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Adding Wainscoting Molding to a Curved Wall The picture below is a front entryway of a friend of mine. She wanted to dress up her front entry way by Installing Molding To A Curved Wall. the molding applied to the wall will basically be a faux wainscoting. New paint and wallpaper will dress it up once…
Adding A Bookcase To A Half Wall This is a job that I had worked on this past October. At the time we were renovating this home we removed the carpet in this room and on the 1/2 wall and installed hardwood flooring. The plan was to install a 27″ high bookcase on this Half…
Applying Window or Door Trim In Confined Spaces Applying trim in confined spaces frustrates many people. In a perfect finish carpentry world all doors and windows would be installed with enough space to apply full width trim like in the picture below. The reality is that we sometimes we have to rip trim…
Installing Door and Window Trim One common problem when trimming a window or door is the jamb of the door or window does not come out flush with the interior wall. This causes the trim to rock. Below is a simple tip for installing door casing. In many of these cases it is necessary to…
Living Room Remodel With A New Fireplace Mantle We are in working in Winchester, Mass this month adding some nice finishing touches to a high end retirement condo before the owner moves in. The old mantel above was 6′ high. [photo below] Besides being to large for the room and not to the new owners…
Colonial Trim To Flat Trim ~ Country Style I installed this kitchen window a year ago with 2 1/2″ Colonial casing. The customer recently decided to change this casing to 1×4 flat casing to better fit her country style home. 1×4 flat stock really measures 3/4″ x 3 1/2″. Changing Window Trim After removing the…
Yvonne Blacker at Design Vignettes asked the following question on my “Post Your Questions Here . . .”: Applying Trim to two side by side doors with different heights Her question was: “How would you trim a hall closet that is next to a cased opening when they are different heights and are separated by…
Installing Faux Wainscoting with Moldings Wainscoting whether it is the real cope and panel or applied molding- faux version always seems to dress up a room with class. Recently a decorator asked us to dress up this dining room [photo below] with a faux wainscoting look. Although my favorite is to build cope and stick…
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