The typical Georgian interiors exhibited elegance and richness. The use of carefully carved woodwork and moldings such as Dental moldings, paneled doors, built-in cabinets, decorative plaster work and medallions added craft touches to large rooms Georgian Colonial became the rave in New England and the Southern colonies during the 1700's. Stately and symmetrical, these homes imitated the larger, more elaborate Georgian homes which were being built in England. But the genesis of the style goes back much farther. During the reign of King George I in the early 1700's, and King George III later in the century, Britons drew inspiration from the Italian Renaissance and from ancient Greece and Rome.