Moldings are for the people inside the home, not for the home itself. Last week I drove through the historic farming community of Yale, Michigan, and stopped into the Red Dog Cafe (Google Map) for a bite to eat. Inside the…
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Hi Ken, It’s been a few years, but I’ve completed another molding project and thought I’d share pictures. I had waited so long for a post on CROWN MOLDING-102, and was so excited but didn’t get started on it until…
Dear Ken, It was fortuitous that I stumbled across your website while doing some research on fireplace mantel designs. I had already acquired several professional quotes for the job, all well into the multiple thousands of dollars. While the cost…
For the last couple of months I’ve been removing, one by one, the Google ads I put on the pages on The Joy of Moldings. They served their purpose for a time, but that time is now over. The ads have given me…
Traditional Style, c. 1850 I was driving to my sister’s house in a rural part of Michigan, when I spotted this Greek Revival door surround on the front of this abandoned farmhouse. I’ve seen this house before, but today is…
The Importance of Priming Even Pre-Primed Moldings [This is part of my How to Paint Moldings series.] Even if all of the flat-stock and moldings you installed come from the factory coated in primer, you still need to apply a final,…
Hello Ken Here is a picture of an entablature I just finished. It is above my front interior door. It turned out OK, but sometimes I look at it and think I may have built it too tall. Thanks, –…
Ken, We installed this three-piece crown molding in our entry way. We were inspired to install moldings after visiting your website. Making the returns was challenging. These pictures are of the installed moldings with Sherwin Williams primer. We have also…
Hi Ken, I wanted to thank you for your molding page and share what we are trying to do. We are in the long process of building a Victorian home in San Jose, CA (10 years in the works now…
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