Hello Ken, Thank you in advance for a minute of your time. We love the tall craftsman wainscoting that your site shows on WAINSCOTING-100. And we currently have the same baseboards running through our entire house. My question is as…
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Ken and Jennifer, I have been following The Joy of Moldings (I left comments a few weeks ago under the name “Ryan”) for a bit now, and I just wanted to say thanks for such a great page. It really…
By Jennifer No household can be truly harmonious without a cat or two. Chiefly they serve as fluffy, pettable ventriloquist’s dummies (as in, “Julia says, ‘Is this all there is? It’s all ashes — ashes!’” or, “Sky told me he…
Hi Ken and Jen, My name’s Everett, a 24-year-old recent first time home buyer from good ol’ its-so-humid-I-can’t-breathe, Louisiana. As the son of a brickmason, who had no problem forcing his 9-year-old son to haul brick-loads of wheelbarrows on his…
Sean and I have been exchanging emails recently about his plan for building DOOR TRIM-114. He’s wondering how to make the large, two-piece baseboard I used to complement it.
[This is part of our How to Paint Moldings series] You don’t need to mask your crown moldings with tape when painting your walls. All you need is a good paint brush, good paint and the right technique. In fact,…
[This post is part of my How to Install Moldings series series] If you’ve ever wondered how much money it would cost to hire a good finish carpenter to install your moldings versus installing and painting them yourself, then this detailed…
This was the first and last stain-grade molding project I ever installed — oak wainscoting on a split-level staircase. All of the these pictures show the wainscoting I installed before it was stained and sealed by some very talented painters. …
How to Build VALANCE BOX-101 for About $14.54
April 2, 2012
Traditional Style A window valance box — more properly called a pelmet — is perfect for hiding your blinds’ ugly roll up mechanism. We built this one for our small kitchen window for just that reason. It’s really easy to…
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