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Before & after molding makeovers and other designs from my pattern book.

Molding Before & Afters

Before & After: Craftsman & Victorian Style Crown Molding

Early 70’s ranch homes were fashioned after the post-modern architectural ideals of the time. Lucky for us that means they’ve left us with millions of rooms so ill-defined of any kind of style that now you and I can come…

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Before & After: Valance Box Frieze Painted Medium and Dark Cameo Blues

[This is part of Our Kitchen Molding Makeover series] Jennifer thought she’d like the frieze painted the same blue as the kitchen walls, and the ornate onlay painted white.  So I painted them for her. Which one do you like…

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Before & After: Large Kitchen Crown Molding

A kitchen with high ceilings like this needs a crown molding that doesn’t look wimpy. The reaction you want when people look up is, “Wow, look at the crown molding!” not “Hmm, crown molding.” I think we achieved the wow-factor…

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Before & After: Adding Moldings to a Wall Niche

Everything you put in your niche — flower, statues, found-art objects — will look prettier when they are framed with moldings! They are so easy to decorate with some simple moldings from your local lumber yard, and are especially suited…

Molding Before & Afters

Before & After: Oak Wainscoting on Stairs

This was the first and last stain-grade molding project I ever installed — oak wainscoting on a split-level staircase. All of the these pictures show the wainscoting I installed before it was stained and sealed by some very talented painters. …

Molding Before & Afters

Before & After: Moldings for Patio Double Doors

The contractor who installed these double French doors leading to the patio did an awful job installing the simple door trim around it. The fit and finish of the trim was the worst I’d ever seen in my life.  So…

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Before & After: Victorian Farmhouse Door Trim

This living room and foyer have ten foot high ceilings, and we gave them a total molding makeover and a high-resolution paint job that helped show off that height. All of the molding patterns were based on designs I’d seen…

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During & After: Parlor With High Vaulted Ceiling

In the picture below I’ve installed, primed and caulked, a whole bunch of moldings in this tall room.  If I still had the before picture of this room, you’d see just a big box with tiny trim and a whole…

Molding Before & Afters

Before & After: Master Bedroom Crown Molding & Door Trim

Look at this intersection of tray ceiling, HVAC box in the corner and two doorways. If ever there were a case for improvising when decorating with moldings, this is the precedent setting example right here. How in the world does…