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I am fitting an oak fireplace surround and mantle to my fireplace and need advice on a specific detail that may or may not be possible. Your input would be appreciated. The section of wall that the fireplace is on is set off from the rest of the wall, such that it protrudes into the room about...

My first major DIY is a living built-in bar/bookcase with base cabinets and ikea bookshelves. Lots of learning and it may kill me yet. I built the top (orange) section to go on top of the 2 bookshelves. My plan was to have the crown on the side cabinets (red in pic) dead end into the middle...

Hello, I signed up in hopes of finding help for my dilemma. We are installing crown molding in our entryway. A large arched window (already trimmed out) hangs with only about 1.0 inches between the ceiling and the top of the arched window casing. I've done some searches and see that many solve...

Hello, I am a newbie home owner. I have a house that has brown paneling on the walls with unfinished crown molding, wood base trim, and trim around all of the interior doors. I want to paint the paneling as well as all wood base, trim and molding. The quarter round on the wood base is a lighter...

I'm thinking of putting some large crown in my living room but not sure how I'd cut something similar to the attached screenshot. This is a big rounded crown. I have a 12" compound miter saw and have installed plenty of plain jane home depot crown in my time. I'm comfortable coping corners and...

Any suggestions for this obstacle? I am installing 38 spring angle crown molding.

Hi! I am helping my mom weekend warrior a crown molding project in her bedroom. It is a poorly built over the garage apartment so we are trying to spruce it up. It has a ton of wonky angles and this one has us perplexed. We have done OK with the molding except for this sloped area. We figured...

I was hired to install cabinet crown molding with the supply already provided from a deconstruction of the cabinets earlier. Well the supply ran out about 10' short. My client has been unable to find the matches and is considering changing it out altogether ($$$). I told her to wait a day or...

Hello! I am a DIY kind of person and have experience in putting crown molding up in my current house. I would like to put it in my bedroom which has a cathedral/vaulted ceiling but am having problems finding the correct angle to cut the "transition piece" at. I am using 53/38 crown I am...

I am trying to install crown molding in this corner of my kitchen. It is 45 degrees, which means I have to cut at 22.5. Can someone give me the cuts that I need. The distance in the corner is 13.875 if you need it.

Hello, I am about to install crown molding in my bedroom. My question is about how to handle the end of a piece that will butt up to a built in bookcase. (Pictures in my album). I don't know how to finish it or the technique that would work best. I am hoping some of you could give me advice or...

Hi, I have existing crown molding on my kitchen cabinets. My ceiling is 9' high and there is about 1' between top of existing crown and ceiling. I want to extend the crown right to the ceiling and removing the existing crown is not an option. How can I make this happen without it looking like...

I am looking for a product or ideas on how to mount crown molding one inch off the ceiling. I would like to do this and then route fiber optic or led lighting in the hollow of the molding to create a custom lighting effect around my rooms ceiling. Most crown molding is designed to be mounted...

I'm going to be installing some wainscoting and crown molding in a room and am a beginner so I probably won't be using the nail gun a whole lot. So I'm hopefully going to keep the nail gun price under $150. Below are three nail guns I was thinking about getting. I'm not sure what gauge I...

Hi, I have a shingled low slope roof in the front of my house. It has an old wood gutter that is roofed over - it matches the crown molding I have elsewhere. Photo enclosed. I think I want a working gutter, because I have a window with rotting trim. Perhaps depending on the downpour, water is...

I have a Sun room that attaches to the back of my Brick house. The issue i'm having is: where the two rooms meet there is a pretty big gap and weeds, bugs and air get into the back room. I put some spray foam in the gap to close it up, cut the foam but now i'm left with just ugly looking corners...

Hello, I just bought my first home. It has gorgeous Brazilian wood floors and white MDF floorboards, doors, door frames, and molding. The top floor is one, large open room with a series of six plain MDF doors leading to bedrooms, the bathroom, the laundry room, and a closet. As such, the...

I'm a newbie and I need some help. I recently painted inside out my house and decided to go from natural wood finish to a painted one. So I ripped mine up, and bought new pre primed trim.enough also for my ceilings, and possibly a chair rail for dining room. I'm actually going to take two...

I just moved into my house a few weeks ago, and today the crown molding in my living room detached from the wall. If it wasn't for the curtain rod, it would have completely fallen down. I don't remember seeing it coming free from the wall, but it very well could have gone unnoticed. I pulled...

Hello all! I've installed crown molding before but never 4 1/4". I think my walls are off. On the inside corner, I used the 45 degree cut but when I installed it, the corners turn out to have a 1/4" gap at the top (ceiling) only. My miter saw is a simple cut (not a compound miter saw). I've been...