Help me find the perfect coving/cornicing

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We are about to redecorate our bedroom. This is the first room we are tackling in the victorian terrace we recently bought, and the aim is to slowly reinstate some of the period charm that has been ripped out by a previous owner. I think there would have originally been coving in this room, and so putting some back up could be one way of doing this. It would also help make the finish a bit neater as where the ceilings meet the walls is not straight.

I'm struggling to find something just right, if you know what I mean.

I'm looking for a design that is appropriate for the house and the room: the house is late 1800s, and the bedroom has a ceiling height of 2.5m. As it's a bedroom, I'm not after anything too fancy on the detailing (saving that for reception rooms), but that being said, bog standard curved is too boring!

There are also some limitations in terms of size, because we have large sash windows in the room, with only 14.5cm between the top of the windows and the ceiling. I don't know whether it is best to get coving that meets the top of the window frames or to get a shorter one and have wall visible in between.

The final limitation is cost and practicality of installation. I don't want to spend a fortune - up to £175 is viable, with less being preferable. We're also going to have to DIY the installation and my partner is losing patience with the decorating already 😂, so the more straightforward the better. Got about 11m length to cover in total across 3 walls (4th wall is wardrobes).

So please help me! What do you suggest - styles, sizing, type, suppliers? Or any specific suggestions? Thanks in advance :)

https://www.plasterceilingroses.com/products/traditional-victorian-paster-coving-london-150mm?variant=31448757010475&currency=GBP&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&wickedsource=google&wickedid=CjwKCAiA3aeqBhBzEiwAxFiOBib3q_me7tAd7x_qKYMr0ekHPTcEGhT6pg2KrnxYbXpcXuZ8-inbnRoCXIAQAvD_BwE&wickedid=&wv=3.1&gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA3aeqBhBzEiwAxFiOBib3q_me7tAd7x_qKYMr0ekHPTcEGhT6pg2KrnxYbXpcXuZ8-inbnRoCXIAQAvD_BwE

This is the right era, think it would fit size wise and close on price.

https://llcompany.co.uk/blogs/our-blog/history-decorative-mouldings

This is a good site for info.

If you are installing it yourself then they stick up with tile adhesive and then screw through into ceiling joists.

We have an 1880s house and chose exactly this one when refurbishing!

Altho from a different supplier

However, if you are DIYing the installation I really wouldn’t choose plaster cornicing. It’s a specialist job - our experienced builder got a cornice specialist in to do ours. If you need to DIY I would go for something more robust and easier to work with.

Are you sure that cornicing was an original feature in your bedrooms? My
understanding (as the ex owner of a Victorian villa, circa 1860) is that
cornicing did not always feature in all rooms of properties of this era. Apparently it depended on budget. Grand homes had it in every room, more modest homes only in downstairs rooms.
Do your neighbours all have/had cornicing?

This is an interesting insight. None of my neighbours’ houses have retained any original features unfortunately so it’s really difficult to work out what should be here.

My original plan had been to put in a picture rail and no coving (which seems more straightforward) but people I spoke to thought it should be the other way round. The challenge with the picture rail approach would be whether to paint above it or not - straighter/easier lines if not, but might look weird as our wardrobes are being painted the same colour as walls and go up to the ceiling.

and thanks to other for the suggestions - will take a look :)