By Jennifer Ken and I are both constitutional over-planners. We tend to produce detailed, elegant and highly optimistic plans partly out of sheer high spirits. This makes us mildly smug at times: you won’t catch us making dozens of trips…
[This is part of my How to Install Moldings series.] My Dubious Qualifications Prior to teaching myself how to install molding buildups, my woodworking experience included the following two projects: The Fort Building a wobbly tree house out of scrap…
Beware of Shrinkage! [This is part of my How to Paint Moldings series.]
DAP DryDex, 8 oz I like this DAP spackling more than any other brand I’ve used. That’s because there is very little shrinkage when it dries, which is important when you’re filling the many nail holes on your new moldings.
DAP Alex Plus Painter’s Caulk The caulk I use more than any other to fill the small gaps on and around my molding installations is regular ol’ DAP painter’s caulk. I use it on everything from crown moldings to wainscoting.
Covering My Mistake with This New (and Better!) Design [This is part of Our Molding Makeover series and my How to Install Crown Molding Series.] Find Inspiration in Your Furniture, Lamps and Other Decor A good place to find design inspiration for…
Excellent Architectural Subordination in Three Parts When readers send us pictures of their work they say we helped inspire, it makes all the time we spend creating content for The Joy of Moldings worthwhile. Dave has been a very earnest…
220, 150 Grain I can hardly imagine sanding a room full of moldings without my inventory of sanding sponges. I have a box full of them. Literally. They help you make quick work of sanding flat-stock moldings and especially moldings…
Federal Style A finial return is an excellent way to terminate a crown molding in a room with vaulted ceilings and an open floor plan. In this expample I used it to terminate a flying crown molding, but you can…