Heading into the home stretch with... molding?

It was a busy weekend that saw me wither on my hands and knees or stretching from a step stool working on molding. Of course, we had a few minor kitchen molding elements to handle ourselves. We pulled the old brown molding in the kitchen nook off when the floor was being replaced and knew we would need to replace the door frame going into the DVD library/dining room. The kitchen nook was fairly straightforward - we needed some pre-primed MDF molding in the profile to match the rest of the house and some rounded corners. After painting these with the enamel trim paint (using my trusty paint sprayer to get a nice even finish), I set the corners and then proceeded to measure twice and cut once for each piece, making sure I was cutting the corners in the correct direction. ;-) See for yourself...




Similarly, I held back a few rounded corners and picked up 3 nice clear wood trim molding and finished those with the stain provided by Superior Cabinets. These trim boards would make up the door frame (that was brown to match the existing kitchen) and needed to match the new cabinets. The stain looked great, but the boards needed a bit of luster. So... I pulled out an bottle of MinWax finish I used on the DVD shelves and entertainment center and proceeded to give them a bit of luster and deepening the color. After a few coats, all was ready. Again, this job was fairly straightforward and here are the results.





So that covers the on my hands and knees aspect of this post (except for the door frame which I could reach comfortably) and I bet you are asking where's the step stool come in. Well, I had left a project to languish for quite some time and chose this time to finish it. As many of you know, we have a pool table in the deep red living room and I never finished the room with crown molding as originally planned. After some trouble getting the right 'parts', I had everything together and while painting the other trim with the trim paint, I painted the crown molding and blocks too. Saturday I spent cutting, drilling, nailing, and caulking crown molding in the 'pool room'. Now, I can say the job is done...