3-1/2″ wide MDF Flat-Stock Most molding & millwork retailers or lumber yards sell some form of this flat-stock. This one has a lot of uses, from wainscoting to door trim to crown molding.
Cove Crown Molding Profile This crown molding is perfect for your Traditional or Victorian style decor. And it looks great over your doors and windows when used as part of an entablature. Links to the molding patterns I’ve built using…
Ogee Panel Molding 5-1/4″ You may recognize this profile even if you don’t know much about moldings. That’s because it’s been used as a baseboard molding in millions of homes. But what you may not know is that it has…
Baseboard Profile, Victorian Style You can find this Victorian style baseboard at just about any place that sells moldings. But be pay close attention to which kind your suppliers carries; the high-quality, ultra-lite, high-resolution kind or the poor-quality, crumbly, difficult…
Donna’s Craftsman Kitchen: Keep the Moldings, Change the Wall Color
November 10, 2012
Does this kitchen look familiar to you? It should, it’s the kitchen that’s featured on our Subscribe image on the right side of your screen. Donna was in the mood for a color and decor change in her Craftsman style…
How to Terminate Flying Crown Molding on This Vaulted Ceiling
November 9, 2012
[This is part of my How to Install Crown Molding Series.] The Problem: How to Terminate the Crown Molding? Allison recently discovered my No Crown Moldings on Vaulted Ceilings post, and is now a flying crown molding convert. She asked…
Joe asks: I have question regarding Victorian moldings. Historically, in a room with entablatures above the doors, how were the window surrounds treated? Did they have entablatures also? If so, were they of equal size or smaller? Or, not at…
[This is part of Our Kitchen Molding Makeover series.] The light is bad in the kitchen where the valance box hangs over our small window, and I just couldn’t get a decent picture of it wearing its new dark cameo…
Half Bathroom Renovation: Limiting Factors. Five of Them!
November 7, 2012
[This is part of Our Molding Makeover series. See all updates here.] What’s Standing Between You & the Moldings You Want? Most rooms in your home will have at least one obstacle that gets in the way of installing the…