Adding Flourish And Pretty Molding To My Closet Cabinets

Earlier than I put in the gorgeous trim, I made a decision so as to add slightly flourish to the cupboards. To do that, I lower 12 items of 1″x5″ lumber (which is definitely 4.5″ large) into 4.5″ squares. After which I made a mark one inch on within the prime left facet and the underside proper facet.

Utilizing a one-gallon paint can, I traced a curve between these two marks.

It appeared like this with the curve traced on it…

After which I used my band noticed to chop the curve.

I repeated that 11 extra occasions, after which I hooked up these items to the within prime corners of every of the six cupboard sections utilizing wooden glue and 16-gauge 2-inch nails.

I didn’t add these items to the cupboards flanking the door as a result of I’m planning on including cupboard doorways to these cupboards…I feel. (I’ve to confess that I’ve been second-guessing that call, so we’ll see.)

I want that I may have made these items slightly bit greater, however I had to make use of the highest shoe shelf (the shortest shelf on the appropriate part on the appropriate wall) to find out how massive these items could possibly be..

I didn’t need these ornamental items to be jammed proper up towards that prime shelf. I wished to go away some area between these items and the highest shelf, so I made up my mind that 4.5 inches was the largest I may make them…

As soon as they had been all hooked up, and the wooden glue had time to dry, I piled on the wooden filler…

Whereas the wooden filler dried, I labored on the ornamental molding. For the highest molding, I didn’t use common crown molding as a result of I wished so as to add a extremely massive molding, however on the left facet of the room, the HVAC vent is fairly near the cupboards.

I didn’t need the molding getting to shut to that air vent, so with the intention to faux the look of a extremely massive crown molding, I used the identical trick that I used on the cupboards in my studio by utilizing a 3.25-inch baseboard and attaching a tiny crown molding to the highest. That method, it has the looks of a big crown molding, nevertheless it doesn’t stick out too removed from the cupboards like a giant crown molding would since many of the molding (i.e., the baseboard) is mendacity flat towards the highest of the cupboards. The one projection is that tiny crown molding on the very prime.

Right here’s a greater view of the highest molding. You may see that many of the ornamental elements are literally baseboard that’s hooked up flat towards the highest of the cupboards, and solely the highest 1.5 inches is tiny crown molding that has an angle to it.

Attaching the highest molding was nonetheless a little bit of a problem, although, as a result of the ceiling on this room is simply not flat. Oh, the enjoyment of working in an outdated dwelling the place nothing is flat, sq., or plumb! So there are areas the place the molding is correct up towards the ceiling, and different areas (as you may see within the nook beneath) the place the molding merely wouldn’t sit towards the ceiling regardless of how laborious I pushed on it.

And since I couldn’t get the lengthy piece to take a seat towards the ceiling, I needed to drop the piece connecting to it on the opposite cupboard down a bit as properly.

You may see that on the opposite finish of this wall as properly the place there’s a niche between the molding and the ceiling.

I’m not nervous about that as a result of caulk will magically make these gaps disappear, and as soon as it’s all painted, it can look as excellent as something can look in an almost-80-year-old dwelling.

The opposite facet of the room wasn’t fairly as a lot of an issue. Many of the prime trim on that facet is towards the ceiling, however I did have a little bit of an issue across the cupboard flanking the doorway. However once more, caulk will handle that drawback.

And on this facet, I received the little thrives sanded and primed, however I nonetheless have to prime the within of the cupboards and the cabinets…

I additionally received the entire baseboards hooked up across the backside of the cupboards.

I can be including shoe molding as properly, however I have to get the flooring refinished earlier than I connect these.

After which the baseboards proceed across the sides of the washer and dryer cupboards to tie all of them collectively and end off the underside of these cupboards.

And right here’s a take a look at how they wrap round to the cupboards flanking the doorway.

In order of final evening, right here’s what the left facet of the room seems like with the entire trim and molding put in…

Right this moment, I have to get these thrives (I’m positive these have a correct identify, however I don’t now what it’s) on the appropriate facet of the room sanded and primed, after which proceed with priming the remainder of the cupboards. I additionally have to determine if I wish to add these different two cabinets as a result of if I do, that clearly must be performed whereas I’m nonetheless on this section of the undertaking. I don’t wish to get all of this primed, caulked, and painted, after which have to return and add two extra cabinets.

And I additionally have to determine for positive if I need doorways on the cupboards flanking the doorway. I actually like the way it seems with the open cabinets, and if I need these gadgets out of sight, I may at all times use fairly baskets to retailer issues.