My dining room makeover was done a duad of months ago. It began alongside a pair of painted chairs in addition to ended upward alongside a whole room face-lift. The window trim down was the 2d projection to hold upward tackled inwards the room, I wasn't thinking on doing a post service virtually it, I had already done i for the 2 single windows inwards my sleeping accommodation in addition to the whole procedure is really similar, but some readers noticed the added trim down (yeah, some of y'all stimulate got abrupt eyes), in addition to asked me some questions virtually it.
This post service answers those questions, but I also portion some novel tricks I've learned after doing the whole procedure i time again.
This film below is how the window looked, 2 windows placed unopen together sharing the same sill.
- Miter box in addition to saw (miter saw volition hold upward fifty-fifty better)
- Jig saw
- Sander
- Pneumatic boom gun
- Pray bar
- Utility knife
- Wood shims
- level
This side past times side film shows y'all the materials that were used. I crusade to role stock material, stuff I tin uncovering at the big abode centers or lumber centers, most of the fourth dimension I role poplar or pine, but y'all tin role other materials similar MDF, I precisely don't desire to bargain alongside the long cuts in addition to fossil oil edges.
I haven't been able to purchase the stool slice (1 x 5), from whatsoever other house than Home Depot in addition to they alone behavior those inwards pine.
The start stride is to acquire rid of the stool in addition to apron your window has, they are likewise brusk to encompass the surface area for the side casings that volition hold upward added afterwards on.
Using the utility knife cutting the caulking all around the stool in addition to apron, peculiarly around the wall, to forbid harm to it.
With the assist of a pry bar in addition to using a forest shim, again, to forbid harm to the wall, commence lifting the apron. Loosing it all along in addition to hence taking it off. Continue past times lifting in addition to getting rid of the stool.
Clean whatsoever remaining of caulking around the wall in addition to window area.
Your onetime stool is the perfect template to create the novel one.
You stimulate got to add together to the width of your window:
- The width of the side casings 3.5" → 7" for both sides
- The "horn" which is the protruding lip or ledge that become beyond the outer border of the vertical window casings, 1" → 2" both sides
- The let out line, 1/4" →1/2" both sides
Then, role the jig saw to cutting the marked ends,
in addition to the middle marked area
This fourth dimension the apron was installed start piece belongings the stool inwards house in addition to checking for the whole slice to hold upward level.
With the apron in addition to stool inwards place, right away is the fourth dimension to install the side casings. To decide their length, mensurate the distance from the stool to the top opening of the window, add together 1/4" for let out line. Nail them inwards place. Don't forget to exit the 1/4" let out business to the side of the window.
The let out business helps non to destination upward alongside a seam where the border of your window lines upward alongside the border of the boards, it's a meliorate transition.
After both side casings are installed y'all tin become ahead in addition to mensurate the caput casing. A uncomplicated agency to mensurate its length is past times placing the 1 x half dozen cloth on top of the side casings in addition to aligning it to i side (picture below). I fifty-fifty placed a slice of record for the cloth to rest inwards house piece I went to brand a score on the other side ;)
Once marked, y'all tin become ahead in addition to cutting it.
One to a greater extent than affair I learned is that is waaay meliorate to attach the crown molding to the caput casing earlier the latter i it's installed inwards place.
Cut the crown molding upward side downwardly in addition to inwards a 45° angle, hollo back that the brusk side of the crown molding has to hold upward the same length equally of the caput casing. For to a greater extent than assist on how to cutting these exterior crown corners y'all tin click HERE for a total tutorial.
Add a business of gum to the lower dorsum border of the crown molding in addition to boom it to the top border of the caput casing.
Glue the crown returns inwards place. -I went ahead in addition to added a boom to this side return, in addition to yep, it dissever it a combat :( That's why I commonly alone role gum in addition to house a slice of record piece the gum dries to laid them inwards place.
With the crown inwards place, become ahead in addition to install the caput casing. Only 2 to a greater extent than items remain for installation, the middle casing in addition to the decorative one-half circular at the bottom of the caput casing.
Again, the brusk side of the one-half circular is the same length of the caput casing. Cut it at a 45° angle.
Nail it at the bottom of the caput casing. Glue the one-half circular returns inwards place.
For the middle casing, mensurate the distance from the stool to the bottom of the caput casing, that volition decide its length, for the width precisely exit the 1/4" let out on both sides.
I was able to role the same 1 x four material, fifty-fifty though the let out lines were virtually 1/3" they however hold back OK to me.
After filling all the gaps in addition to holes alongside forest putty in addition to caulking, a skillful sanding was done to smoothen out all the surfaces in addition to to circular upward all those abrupt corners.
One coat of primer in addition to 2 coats of semi gloss Behr Swiss Coffee were hence applied. The bluish coloring on the walls is a custom coloring created past times mixing remnants of paint.
I intend the trim down makes a huge difference.
Don't y'all intend so?
The onetime materials has been re-used. The apron that was taken off is right away business office of those shallow shelves inwards the same room.
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