Molding Before & Afters

Before & After: Air Vent Cover Upgrade

I gave this dining room a top to bottom molding makeover. But what to do with those ugly, tract home air vent covers? I couldn’t find an air vent cover that fit the opening, so I combined two to make…

FIREPLACE MANTELS, Pattern Book

FIREPLACE MANTEL-101: For Rooms With No Chimney

Traditional Style For lack of a better, catchier name, I call this a faux fireplace mantel. It was created to give this small living room the charm of a fireplace where there isn’t an actual chimney. And prior to this…

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…

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The Hunter House

Greek Revival/Traditional, 1882 This is the city of Birmingham, Michigan’s oldest surviving home. It is located in the Birmingham Historical Museum and Park. HoursĀ  Wed – Sat 1 – 4 PM LocationĀ  Maple Rd and Southfield Rd.

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…

ARCHWAYS, Pattern Book

ARCHWAY-100

Traditional Style Finish Carpenter Price c. $3,500.00 This archway started out as a typical, contractor-grade square opening with a measly three pieces of moldings framing it. With a little planning, some mdf board, moldings from my local lumber yards, flexible…

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…