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Update: My dad, Herb O’Brien, passed away in late January, 2014, peacefully and at home, right where he wanted to go. He was a wonderful dad, and I’ve missed him every day since. His last year was quite difficult, and…

CROWN MOLDING PATTERN INDEX |  CROWN MOLDING-100  | 101 |  102 DIY  | 103 DIY  |  104 DIY  | 105 DIY  |  106 DIY  |  107  |  108 DIY  |  CEILING MOLDING-100  | How to Install Crown Molding Series Crown Molding Basics Why I Don’t install One-Piece Crown Moldings An…

I don’t usually publish anything on Fridays because this is the only full day off I have from my day job . But today I finally had a chance to tour the historic home I wrote about back in early…

Greek Revival/Traditional, 1848 On Jefferson Avenue, a stone’s throw from downtown Detroit and just across the street from Albert Kahn’s famous, The Palms, historic apartments, sits the prettiest little example of Greek Revival architecture you could ever hope to see.

Over the next week I have to turn my attention to the regrettable task of changing The Joy of Moldings WordPress theme from Standard, which is no longer supported, to Canvas, a theme that is supported. The site might look…

Georgian/American Colonial Style, 1753 Photos courtesy of Greg Roth. Rather than me blathering on about the beautiful wall panels, pilasters with ionic capitals, pediments over the doors and Windsor chairs (I really love Windsor chairs!) in the Assembly Room, I thought…

[This is part of my WINDOW TRIM-102 series.] Costs About $183.18 to Make With the exception of the resin corbels, you can buy all the moldings and mdf board to make a window surround like this at your local lumber…

[This is part of my CROWN MOLDING-102 series.] In this post I’ll show you how I installed the last three moldings that complete this large crown molding buildup.

[This is part of my CROWN MOLDING-102 series.] The next layer applied to this crown molding buildup is the frames I made from MDF-200. These frames are designed to house the ornaments — scrolls on the long runs and the…