Does coving on wall look old fashioned?

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Our current home has coving but new build we looked at doesn’t. I’m wondering is coving old fashioned? I really like it and feel the new build looks naked without the bit st the top!

also lots of new homes seem to have wall paper on one wall. Is wall paper in now?

I think if it as classic rather than old-fashioned.
It's probably cheaper not to put it up in new builds.

Personally I think walls would look unfinished without coving.

I always think the room looks unfinished without coving, or it looks cheapskate. But it depends on the building. A timber frame C15th house with beams would look ridiculous, as would a barn conversion or a modern style industrial conversion or loft.

Coving looks lovely in older properties in my opinion, classic not old fashioned.

Haven't seen it in a new build before so not sure if it'll suit the style, but can't see why you couldn't add it in if you like it.

Can't say I've seen many people doing the wallpaper one wall thing for a while.

I prefer how it looks, as others have said I think it gives a more finished look. Not using it will be a HUGE saving for builders

It looks wonderful in period homes. The miserly sliver of plasticky coving often added to new builds looks worse than nothing, I think. Embrace the modernity!

Well done coving looks tidy and timeless.

I really don't like coving. Fine if you live in a period mansion with original plasterwork, anything else looks too false and 'reproduction'.

Coving looks neater, "finished" and makes decorating easier.

Developers are just looking to save the pennies to maximise the profit.

I think it makes the room look finished and I really like it.

I prefer a more modern look and I didn’t replace the coving when I renovated my house. What’s the point of it really?

The sole reasons they don't put coving up is to save money and to avoid highlighting the fact that the ceilings in new builds are often very low.

We have just bought a new build and will be adding plain coving ASAP. It’s just an additional cost that the house builders don’t want to pay for.

I love it in period properties - I’m in a Victorian property with 3 m high ceilings, coving and ceiling roses.

However I don’t know how it would look in a new build - wouldn’t it have to be quite plain/modern to not look too fake/replica? One reason I’d never live in a new build though, those boxy/plain rooms are not my thing at all.

My new build has coving and I like it

I love coving and we added it (although I hate it in bathrooms and kitchens because of the tiling and high cupboards, so we don't have it in those rooms).

I have rarely seen an un-coved room with neat painting between wall and ceiling - unless the entire room is white the line is always a bit messy.

No idea re wallpaper. If you like it, get it.

I think coving is classic and walls without coving look very cheap. Also, wallpaper on one wall - so an accent wall - is very dated IMHO.

I would call it cornicing if it is the fancy stuff in big old houses, and that would look weird! Coving is just plain.

i agree about the paint @Holidaygirls

As an aside, I much prefer my cosy, clean, new build with its boxy, plain rooms to my old, freezing, Victorian one 😃

I was only wondering this the other day, while looking at the coving in my living room! I think it looks classic. In reality it's probably been used by developers for years so they don't have to bother making the corners neat!

When we moved in to our house there were many rooms with wallpaper only on one wall. One we've removed, one we've kept but it's peeling really badly and desperately needs replacing or removing and we've added one since in the spare room.

I like it. The print is big and would be way OTT if the whole room was in it.

Thank you all! Yes I agree it just looks really unfinished. I think the living room definitely needs it but DH disagrees that it looks old fashioned.

Yes I think a room looks a bit odd and unfinished without it. Our new-ish build didn’t have coving so my husband taught himself to do it and put coving in all of the rooms. It looks lovely, wasn’t very expensive to buy the materials either.

the new build we’re thinking of getting is 3 years old. The following is a good picture of it - note this is NOT the actual new build we’re getting it’s a similar picture but it’s not our home. We probably won’t change anything so don’t want people in real life to recognise us. So what do you all think - coving in this room will it look good?

The reason coving isn't used in new builds is just to keep the costs down.
I personally couldn't live in a new build for many reasons but where coving is concerned I really think rooms look unfinished without it.

That ceiling looks too low for coving to me – you’d have to have a small C-profile which to me always looks a bit pointless and chops into what little ceiling height you have. Personally I’d paint walls and ceilings the same colour in a room with low ceilings, no coving, hang curtains as high as possible – anything to trick the eye into seeing more height.

Worth noting that even in period homes, the back rooms often didn’t have coving or ceiling roses – it was reserved for the sitting room, front bedroom, and front hallway up to the corbels. Other rooms just have have standard wall-meets-ceiling.

Oh and on your other query: wallpaper all walls or none! But ultimately it’s your house, your taste. Leopardskin the ceilings and wallpaper the doors if you want!

I think wallpaper on one wall only is a bit 2010, but still looks ok if it’s been done well (eg don’t just put up some random paper without a thought to the rest of the room)