quoted by request. Victorian millwork and porch trim has been their specialty since 1975, offering an extensive line of brackets, corbels, fretwork, spandrels, gable decorations and porch trim in select hardwoods or maintenance-free polymer materical in authentic Victorian designs.You can order online authentically styled Victorian or traditional screen and storm doors hand-crafted in durable Spanish cedar. www.cumberlandwoodcraft.com

Beaux-Artes -- decorative grilles for HVAC grilles, vent covers, register covers, filter grilles and decorative speaker grilles; trim kits for recessed lights, downlights, and unique decorative treatments for walls, ceilings, windows and doors. Beaux-Artes  are applicable for historic preservation and/or new home construction. Uniquely embellish the walls, doors, windows, and ceilings of your home or office. Beaux-Artes offers common industrial elements re-designed into unique and beautiful features. www.beaux-artes.com 

Designer Doors is a specialty garage door manufacturer, for  replication of original and historic carriage and garage door styles. Custom designs and sizes, many of which appear to swing or fold open, but all roll-up with an automatic operator! Matching service doors also available. Nationwide sales and shipping. www.DesignerDoors.com

Hahn's Woodworking is a manufacturer of traditional wooden garage doors. Specializing in overhead operating doors with the appearance of swing out carriage house doors and convenient motorized operation. Hahns can also make traditional swing out and sliding doors. Unlimited manufacturing capabilities in reproducing your historic design. www.HahnsWoodWorking.com

Victoriana East manufactures a full line of wooden storm doors. Each door is custom made to enhance the style of your house and entry door behind it. You can choose from one of our many styles or design your own. This gives you a one-of-a-kind door that fits your house perfectly. Quality wooden storm doors generally cost more than their aluminum counterparts, but they offer a greater thermal barrier and unparalleled beauty and uniqueness. Victoriana East also offers mailboxes and porch parts. www.victorianaeast.com

Van Dyke's Restorers have over 20 yrs of experience supplying al sorts of hardware, fittings, pieces and parts for houses. The focus is on restoring old houses so you find things like tin ceiling squares and Victorian ornamental woodwork. They have lovely door & window hardware. www.vandykes.com

Seaport Shutter--Traditional wooden screen doors of solid mahogany, custom designed, and available in custom colors. Seaport Shutters is based in Maine. www.seaportshutters.com 

Pearlworks Architectural Details, located in California, is the leading manufacturer of flexible architectural ornanents.   Their designs have been inspired by great architecture ranging from Europe to Asia. Pearlworks is the only manufacturer of Hybrid Architectural Molding in the world. This innovative process combines Hardwood and resin castings together creating a unique molding with twice the detail at half the price of machine wood carvings. Their maple hardwood moldings are made using this hybrid manufacturing process. When complex radiuses and curves require a flexible molding, our specially blended urethane moldings are the answer. Any water or oil base stain or paint can be used to finish the project. Pearlworks is a great resource for innovative architectural ornamentation. They stock over 30,000 parts for quick shipment..
Custom work is another Pearl Works specialty. Their clients include theme parks and movie studios, anyone requiring a nonstandard size or design. The latest creations have been targeted for the cabinet and furniture industries. You can shop online or contact them for more info. The website also has great architectural millwork installation instructions. www.pearlworksinc.com

Art for Everyday Wood Carvings---has a huge catalog of detailed wood carvings for kitchens, staitcases, fireplaces, door openings, ceilings, etc...unusual website has many great photos, both of the individual wood carvings and their products on location, but almost no text. You can contact Art of Everyday about custom wood carvings too. www.afe-inc.com

Renaissance Ceiling Domes, located in Knoxville, TN, was founded in 1995 for the purpose of offering architects, planners, designers, and builders a one stop comprehensive resource for specifing the highest quality custom made prefabricated ceiling domes. Their recessed ceiling domes offer an imaginative compliment to a center hall chandelier. These domes are actually architectural features that are unique and will add real value to your home. www.RenaissanceDomes.com

New Economical Italian Gates, in-stock and customizable!, Fully Assembled driveway gates. include hinges, Fully Assembled pedestrian gates include hinges and lock, Riveted, Metalized , Available in 14 designs , Matching Fencing Available www.djaimports.com

Architectural Accents is a design / build architectural woodworking shop that constructs custom cupolas, belfries and steeples. They design and construct custom cupolas, they do not have a standard line of cupolas or mass-produce them. The cupolas are individually designed, and built one at a time to meet the requirements for each project. They will offer quotes on your design or that of your architect & have developed a homeowner easy installation method. This system of attaching their structures has been approved and is in use in Florida, which has a Dade County code restriction requiring the structure to withstand 100 M.P.H. winds. All mounting hardware is included with their units Many cupolas, belfries and steeples are adorned with a weathervane, finial or lightning rod. www.cupolaconstruction.com

Mosaics can definately be considered to be an Architectural Accent. Glass mosaics will last for centuries, maintaining their original brilliant colors. Mosaics can be used on both the interior or exteriors of buildings. For some stunning examples of mosaics used for showers and bathrooms and building exteriors,and a links page with manymosaic artists listed as well as sellers of mosaics supplies, see this site: www.Mosaic-Tile-Design.com

Architectural Antiquities offers practically everything imaginable for the discriminating individual who is either restoring, reproducing, or building a new home or commercial building. They specialize in brass lighting, hardware and fireplace items; Victorian plumbing fixtures and accessories; doors, windows, stained glass and other hard-to-find pieces. All items are cleaned & refurbished The architectural items are actual antique pieces. If it is unusual or different, they probably have it. Architectural Antiquities has things like newel posts, floor grates, gates, windows, doors, nautical items, coulmns and mantels. www.archantiquities.com

Phoenix based Architectural Metals, Inc specializes in creating solutions in metal fabrication. Your ideas, our ideas, together we can create a unique design via their Computer Aided Drafting system and execute with their team of true metal craftsmen. America's love of the sleek look of metal for commercial, professional, public and home uses has skyrocketed. Fueled by the easy maintenance and enduring nature of metal, people are choosing metal fabrication as a solution to their creative and functional design needs. Their management team has nearly 100 years of experience in the metal fabrication trade and have loyal on-site fabrication shop employees. Architectural Metals specializes in the design, fabrication, and installation of architectural metals. www.architectural-metals.com

Endureed Premium Thatch Roofing.---Manufacturers of the highest quality Synthetic Thatch
Roofing Material.  Class 'A' Fire Rated, and wind resistant to 140mph+!   Beautiful, durable material not subject to rot, mold, or infestation by insects or other pests. www.endureed.com

Huge array of architectural accents and building materials at Architectural Products by Outwater. Cornice and panel molding, columns, beams, tin ceiling tiles, corbels, ceiling medallions, drawer pulls and knobs, builder's hardware, wrought iron, arbors and trellises, classic fans, wall niches and frames, stair railing, fittings and components, mouldings, base boards, fireplace surrounds, orac decor library systems, wall pilasters, door surrounds, exterior millwork, woven wire grills, vintage hardware, Products include Plastic & Aluminum Extrusions,Furniture, Cabinet & Store Fixture Components, Knobs & Pulls, Lighting and Lighting Accessories, Casters,Fasteners, Laminates, Interior & Exterior Wood and Polymer Architectural Mouldings & Millwork, Columns & Capitals, Balustrading, Wrought Iron Components, Decorative Stamped Steel & Polymer Ceiling Tiles, Period & Contemporary Hardware, Kitchen & Bath Accessories, Kitchen & Bath Cabinetry and Vanities, Surfacing Materials, Plastic "Glass" Block, Wall Coverings, Wainscoting, Plaster Architectural Elements, Fireplace Surrounds, Decorative Wood Carvings, Brass Tubing & Fittings, Store Fixturing Connectors,  Pedestals, Injection Molded Parts, and so much more. And you can request their 900 page print catalog. www.archpro.com

Hyde Park, Fine Art of Mouldings Inc. is a source for architectural and ornamental plaster. In the tradition of the great plaster studios of the European Renaissance, Hyde Park is proud to provide the most beautiful plaster moldings and plaster ornaments to American interiors of distinction. The maintain an extensive library of mouldings in the world. Their product is hand cast and used in historic building restorations and landmark houses. Their crown molding, cove molding, ceiling centers, ceiling domes, wall niches, decorative moldings, fireplace mantels and door trim are utilized in all types of building projects - from intimate residential spaces to the grand interiors of museums, hotels, and places of worship. www.hyde-park.com 

EDON Corporation--(Located in PA) is an industry leader in architectural fiberglass products. EDON has been providing fiberglass products for over 44 years. They are a designer, manufacturer and supplier
of architectural products such as: columns, column covers, cornice, domes and cupolas.
They have been a supplier to public buildings, telecommunications, churches, schools, casinos, custom residences, and well known landmark projects. Edon has a photo gallery and a list, state-by-state of projects they have participated in. The list also includes the construction co in charge of the project. That might be good for references. Edon Corp has stock items like columns and column covers, balustrades, etc...but does plenty of custom work. www.edon.com 

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