The contractor who installed these double French doors leading to the patio did an awful job installing the simple door trim around it. The fit and finish of the trim was the worst I’d ever seen in my life. So…
[This is part of my How to Install Crown Molding Series.] Most questions and comments I’m asked can be traced to the problems and frustrations people face when installing single-piece crown moldings. And I totally feel your frustration. Remember, I was…
If you’re a typical DIY blog junkie like me, then you probably already know about One Project Closer — one of the best DIY home improvement blogs out there. Well, they invited me to write a post for them (my…
This living room and foyer have ten foot high ceilings, and we gave them a total molding makeover and a high-resolution paint job that helped show off that height. All of the molding patterns were based on designs I’d seen…
[This is part of our How to Paint Moldings series] An experienced painter advised me to add Floetrol to a can of trim paint I was going to use on a really large fireplace surround because I was worried that…
In the picture below I’ve installed, primed and caulked, a whole bunch of moldings in this tall room. If I still had the before picture of this room, you’d see just a big box with tiny trim and a whole…
[This is part of A Kitchen Molding Makeover series.] Posts in This Series 1. DOOR TRIM-103 Home 2. How to Make an Eared Architrave Part 1 3. How to Make an Eared Architrave Part 2 On this Page How to…
[This is part of A Kitchen Molding Makeover series.] Posts in This Series 1. DOOR TRIM-103 Home 2. How to Make an Eared Architrave Part 1 3. How to Make an Eared Architrave Part 2 On This Page Materials…
By Jennifer Whenever possible, Ken and I buy everything from tortillas to Trollope novels from stores within about a three-mile radius of our home. We get paint and primer from my main man Pablo at a Sherwin Williams three blocks…