Crown Molding Shelf

By Robert Robillard

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…

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How To Create Three Piece Cornice Molding

By Robert Robillard

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…

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How to Make a Crown Molding Jig

By Robert Robillard

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…

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Home Decorating Tips

By Robert Robillard

Three Home Decorating Tips This article will focus on the top three home decorating tips are easy for a do-it-yourself-er to tackle. Home Decor As a carpenter my thoughts and plans often revolve around details and ideas that make a house more aesthetically pleasing, historically correct or just plain functional. Things like crown molding, built…

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Installing Crown Molding

By Robert Robillard

Crown Molding Basics   Crown molding is a decorative trim piece the sits on an angle, and is used to cover transitions between surfaces for decoration. It is installed where the walls and the ceilings meet. They can either be plain or sprung. It is typically made from solid milled wood or plaster but may…

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Installing Faux Wainscoting

By Robert Robillard

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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