Outside corner molding must be joined with a miter ... Nail the molding in place. If the wood does contract, the outside piece will still cover the joint. Editorial: Chicago didn’t ruin Boeing ...

Dear Matt: Adding crown molding is the finishing touch to make any room look truly elegant. As you have found, it is not easy to fit the corners properly. I have done remodeling in many homes ...

Outside wall corners are seldom perfectly square ... (fired nails can deflect and break through the face of the molding). I add wood glue to the joint, slide the mating piece of crown into ...

Getting the crown molding to fit at the corners is one of the toughest jobs to do well. Actually, many builders and remodelers cannot even do it properly and they end up using a lot of wood filler ...

Lastly, you can nail an angled piece of wood (called a cant strip) to the ceiling corner behind the molding, and then nail the molding to the cant strip. Finally, caulk the gaps between the edges ...

They'll cut the wood for you, offer it pre-primered and sometimes will do the mitering (the most challenging part of crown molding) for an easy fit in the corners of the ceiling. First ...

The first step in installing attractive wood trim is marking its length accurately ... To use the tick stick on baseboard, butt the stick to an inside corner and mark the length of the wall ...

They’ll cut the wood for you, offer it preprimered and sometimes will do the mitering (the most challenging part of working with crown molding) for an easy fit in the corners of the ceiling.

Drop the blade slowly through the wood to shave thin slices ... spanning the drywall corner. Use this shim to elevate the ...

When you choose the frame's material, buy a single length of molding. This is important if you will be staining the frame to accent the grain of the wood. When you cut the mitered corners ...