Both decorative and functional, shoe molding is a finishing trim added to the bottom of a baseboard that can make a room look neat and put together. Even properly installed flooring can have some ...

Adding crown molding to your kitchen cabinets can elevate the look of the entire room. It can also be a kitchen upgrade that sets the stage for other improvements like beautiful over-cabinet lighting, ...

You may still have to mask off or tape along the floor to prevent paint on the flooring during touchups, but you won’t be on your knees nearly as long. If the quarter-round is not primed, prime it ...

A fairly quick, fairly inexpensive way to spruce up a room witha little “architectural interest” is to add crown molding. But it didn’t used to be that way. Not so many years ago, installing crown ...

Q: My husband and his friend spent several hours trying to install crown molding in our nursery. They finally gave up because they couldn’t get the corners right. How can they finish the job, so our ...

Step into any older home, and chances are that your eyes are going to be drawn to the beautiful molding. Once a must-have in home design, molding has fallen by the wayside in newer construction in the ...

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 where ...

Sliding chopsaw. Photo by Steve Maxwell. Of all the ways trim can make the inside of your home look better, crown molding delivers the most bang for the buck. It had fallen out of favour for decades, ...

Refinishing projects or installation of new floor or wall coverings often mean that the wood moldings in many homes must be temporarily removed. The moldings must be handled with extreme care to avoid ...