Trim and Moldings

A Perfect Space Saving Kitchen Window Seat

November 8, 2009

This one is a perfect 10 if you ask me. I found the picture at one of my favorite haunts Houzz.com, and the kitchen is by Valerie Pedersen who works in the SF Bay Area. Wow! I love, love, love it! I was searching for window seats and I came across this shot. I really [...]

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3 Beautiful Bathrooms

October 4, 2009

I wrote a quick post this weekend about towel warmers, which I would say are a “luxury” component of a bathroom. And… I’ve had pretty bathrooms on my brain ever since. So I dug-up some pictures (or am I supposed to call them “images” now?). 3 Beautiful Bathrooms Clean, Cool, Traditional I found this bathroom [...]

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Get Creative With Wood Veneer

September 17, 2009

Have you ever worked with wood veneer? I recently fell in love with the stuff when we ordered some really exotic material for a big job. It’s just SO COOL to be able to use thin little strips, that work almost as easily as cardboard, to make all sorts of projects. That’s why a recent [...]

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Remodeling Guy RAWKS and How to Teenage Proof Your Home!

May 21, 2009

Wait! Don’t change the channel just yet! It’s not how it sounds. I don’t mean I rock in the whole “yeah, I know it, I rock” sense of the phrase. That would be vain, and they didn’t write the song about me. Honk if you get it. No, I don’t mean I rock all the [...]

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Talking Trim at Hooked On Houses!

May 11, 2009

I love to talk about door casings, crown moldings, wainscoting, and baseboards! And that’s exactly what I’m doing today in my guest post at Hooked On Houses! Head on over there to check it out! Julia has some really great stuff at her blog and you don’t want to miss any of it! But you [...]

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You Need an Angle — Build an Angled Bookcase

April 25, 2009

An angled bookcase can really add some unique interest to a room. And the dark color looks great in this house. Gotta love that trim framing it all out! Looks like this house uses a crown molding at the top of all the door headers! Fancy! I don’t know though… would the angle get on [...]

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10 Bathroom Remodeling Ideas in One Picture

April 21, 2009

Are you looking to spruce up your bathroom? Personally, I think it’s one of the best places to start remodeling. Let’s see how many ideas we can get from one picture! Here is the picture: Nice Huh? Well, I say you don’t have to do ALL of this to rock your bathroom into a new [...]

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Install Wainscoting, Chair Rail, and Paint for Quick New Look – at RG: Express!

March 29, 2009

Do you want to make an absolutely stunning difference in any room of your home in less than two days, start to finish? I love big differences made quickly! And this project will do it for sure! Look at this: The rest of this post is over at RG:Express because I show you how you [...]

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Talking Stairs at Blissful Home

March 25, 2009

Hey Crew! Today I’m over at Blissful Home talking about stairs and all the pretty parts that they include. If you want to go check it out, click right here.

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Selecting Crown Molding – Sizes, Profiles, Options

March 24, 2009

Sometimes I wish I was speaking to you in person so that you could see that I’m smiling as I write this. I know that smiling isn’t normally associated with a blog post all about wood molding (or moulding?) sizes, placements, and shapes! But it does happen. So, why am I smiling? First of all, [...]

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Don’t Forget Your Apron – Window Casing, Sills, and More!

March 18, 2009

I’m a huge fan of nice trim work! One of the reasons I love it so much is that something relatively simple can finish off a job to look a million times better. Take a look at this room and imagine how different it would look if it had simple “drywall returns” to the windows. [...]

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Chair Rails and Wainscoting

March 10, 2009

Doesn’t this picture look great? Would you believe that the trim carpentry work in this picture is only a few hours worth of effort? That’s the magic of chair rails and wainscot paneling; they aren’t terribly difficult, but make a huge impact! In this post, I’ll give you some of the details you need to [...]

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How to Install Baseboard

March 7, 2009

I’ve searched high and low on the internet to find you a great video. Truth be told, there is not much out there on this subject that I was very impressed with! I might have to break down and do a real video showing you first hand how to do this. In the meantime, you [...]

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Baseboards, and Shoe Moldings, and Quarter Rounds – Oh My!

March 2, 2009

Hey Crew! Let’s talk some more about trim! Today is the second post in this series which aims to dig deep into the ins, outs, ups, and downs of all sorts of interior trim. We’ll start at the ground level and focus on baseboards today. Take a look at a couple of pictures that show [...]

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