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, ...

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 ...

You’ll want to start by measuring the walls of the room and determining how much molding you’ll need to buy. (Be sure to buy extra, just in case you make the wrong cut. Many stores will let you return ...

Draw reference lines to indicate the bottom of the light strip and the bottom of the base. Don’t worry whether the lines are level. Instead, measure down from the ceiling in several places and connect ...

There are a zillion ways to add character to a plain apartment, but one of the simplest and most transformative has to be molding. We're talking crown molding at the top of the wall, baseboards at the ...

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 ...

A house can speak multitudes about its homeowners, from the furniture that fills it to the woodwork and paint colors used to adorn it. The way a person decorates their home can be a reflection and ...

Crown molding may not be easy to install, but taking a steady methodical approach will help you get it up accurately and will yield results to be proud of. And, I might add, that the right approach ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Crown molding can make any room look a ...