Ask Ken, Crown Molding, Quick Tips

How Do I Blend a Crown Molding Scarf Joint? Part I

[This is part of my How to Install Crown Molding Series.] PJ is installing crown molding in his small New York City apartment. His question is about splicing two pieces of crown molding together. PJ’s scarf joint. Dear Ken: I stumbled…

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DIY Molding Makeover Checklist

[This is part of Our Molding Makeover series.] Jennifer asked me if I’d make her a checklist for Our Molding Makeover. She said that even though we’ve talked about the project at length many times, to her the process is…

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Romantic Molding Design Date: Wine, Candles and Decorating Books Leads to Rough Sketch

[This is part of Our Molding Makeover series] When Jennifer called and said she wanted to spend the evening reviewing the moldings we think we want in our Tucson townhouse, I suggested we also celebrate our recent milestone of surpassing…

Jennifer's Nest, Our Molding Makeover Updates

Starting Our Molding Makeover: Defining and Limiting the Task

By Jennifer [This is part of Our Molding Makeover series] Two weeks ago we decided to install moldings throughout our home.  If this were a painting project, I would have immediately started scampering around wielding paint chips and constructing and…

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Celebrate the Joy of Moldings With Us In 2012!

If you want to learn more about decorating your home with moldings, then take a peek at these 2012 projects we’re working on for you: More DIY Projects   I have a hard drive stuffed with thousands of molding installation…

Jennifer's Nest

Choosing Your Wall Colors III: Color Theory for Amateur Designers

By Jennifer Like arguments, decorating schemes can be inductive or deductive: that is, you can follow a concrete example to a general principle or vice versa.  In other words, you can pick a color you like and find others that…

Jennifer's Nest

Mr. and Dr. Buckaroo Banzai Meet

By Jennifer We met online.  Which amazes my coworkers for two reasons. First, my hatred of all things digital is legendary.  I print documents out to read them, and edit them by hand.  My favorite way to transport data is…

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The Joy of Moldings Disclosure Policy

All blogs that accept paid advertising have to have a disclosure policy.  Here’s ours. TheJoyofMoldings.com is a self-hosted WordPress blog that went live in January, 2012, but we started out on Blogger as myFinishCarpentry.com in April 2011. Most of it…

Installation & Design Tips

A Man Named Vandal Guides You Through "Period Classical Moldings"

“Period Classical Moldings: A Primer on These Touchstones of Neo-Classical Architecture” Author: Norman L. Vandal Published in Fine Homebuilding Magazine April/May 1984 No. 20 A detailed glossary of Neo-Classical moldings. When I first studied historic architecture back in the mid-nineties,…