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Fastening Crown Molding – My Go-To Method I want to share my method for fastening crown molding. I recently had several carpenters on a job site impressed by this technique—they’d never seen it before! I learned this method over 30 years ago from my mentor, and I’ve since modified it with the advent of GRK…
Crown Molding Shelves Secured with a French Cleat Crown molding shelves have become more and more popular these days to display nick knacks and pictures. Building a Crown molding shelf can intimidate many people only because of the miter cuts needed to return the crown molding to the wall. I like to make my crown…
Hiding Speaker Wire Behind Crown Molding A client of mine asked for me to install crown molding in his living room. We always buy the moldings we install at Anderson McQuiad, a local mill shop. All the moldings are made on site and always have very sharp, detailed profiles. This particular molding is made…
Framing A Decorative Tray Ceiling A tray ceiling is a rectangular architectural feature that is either inverted or recessed. Tray ceilings can be plain, ornate, subtle or dramatic and almost always make a statement! When people install tray ceilings they almost always install accent or rope lighting above it. Tray ceilings are often found in…
Image: installcrown.com Installing crown molding in commercial spaces often brings up the concern of steel studs. Installing crown molding to metal studs seem to be the norm in more and more condos that we work in as well. Hand nailing crown molding into steel studs does not work and using an air gun makes for…
Image: worthingtonmillwork.com Achieve A Beautiful Finish with 3-Piece Cornice Moldings Many years ago I installed a 3 piece molding with another carpenter at 300 Main Street. It was a lot of fun!! Lately I have seen more and more folks opting for this look. It typically demands a high ceiling but the finished result is…
How To Cut Crown Molding Recently I was installing crown molding and was having trouble holding the crown molding which was affecting the accuracy of my cuts.To make this job easier I constructed a crown molding jig for my miter saw. This allowed me to place the crown molding in the jig snug, which allowed…
Built – In Bookcase During a recent renovation we were asked if we could build a custom bookcase to encompass two windows. The customer wanted three bookcases with lower base cabinets on wither side and between the windows and wanted them connected by window seats under the windows. The Design: After looking through many magazines…
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