What baseboard and crown molding cost
Trim is priced by the room and the profile, with the lumber on the materials line. A basement that lost its baseboard to a flood is one visit per hundred feet or so, plus paint. Crown is slower than base because every cut is compound and every corner is coped, so a room of crown is a day. The estimate shows the footage and the profile.
Baseboard and crown molding jobs we have billed this year
Bathroom sink re anchored and recaulked, new toilet seat
Washington, DC, Oct 2026. Labor and materials.
$287
Wall touch up after an old leak and a loose fire pull station resecured
Washington, DC, Aug 2026. Labor and materials.
$147
Finished jobs with the town and the month. Street addresses stay off the list.
What moves the price
- Profile and material. A stock three and a quarter inch primed pine or MDF base is cheap. A tall five and a quarter inch colonial base or a stain grade oak crown changes both the lumber and the labor.
- Corners. A square room with four corners is quick. A room with bay windows, bump outs, a fireplace and a sloped ceiling has three times the cuts and the price follows.
- Walls that are not straight. Plaster walls in older Baltimore County and Arlington houses bow, so the trim gets scribed and the gaps caulked, which takes longer than new drywall.
- Paint. We prime and paint trim on the horses before it goes up and touch up after, or we leave it primed for your painter, and the estimate shows both ways if you ask.
Get the number for your job
Send the address and a photo. The written estimate comes back the same day on most jobs, and the price on it is the price on the invoice.
Or call or text (240) 616-4788. Hours 8 to 6, Monday through Saturday.
Cost questions
- MDF or wood for baseboard?
- Primed finger joint pine or poplar on anything near a floor that could get wet again, because MDF swells. MDF is fine for crown and for base in dry upstairs rooms, and it paints a little smoother.
- Can you match the existing baseboard in the rest of the house?
- Stock profiles from the last thirty years, yes, the same week. Older or odd profiles get matched from a sample, either a close stock piece or a custom run, and we show you the match before we buy the lumber.
- Do you paint the trim or do I?
- Either. Most people have us do it because trim painted on the horses before it goes up looks better than trim cut in on the wall. If you have a painter coming, we leave it primed, filled and caulked.
How the work itself goes is on the baseboard and crown molding page.