2015, The Best Year Ever 2015 has been the best year I’ve ever had for the number of readers who shared their molding projects with me, and I couldn’t be happier with the results! Some of your projects were simple while…
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2015, The Best Year Ever 2015 has been the best year I’ve ever had for the number of readers who shared their molding projects with me, and I couldn’t be happier with the results! Some of your projects were simple while…
Craftsman/Victorian Style Hi Ken, I’ve been keeping up with your posts and enjoyed the current 1850’s farm house post. Expanding your attention to exterior moldings is eye catching! I’ve enjoyed past published articles of trim and referred to a few…
Hi Ken, First I want to tell you how much I love your site. I have studied every page. Earlier this year we moved into a house that was built 18 years ago. Other than window/door casing and baseboard there…
Moldings are for the people inside the home, not for the home itself. Last week I drove through the historic farming community of Yale, Michigan, and stopped into the Red Dog Cafe (Google Map) for a bite to eat. Inside the…
Hi Ken, It’s been a few years, but I’ve completed another molding project and thought I’d share pictures. I had waited so long for a post on CROWN MOLDING-102, and was so excited but didn’t get started on it until…
Dear Ken, It was fortuitous that I stumbled across your website while doing some research on fireplace mantel designs. I had already acquired several professional quotes for the job, all well into the multiple thousands of dollars. While the cost…
For the last couple of months I’ve been removing, one by one, the Google ads I put on the pages on The Joy of Moldings. They served their purpose for a time, but that time is now over. The ads have given me…
Traditional Style, c. 1850 I was driving to my sister’s house in a rural part of Michigan, when I spotted this Greek Revival door surround on the front of this abandoned farmhouse. I’ve seen this house before, but today is…
The Importance of Priming Even Pre-Primed Moldings [This is part of my How to Paint Moldings series.] Even if all of the flat-stock and moldings you installed come from the factory coated in primer, you still need to apply a final,…