Crown Molding

Simple crown molding is fastened in place with tiny nails and glued together at the joints. More complicated crown molding designs may be comprised of multiple pieces attached to a square nailing strip that fits into the seam where the ceiling and wall meet. Since a crown molding is attached at an angle, it also requires more skilled cutting to install properly. Crowns can also be installed in layers, for example, with the decorative part of a base molding showing beneath a crown molding to add extra dimension to moldings. Crown molding is placed where the walls meet the ceiling, and is usually decorative in nature and can really add to the elegance of a room. Baseboards help blend where the walls meet the flooring, and while it can be decorative, it also often hides imperfections (especially with hardwood floors) and odd angles and alignments where floor and walls aren’t quite true.

Crown molding really doesn't seem like a huge project. You take some long wood boards and nail them to your wall up next to the ... read on

It is possible to paint crown molding, but it's best done before you hang it. For one thing it's easier to do it at lower ... read on

Replacing Molding and Trim You don't have to tear down walls or uproot your house just to give a room a new look. Thankfully, you can ... read on

If you're aprehensive about buying long molding pieces at a hardware store and doing all of that cutting yourself you can get something called easy ... read on

Crown molding is a decorative type of trim that is typically used to line the area where the ceiling of a home meets the wall. ... read on

1. the simplest tools for this are a basic miter box and a backsaw. A backsaw is a short handsaw with a stuff spine that ... read on

What Exactly Is Crown Molding? By definition, a molding is an ornamental piece of wood, metal, or plaster, used to decorate or outline something. It can ... read on