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Our Molding Makeover Updates

Simple updates to our molding makeover that don’t need to be linked to a pillar page.

Our Molding Makeover Updates

Showing Off Our Cameo Valance Box Paint Job!

[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…

Our Molding Makeover Updates

Half Bathroom Renovation: Limiting Factors. Five of Them!

[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…

Architectural Ornaments, Our Molding Makeover Updates

Test Painting A Ceiling Ornamment Gold

[This is part of our Our Molding Makeover.  See all updates here.] I thought I’d paint the center of this applique gold to see how it looks up against our blue ceiling border. Come take a look and tell me…

Our Molding Makeover Updates

Half Bathroom Renovation Part 3: Ceiling Rosettes and Border Test Color

Lately we’ve been playing around with the ceiling rosettes and the accent border color dimensions in our half bathroom. And it’s a good thing, too, because this layout has helped us decide we want a larger rosette than the one…

Our Molding Makeover Updates, Quick Tips

Bang, Bang, Psssssssh! Wet Walls & Stud Finders

Think Before you Hammer I drove the nail through the baseboard with one final, satisfying whack.  And then I heard a faint hissing sound. Pressing my ear to the wall I listened in disbelief. Sure enough, the sound was coming…

Our Molding Makeover Updates

Friday Updates: Half Bath and Posting Schedule

I’m re-priming the half bathroom for two reasons: Jennifer was having a hard time visualizing her new color scheme with the old colors still on the walls and… I want to sketch my layout lines against white primer so I…

Our Molding Makeover Updates

Half Bathroom Renovation Part 1: Moldings From Floor to Ceiling Rough Sketches

I want this project to be an answer to those who say you should not put a lot of moldings in a small room.  Short of a closet, you can’t get too much smaller than our little half bathroom. So…