Molding Before & Afters

Before & After: Curse of the Open Floor Plan

I like open floor plans as much as anybody.  But really, builders should learn some restraint. Do you really want to walk through your front door into a vast, ill-defined furniture warehouse? But if a warehouse is what you have,…

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Kitchen Crown Molding Design: Finding the Limiting Factors

[This is part of A Kitchen Molding Makeover and How to Install CROWN MOLDING-103 series.] When you are planning a molding project, it’s a good idea to look around the room and find any limiting factors that are going to impact the…

Our Molding Makeover Updates

Kitchen Crown Molding Installation: Layout

[This is part of Our Kitchen Molding Makeover series.] On This Page Make Projection/Drop Gauge Blocks Scribe the Crown Upper and Lower Limits Mark the Stud Locations

Our Molding Makeover Updates

Kitchen Crown Molding Installation: Preparing the Cornice Molding

[This is part of Our Kitchen Molding Makeover series.] I really like using this pre-primed MDF flat-stock from Lowes, and have used it in many of my architectural details. I’m going to rip this molding in half and then I’ll…

Molding Before & Afters

Before & After: Craftsman Style Kitchen Moldings on a Budget

Here we have a typical, early 70’s ranch home kitchen in need of some moldings. These are the simple, Craftsman style moldings I designed, installed and painted in just a few weekends. Tall wainscoting Large baseboard Door trim for sliding…

Molding Before & Afters

Before & After: Newel Post on a Half Wall

Do you have a half wall on you staircase like this that could use a little dressing up? Newel posts like these are really easy to build and can be made from very inexpensive materials. In fact, I built this…

Crown Molding

Three-Piece Crown Molding: Three Common Mistakes

[This is part of Our Kitchen Molding Makeover series and How to Install Crown Molding Series.] You should always build a model of the crown molding you want to install before you nail anything to your walls. And even though I’ve…

Gratuitous Cat Posts

Cats and Crown Molding

Julia makes sure her fluffy belly is available so the kitchen crown molding installation stays on track.  She’s not really that generous, it’s just that she wants her food bowl back in its normal place. [This is part of Our…