Take the 2-minute tour ×  When framing a wall is it really
important to have the crown of each stud in the same direction?
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down vote accepted  Yes it is. If all your studs are oriented
the same way, you'll have a gentle bow to the wall (either in or
out) that is more or less consistent across the width of a wall.
On the other hand, if you have them so that one stud curves in
and the next curves out, you're going to have irregularities in
your wall that are the twice the size of the curvature of the
studs, and that will be much more noticeable.  Here's an article
that explains it well.  share|improve this answer add comment
Depends on how much the studs crown, but I would say yes. If the
studs have a lot of crown to them and they are going in
different directions, it can make for a wavy wall and some messy
finish work later on.  How much a wavy wall really matters
depends on what you are doing with it as well. In a simple
drywall wall, you probab