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Molding & Millwork Inventory

The parent category for individual molding profiles.

Crown Molding Profiles, Molding & Millwork Inventory

CM-010

Ogee Crown Molding, 2-1/8″ Always use a crown molding this small as part of a larger buildup. It has no impact when it’s installed as a single-piece crown molding, though that is perhaps its most common use here in the…

Casing Profiles, Molding & Millwork Inventory

CA-004

Traditional Style You can use this casing molding for your Greek Revival/Neoclassical door or window casing. It has a backband and scriber incorporated into the profile, so you don’t have but one profile to assemble rather than three pieces. This…

Molding & Millwork Inventory, Panel Molding Profiles

PM-002

Good for Pilaster Base, Wainscoting The most common use of this molding is on the inside panels of wainscoting. But an even better use is for making pilaster bases. If you’re a Metro Detroit reader and looking for this molding…

Casing Profiles, Molding & Millwork Inventory

CA-003

Fluted Casing, Reversible You don’t have to router your own flutes into a casing if you don’t want to, because there are enough manufactured products like this molding profile to suit your needs. The reason I chose to work with…

Casing Profiles, Molding & Millwork Inventory

CA-002

Fluted & Rolled Reversible Profile This casing has a molding profile on both sides — fluted on one (left) and rolled (right) on the other. I’ve used the fluted side for both door pilasters and corner block door surrounds. What…

Architectural Ornaments

Architectural Ornaments: To Paint, or Not to Paint

Architectural ornaments, like these rosettes on the facade of a historic building in Bisbee, do not always get a detailed coat of paint like the one on the left. And the same holds true for the appliques you install on…

Flat-Stock Moldings, Molding & Millwork Inventory

FS-004

Flat-Stock Panel This is the first time I’ll be using this pre-cut flat-stock board for a center panel for displaying an ornament. The center panel is where I’ll apply the scroll and acanthus leaf compo applique, and these compo appliques…

Architectural Ornaments

Architectural Ornament-7652

Scroll and Leaf Center Applique An applique perfect for the center of a door or window entablature (see it applied to a swan’s neck entablature here, fifth picture down), a fireplace mantel center, or a window valance box/pelmet. Applique Specifications

MDF Board, Molding & Millwork Inventory

MDF-100.1

1/4″ Thick Pre-Cut 2′ X 4′ Sheet When you only need a small piece of 1/4″ thick mdf board for a molding project, you can go to Home Depot and buy one of their pre-cut boards. You pay a premium…