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Know Your Moldings: 10 Popular Trim Styles to Spiff Up Any Space
Cove or crown, batten or baseboard? Differentiate between the molding types most commonly used in homes today.
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How To: Install Baseboard
It should be easy, right? Just measure the boards, cut the miters, and nail the trim in place. Well, not exactly. If ...
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Tips for Installing Tongue-and-Groove Paneling
Install wood paneling in any room to inject architectural detail, warmth, and character into your home. Traditionally...
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Hang Time: Making a Case for Picture Rails
Picture rails are strips of molding that adhere to walls and run horizontally around the room, typically aligning wit...
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Bob Vila Radio: Historic Trim
If you're looking for ways to dress up your dining room for the holidays, nothing works better than some good, old-fa...
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Bob Vila Radio: Crown Molding
If your home doesn't have the style and panache you wish it had, adding crown molding can help. Listen to BOB VILA ON...
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Bob Vila Radio: Beadboard
When industrial sawmills started cranking it out in the late 19th century, beadboard came on the scene as a quick and...
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Character Building: A Case for Moldings
I live in an old house that was virtually stripped of its moldings in the 1970s. It was an act of modernization, ever...
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Quick Tip: Installing Crown Molding
This tricky but satisfying DIY project can add old-world style and polish to your home.
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Wood Paneling: Before and After
Here's a before-and-after worth noting. The wood wall paneling inside an 1890s NYC brownstone was severely damaged ne...
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Moldings 101
Rich in history, decorative wall moldings remain in common use today.
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Adding Custom Moldings
Adding custom moldings? You can match existing woodwork in your home or create your own entirely new designs.
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Custom Paneling Systems
Customizable, ready-to-assemble systems have made wall paneling and wainscoting more accessible than ever.
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Installing Paneling in the Master Bedroom Closet
Bob joins carpenter David Ives, who is installing the paneling in the master bedroom closet, and then checks in on artist Kim’s faux finishing work on the walls.
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Pine Interior Paneling
Carpentry contractor Bob Ryley demonstrates how to put up the pine interior paneling in the living room.
 
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