As a young carpenter, the information you are putting out here and elsewhere is very powerful for myself and hopefully others in the next generations. thank you for doing your best to not let this craftsmanship die
I discovered these videos and fell in love. The information provided is in layman’s language and so very insightful. The unfortunate thing is I am going to spend every nickel in my life trying to adhere to everything i have learned. Oh, I’m not an architect or builder, just the homeowner that now wants a well built Classical home. 😊
Fixing molding and trim is surprisingly affordable if you DIY. We are bringing our 1920's Chicago Bungalo back to a historic "built on sight" interior style after a previous owner installed post war trim on top of everything.
Great resources. I am renovating a house in Belgium, where there was plenty of traditional architecture details. Nowadays, it’s been almost impossible to build historically if not at a prohibitive cost. And even so, I found architects and interior designers so illiterate of proportions and basic things (like golden ratio) that I started to learn and build myself with those principles. In Europe we are stuck with « orac » molding styles that are nice and easy to setup but we lack recessed panels with good proportions and good basic molding design for the base layers (including stairs). I thank you for this online material that is of the utmost incredible quality.
This is the best video on interior design I've seen on TH-cam to date. As someone residing in a German castle, stripped of its interior moldings during the GDR era, I've begun restoring them, so this content is incredibly useful. Fortunately, I've managed to correctly restore some elements already, including the exterior moldings on the front facade. This topic would be intriguing for modern architects who may not be as familiar with the nuances of architectural proportions.
That 1950s clamshell screams Los Alamos and Oak Ridge government housing 😂. Really helpful info. A few years ago I removed all the crown moulding from our little 1977 house. Best decision I've made for our house. It was like the previous owners just closed their eyes and started filling up their cart with every style and then just putting it up all over the place. Our space is so much less stressful now that that's gone.
I don’t know what it is, but your videos are so interesting! You make me want to go out and buy every architectural book that I can get my hands on! Thanks to you, I found a new passion-where my love of art, curiosity and technical inclination intertwine. Thank you for these videos!!
This was so helpful! I’ve watched about 100 of your videos and I was confused on how to take these classical ideas and use them in a contemporary home. This helped me understand. I will be building a home in the next year or two and I really want to get the details right. I’m so sick of builder grade garbage. That’s pretty much all that’s out there nowadays.
29:20 ironically Mediterranean houses have next to no mouldings and instead the window and door reveals are actually just deep bullnosed lime plaster. Like a lot of rural Spain, Italy and France. And even parts of rural England. Its a pre-classical style based on Medieval. Its actually rural vernacular architecture. Conversely; a lot of houses in the UK built between 1800 and 1880 had no crown moulding (cornice), no picture rail, no chair (dado) rail, and no ceiling rose (as pre electric lights were never fitted to the ceiling center of the room and were instead standing lamps or wall lamps). Cornice, picture, and dados were only really used in the pre-1830s and post-1880. There's a whole gap where they were not employed at all for the most part. Mainly because of the rise of wallpaper. Its how I know when i walk into a period early-to-mid Victorian terrace row house how none of the mouldings are original and are instead 1980s, as most didn't actually have any. Peak mouldings in the UK were the 1700s and 1880-1920.
Thank you very much, Mr. Hull. I appreciate your passion for this subject and it's really great that you make your presentations available on TH-cam! Blessings to you!
Brent- simple question. What rules for door casing thickness(projecting into the room) and baseboard thickness- same, one smaller than the other . I have a casing 6 inch wide x1.5 inches thick and a 9.6 inch tall plinth 1/4 inch thicker than the casing. Should I use 1.5 in thick(projecting) with a 9 inch tall baseboard? Or something similar Thanks. Your videos are absolutely the best. No one comes close on the classical system.
I would really enjoy hearing you speak about Laurelton Hall by Louis C Tiffany, and Olana by the painter Thomas Church. Both houses are lavish and exotic ( though Laurelton burned down).
The cross sections of the various mouldings and their proportions to each other is very helpful. The a tape measure in the picture helps a lot. Thank you for sharing!
Brent, have you tried applying your European-based analysis of rooms to the architecture of other cultural designs, such as seen in Japanese, Chinese, or various African regions? How do they stand up? Do the same rules appear to apply?
Love the return of classical style, we need to shepherd this education and a renewal. Any millwork experts/installers in Utah who can implement Brent's guidance on a new home build? Let me know your company/site/contact!
Thanks for share your knowledge, Brent. Great presentation! Could you indicate to us any resources to learn more about visual relations of Equality, Punctuation and Differentiation?
Great video however @ 19:55 mark I checked off ? 6 commercial interruption in that time frame and I kept loosing my train of thought trying to follow! Great stuff & when really trying to follow that important thought process Brent it’s too much! If just an entertainment video no problem. I understand money has to be made above all else. Maybe you can suggest some books ?
Ok, sorry about that, you can complain to Google. I obviously can't manage that. Unfortunately no good books exist. I would start with Get Your House Right by Marianne Cusato.
@@BrentHull ok thank you sir ! If it’s not in your control no need to apologize ! It is a little bit of a complex subject and when you stop “right in the middle of a thought” for some slow finish guys like me it’s difficult to keep the subject matter flowing. I am searching Amazon right now for the book. I might add it’s not all your videos I just watched a great video of yours this morning while setting up my door bucks. Maybe 2/3 commercials in 14 min? Which is reasonable. Ok Sir you hv a great day and I learn a ton from you!
Do I have to stay the same throughout the house? Can I have a Greek Revival exterior, then mix the interior rooms: Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival etc.? Or should they all be the same? If my exterior is Ionic, do I have to maintain those proportions throughout the house?
What a great presentation, thanks so much for sharing! What do you do when most of your doorways are positioned in such a way that at least one side of the door has only around 2-1/2" room for casing before needing to dissolve into a wall, collide with another casing at a 90* corner, or end within an inch or two from the next? I'm having a real tough time deciding what I should do.
Good question! This happens in historic houses but is most common in new homes. Remember your are trying to communicate and direct people through your home or space using moldings. If possible, reframe the opening so that it isn't crammed into a corner. Then look at the overall composition and make sure you have a hierarchy that clearly communicates purpose.
Thanks for share all your knowledge Brent, I would just like to say a big thanks. I remember you saying your heroes were the likes of Ash Benjamin, James Gibbs and many more. I class you as one of the people I look up to, a sort of unofficial mentor your videos and knowledge has made me look at my work in a whole new light and I can thank you enough for that. Hope you don’t mind me ask, I’m building my library like you said every builder need to, and I was wondering do you know of/or own any books on punctuation, differentiation, duality/equality. Thanks in advance.
Check out my kit collection, in the description. There is a book by Robert Adam on Classicalism that is good. You can also check out the videos/classes on the ICAA www.classicist.org website. Thanks and good luck.
Better display of projected images with inserts for the video. Maybe add pointers to the insert as you move around on the projected image. (Lots off work, I know.). Your comments hint at some possibilities for redeeming the clamshell (maybe a modest back band and an added groove to the clamshell).
Quick answer is that I would most likely not use a crown. You don't need one because hopefully the beams introduce the scale that helps read the room. You can introduce a small bed mold at the ceiling that is about 1/4 the size of the beam depth. We'll do that occasionally. Good luck.
That was an incredibly interesting video. You certainly know your stuff. How did you get started on this journey of yours? Did you start as an apprentice carpenter?
Thanks so much, I went to the North Bennett St School to learn the old way of building, about 10 years later began my journey into classical architecture, then just continue to read and learn after that.
Hope you’re not doing that chair rail outside, matching up that “sill” ;) If we are talking classical, what’s wrong or right, labelings/ naming the pieces correctly is a must! I personally run my chair rail at the height of the window stool. :)
Thanks for the presentation. I can not figure out exactly witch book you referenced, there are a lot of books called Colonial Interiors. Do you have the name of the author?
Thank you for the explanation however it was very difficult to understand the point when you were directing attention to the drawings primarily due to two things, first, the screen you were pointing to was washed out and obscured by the shadow of your arm. Secondly when you were showing the drawing on paper you were not using a pointer to clearly differentiate the individual parts. Otherwise you receive an A+. Highest regards.
Excellent information. It is indeed as if drinking from a fire hose, but one really becomes aware that there is more to it. Wonderful information, but unfortunately I have to say the videography of the presentation was horrible! E.g. focusing on his body/face, when he is indicating something on a projection. Thus, one cannot follow what he is referring to, etc.
As a young carpenter, the information you are putting out here and elsewhere is very powerful for myself and hopefully others in the next generations. thank you for doing your best to not let this craftsmanship die
Thanks for following along. Cheers!
I discovered these videos and fell in love. The information provided is in layman’s language and so very insightful. The unfortunate thing is I am going to spend every nickel in my life trying to adhere to everything i have learned. Oh, I’m not an architect or builder, just the homeowner that now wants a well built Classical home. 😊
A worthy aspiration.
Fixing molding and trim is surprisingly affordable if you DIY. We are bringing our 1920's Chicago Bungalo back to a historic "built on sight" interior style after a previous owner installed post war trim on top of everything.
Great resources. I am renovating a house in Belgium, where there was plenty of traditional architecture details. Nowadays, it’s been almost impossible to build historically if not at a prohibitive cost. And even so, I found architects and interior designers so illiterate of proportions and basic things (like golden ratio) that I started to learn and build myself with those principles. In Europe we are stuck with « orac » molding styles that are nice and easy to setup but we lack recessed panels with good proportions and good basic molding design for the base layers (including stairs).
I thank you for this online material that is of the utmost incredible quality.
Thanks for watching. Glad to hear.
This is the best video on interior design I've seen on TH-cam to date. As someone residing in a German castle, stripped of its interior moldings during the GDR era, I've begun restoring them, so this content is incredibly useful. Fortunately, I've managed to correctly restore some elements already, including the exterior moldings on the front facade. This topic would be intriguing for modern architects who may not be as familiar with the nuances of architectural proportions.
Thanks so much.
You hit a grand slam ⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾. Thanks again 🙏
Thank you!
That 1950s clamshell screams Los Alamos and Oak Ridge government housing 😂. Really helpful info. A few years ago I removed all the crown moulding from our little 1977 house. Best decision I've made for our house. It was like the previous owners just closed their eyes and started filling up their cart with every style and then just putting it up all over the place. Our space is so much less stressful now that that's gone.
Nice. Good job.
I don’t know what it is, but your videos are so interesting! You make me want to go out and buy every architectural book that I can get my hands on! Thanks to you, I found a new passion-where my love of art, curiosity and technical inclination intertwine. Thank you for these videos!!
Thanks for sharing. Enjoy.
Lol same. I just ordered few architectural books after watching his videos. Can't wait to read them
This was so helpful! I’ve watched about 100 of your videos and I was confused on how to take these classical ideas and use them in a contemporary home.
This helped me understand.
I will be building a home in the next year or two and I really want to get the details right. I’m so sick of builder grade garbage. That’s pretty much all that’s out there nowadays.
I agree, it's hard to find good moldings... Closest place to me in upstate NY is about 1.5-2 hours away... Good luck to you 🍻
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
Thanks!
Fabulous session.
Thank you and thanks for watching.
29:20 ironically Mediterranean houses have next to no mouldings and instead the window and door reveals are actually just deep bullnosed lime plaster. Like a lot of rural Spain, Italy and France. And even parts of rural England. Its a pre-classical style based on Medieval. Its actually rural vernacular architecture.
Conversely; a lot of houses in the UK built between 1800 and 1880 had no crown moulding (cornice), no picture rail, no chair (dado) rail, and no ceiling rose (as pre electric lights were never fitted to the ceiling center of the room and were instead standing lamps or wall lamps). Cornice, picture, and dados were only really used in the pre-1830s and post-1880. There's a whole gap where they were not employed at all for the most part. Mainly because of the rise of wallpaper. Its how I know when i walk into a period early-to-mid Victorian terrace row house how none of the mouldings are original and are instead 1980s, as most didn't actually have any. Peak mouldings in the UK were the 1700s and 1880-1920.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much, Mr. Hull. I appreciate your passion for this subject and it's really great that you make your presentations available on TH-cam! Blessings to you!
Thanks! I'm glad it was helpful!
Just discovered your Chanel. What a great resource! ❤
Nice! Thx.
Two tons of information !!! Watch and Learn !!!
Thanks so much.
Brent- simple question. What rules for door casing thickness(projecting into the room) and baseboard thickness- same, one smaller than the other . I have a casing 6 inch wide x1.5 inches thick and a 9.6 inch tall plinth 1/4 inch thicker than the casing. Should I use 1.5 in thick(projecting) with a 9 inch tall baseboard? Or something similar Thanks. Your videos are absolutely the best. No one comes close on the classical system.
Good question! They all need to work together. I like that thickness. Thanks.
Thanks for an awesome video and thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I would like to see a video on the golden ratio and how to use it inside a home.
Great suggestion! Thanks for watching.
I would really enjoy hearing you speak about Laurelton Hall by Louis C Tiffany, and Olana by the painter Thomas Church. Both houses are lavish and exotic ( though Laurelton burned down).
I'll need to check it out. Thanks.
The cross sections of the various mouldings and their proportions to each other is very helpful. The a tape measure in the picture helps a lot.
Thank you for sharing!
Glad it was helpful!
And, perhaps you could analyze the Library of Congress's Jefferson Building (1897) for its architectural design.
On my next trip to DC that is were I'm going. Thanks.
Brent, have you tried applying your European-based analysis of rooms to the architecture of other cultural designs, such as seen in Japanese, Chinese, or various African regions? How do they stand up? Do the same rules appear to apply?
I have not tried or applied that. It would be an interesting study.
Love the return of classical style, we need to shepherd this education and a renewal.
Any millwork experts/installers in Utah who can implement Brent's guidance on a new home build? Let me know your company/site/contact!
THanks!
Thanks for share your knowledge, Brent. Great presentation! Could you indicate to us any resources to learn more about visual relations of Equality, Punctuation and Differentiation?
I think the ICAA and classicist.org website is the best place. Watch some of their lectures and teaching videos. Good stuff there. Thanks.
Great and informative
Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.
Wonderful and helpful knowledge as always!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video however @ 19:55 mark I checked off ? 6 commercial interruption in that time frame and I kept loosing my train of thought trying to follow! Great stuff & when really trying to follow that important thought process Brent it’s too much! If just an entertainment video no problem.
I understand money has to be made above all else.
Maybe you can suggest some books ?
Ok, sorry about that, you can complain to Google. I obviously can't manage that. Unfortunately no good books exist. I would start with Get Your House Right by Marianne Cusato.
@@BrentHull ok thank you sir ! If it’s not in your control no need to apologize ! It is a little bit of a complex subject and when you stop “right in the middle of a thought” for some slow finish guys like me it’s difficult to keep the subject matter flowing.
I am searching Amazon right now for the book.
I might add it’s not all your videos I just watched a great video of yours this morning while setting up my door bucks. Maybe 2/3 commercials in 14 min? Which is reasonable.
Ok Sir you hv a great day and I learn a ton from you!
Do I have to stay the same throughout the house? Can I have a Greek Revival exterior, then mix the interior rooms: Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival etc.? Or should they all be the same?
If my exterior is Ionic, do I have to maintain those proportions throughout the house?
Quick answer is no. You are free to change up, but the execution needs to be spot-on. It takes careful planning. Good luck.
What a great presentation, thanks so much for sharing! What do you do when most of your doorways are positioned in such a way that at least one side of the door has only around 2-1/2" room for casing before needing to dissolve into a wall, collide with another casing at a 90* corner, or end within an inch or two from the next? I'm having a real tough time deciding what I should do.
Good question! This happens in historic houses but is most common in new homes. Remember your are trying to communicate and direct people through your home or space using moldings. If possible, reframe the opening so that it isn't crammed into a corner. Then look at the overall composition and make sure you have a hierarchy that clearly communicates purpose.
Thanks for share all your knowledge Brent, I would just like to say a big thanks.
I remember you saying your heroes were the likes of Ash Benjamin, James Gibbs and many more.
I class you as one of the people I look up to, a sort of unofficial mentor your videos and knowledge has made me look at my work in a whole new light and I can thank you enough for that.
Hope you don’t mind me ask, I’m building my library like you said every builder need to, and I was wondering do you know of/or own any books on punctuation, differentiation, duality/equality.
Thanks in advance.
Check out my kit collection, in the description. There is a book by Robert Adam on Classicalism that is good. You can also check out the videos/classes on the ICAA www.classicist.org website. Thanks and good luck.
Better display of projected images with inserts for the video. Maybe add pointers to the insert as you move around on the projected image. (Lots off work, I know.). Your comments hint at some possibilities for redeeming the clamshell (maybe a modest back band and an added groove to the clamshell).
Yes, sorry for the confusion.
How do you deal with cornice moulding in a room with a ceiling that has exposed beams?
Quick answer is that I would most likely not use a crown. You don't need one because hopefully the beams introduce the scale that helps read the room. You can introduce a small bed mold at the ceiling that is about 1/4 the size of the beam depth. We'll do that occasionally. Good luck.
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That was an incredibly interesting video. You certainly know your stuff.
How did you get started on this journey of yours? Did you start as an apprentice carpenter?
Thanks so much, I went to the North Bennett St School to learn the old way of building, about 10 years later began my journey into classical architecture, then just continue to read and learn after that.
@@BrentHull thank you for the reply.
Your welcome.
Hope you’re not doing that chair rail outside, matching up that “sill” ;)
If we are talking classical, what’s wrong or right, labelings/ naming the pieces correctly is a must!
I personally run my chair rail at the height of the window stool. :)
Ha, well done!
Thanks for the presentation. I can not figure out exactly witch book you referenced, there are a lot of books called Colonial Interiors. Do you have the name of the author?
There are 3 volumes. They were produced in the 1920's/30s. Thanks.
Rustication. With the Arches I'm expecting Lions coming through the archways.
Haha, maybe. . . LOL
Hostile is right. UT opposed a classical orders class for their ARCH students?! Thank you for this one Brent!
Your welcome! Thx for watching.
Agreed that they're no longer interested in beauty in architecture schools. In fact it seems like they're against it.
It does seem that way. Thx for sharing.
Hint: Background video on your slide is not nice, Brent. Very disruptive to viewing the slide. But Proceed. Great content!
Thanks. Noted.
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Thanks!
Thank you for the explanation however it was very difficult to understand the point when you were directing attention to the drawings primarily due to two things, first, the screen you were pointing to was washed out and obscured by the shadow of your arm. Secondly when you were showing the drawing on paper you were not using a pointer to clearly differentiate the individual parts. Otherwise you receive an A+. Highest regards.
Noted. THx.
Robert Adam was Scottish not English
True, thanks for the note.
@@BrentHullSorry , I'm just a proud Scot , love your work Brent . Let me know what you think of Edinburgh's New Town 👍
Excellent information. It is indeed as if drinking from a fire hose, but one really becomes aware that there is more to it. Wonderful information, but unfortunately I have to say the videography of the presentation was horrible! E.g. focusing on his body/face, when he is indicating something on a projection. Thus, one cannot follow what he is referring to, etc.
Noted. Thanks.