How to Decorate Your Walls With Molding

by Sabrina

I’ve got a powder room update for you all!! I’m so psyched about my new dramatic space that I can hardly contain my excitement. . . that or maybe it’s because I’m one step closer to almost completing another room at the Mod House Project! *happy dance*

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Step one: Layout a design

The hubby and I usually have different methods when it comes to figuring out dimensions for a layout.

His approach—figure out the measurements by marking up the walls with pencil.

My approach—start with a pen and paper draft.

Since he is not here to defend his method, I say my way is much easier ;) I simply draw out the dimensions of my wall and figure out the following two things:

a) the distance between the frames (in this case, I thought 4″ and 6″ worked well. See diagram below); and

b) how many frames I want on the walls (2 vertical and 2 horizontal).

From there, I’m pretty much able to figure out my frame sizes.

These are the measurements we ended up working with:

Step Two: Make your cuts

Take your newfound measurements and start cutting your pieces. Ensure that all pieces are cut to exact lengths with the required miter cuts.

If you’re not use to making miter cuts, practice on scrap pieces first. I personally find miter cuts to be tricky and nothing is more upsetting than wasting material on stupid mistakes (I obviously know this first hand!)

Step Three: Level and nail your trim

Use a level, ALWAYS!

Don’t rely on your eye to make sure a piece is perfectly straight. You’ll kick yourself when you step back or when your miter saw cuts don’t line up.

Step four: Fill and paint

Now that everything is nailed in place, you need to fill each hole you just made. I used DAP filler but any sort of wood filler will do. Just apply directly with your finger.

See Pink Little Notebook's post for the full story!

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Gerri D’Agostino on Mar 30, 2015
II LIKE TO GETTING ORNATE PICTURE FRAMES & DO THE SAME THING ALONG WITH MY HUBBY TO CUT WITH TAMLE SAW & THEN OF CORSE WOOD GLUE OR SILICION & WALA OLD WORLD LOOK WITH EITHER PAINT OVER IT OR LEAVE ALL THE SAME WAIT UNTILL MICHEAL' SALE ON FRAME SAIL WITH 40% OFF

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Tracy C on Mar 31, 2015
Very nice

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