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The Joy of Moldings
When my mom and dad asked if I’d like to paint their small, tasteful bungalow, I couldn’t resist adding a few moldings at the same time. Mom, a talented seamstress, was going to throw away her old fabric window valances…
How to Build PILASTER-103 for About $35.67
Traditional & Victorian Styles Think of a pilaster as nothing more than a column flattened against a wall. Some are fluted, some are flat and some, like this one, have inset panels. The inset panels add that extra detail —…
Reader Question Just a quick question. I have installed a chair rail. I caulked the top part but was wondering if I should caulk the bottom part too? You can see the bottom part when standing, though. Need an expert…
Mandelbroit suggests that architectural ornament and trim appeal to us because they offer the eye a complex and continuous hierarchy of form and detail, from the exceedingly fine to the massive, that closely resembles the complex hierarchies we find in…
[This is part of Our Molding Makeover series.] Today we’re working on installing the other two eared architraves in the kitchen, smaller versions of DOOR TRIM-103. The sooner I finish them the sooner I can get to what I’ve been…
How to Build BASEBOARD-103 for About $2.24/ft
Victorian Style Finish Carpenter Price c. $14.00/lf + $15.00/Corner or Return As much as your home needs a solid structural foundation, it also needs a solid visual foundation inside. This large baseboard, a simplified version of one I found in…
How to Install CROWN MOLDING-106 for About $4.13/ft
Victorian and Craftsman Style Finish Carpenter Price c. $12.00/lf + $12.00/Corner or Return I first saw a crown molding pattern like this in a restored Victorian home in Port Townsend, Washington, that had been converted into a popular B&B. I…
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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