The ends will sit flush with the adjoining walls. This piece can be nailed into place. You may need another person to help hold the molding in place while you nail it to the wall. The holes should be the same dimensions as the finishing nails.
Inside corners are made up of one square-cut piece that butts the corner and another piece that is cut at an angle to fit against the profile of the first piece. Set the miter saw to a degree angle. For a joint on the right side of the molding, the saw should be set degrees to the left with the molding sitting to the left of the blade.
For joints on the left, set the saw and place the molding to the right. Set your molding into the saw upside down, with the bottom edge against the vertical fence of the saw. Cut the molding. The top edge should be shorter than the bottom edge.
Darken the cut edge of your piece with a pencil. Today I am sharing a full tutorial on how to install modern wall molding in your own home. If you are just catching up, I am taking my sons blank slate of a room to the bedroom of his dreams.
You can see my design plan from week one by clicking here. I was browsing the West Elm website looking at beds and BAM, the wall molding in the background caught my eye. Instead of replicating this exact design, I decided to stick with the same molding profile throughout the rest of my home.
Step 1: Determine how much molding you need. Using a pencil, measuring tape, and level, determine your box sizes in relation to the overall wall size. I wanted my middle box to be wider then the side boxes to carry the visual weight of the centered bed.
I completely drew out the full design on my wall first. This took me about 1 hour. Tip: Your floor and ceiling will probably not be level. Instead of mapping out your molding boxes to be level, match the lines created by the ceiling. This will trick the eye into seeing straight lines. For example, my wall measures inches across. The largest centered box measures 63 inches across and the two largest side boxes measure 48 inches across. Creating the pattern below.
Step 2: Buy your molding. Click here for more help installing window sills. Apart from that installing is the same as with a door, mark a small margin from the edge of the reveal before cutting and fixing.
The reveal is timber so can fix into that and Gripfill to the wall as well for a more solid fit. For something different add a cornice over the top of the door surround like in the picture below. Once you have finished installing architraves around all of the doorways you can move on to installing the skirting Base boards.
Click here for step by step instructions for fitting Skirting boards perfectly. Or here for help hanging a door perfectly. What's New? Recent Articles:. Top 10 Basic Carpentry Skills every newbie should master. How to hang a door perfectly. How to fit Architrave Moulding around a door frame with perfect mitres How to cut, mitre and nail door surrounds, tips for fitting architraves to windows, loft traps and stair stringers too Decorative Architrave , also known as door surrounds and door casing are the finishing moldings used primarily to frame doorways.
Step 1: Set out the margins The moulding needs to be set back slightly from the front edge of the frame. Last Updated: February 1, References. This article was co-authored by Mitchell Newman.
He has 20 years of experience in construction, interior design and real estate development. There are 19 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. This article has been viewed 72, times. Installing molding, whether you're installing crown molding or installing baseboard molding or anything in between, uses the same basic techniques.
You might have to rent a couple of the tools needed for this job, such as a miter box and an air hammer with an air hose and compressor, but otherwise, this is a project you may be able to tackle yourself! To install molding, start by cutting the pieces to the right size. When placing the molding, first glue the edges that make contact with the wall or ceiling, then nail the molding into the stud. If you need to fit your molding around corners, cut 2 pieces of molding that will fit between the last board end and the corner.
Make sure to miter the ends of both corner pieces at a 45 degree angle, with the long point on the back side where the molding touches the wall. To learn how to cut rounded corners for your molding, keep reading! Did this summary help you? Yes No. Log in Social login does not work in incognito and private browsers.
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Following sections will give specific advice on how to do that if you haven't already. Locate and mark your studs. It's best to nail molding into a stud the internal, wooden support structure in your walls.
Find and mark your studs using a stud finder or other alternative method. Glue the edges. When placing molding, you want to first glue the edges that will be making contact with the wall or ceiling.
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