You guys ever do crown molding?

[man down]

Each house is diffeeent

Mine it would work.

My brother in laws has his brown. Looks odd to me.

I would be cool in a really big open house I think. I suspect yiu have one of those. As all Californian ls who live out always get t ice the house. At half the price...

But reality is everyone like different stuff. To each is own and that what make American Great.

True, I can respect that.

Plus doing this small stuff keeps me busy.

[Sctrojan]

Man what a pain in the arse lol but I learned something new. Still need to paint but so far so good.

Entry way


Movie room. I added lighting above this one.

I'm a remodeling contractor and one of my favorite trades to do is trim carpentry.I've done coffered ceilings,recessed wainscoting,custom window trim,stacked crown molding etc.. No better place to learn than your own home. Not bad for your first foray but heres a couple tips...instead of trying to splice two pieces of trim together with a scarf joint like I see in a few spots,just buy more crown and use a single piece,otherwise it looks like ****. Use an 18g nailer,looks like you used a 16g or 15g with those big ass nail holes. Instead of 90° returns like you put on the ends,soften it up with a 45° return,just a cleaner looking transition. Put in wider door casing,with that tall base and crown you have, that small casing looks un proportional now...and lastly use an angle finder,they"ll improve your accuracy on your miters/corners...cheers👍

[man down]

I'm a remodeling contractor and one of my favorite trades to do is trim carpentry.I've done coffered ceilings,recessed wainscoting,custom window trim,stacked crown molding etc.. No better place to learn than your own home. Not bad for your first foray but heres a couple tips...instead of trying to splice two pieces of trim together with a scarf joint like I see in a few spots,just buy more crown and use a single piece,otherwise it looks like ****. Use an 18g nailer,looks like you used a 16g or 15g with those big ass nail holes. Instead of 90° returns like you put on the ends,soften it up with a 45° return,just a cleaner looking transition. Put in wider door casing,with that tall base and crown you have, that small casing looks un proportional now...and lastly use an angle finder,they"ll improve your accuracy on your miters/corners...cheers��

Man that crown is long and to get it in my 6 ft bed of my truck I had to cut it down before leaving the store. Then practice cuts, and it left me with smaller pieces. I guess it's all just a learning experience.

The nails you're seeing where temp on one piece so I could see how it looked like before I put it up, kind of a, do I like this? I didn't want to get the air line and nailer out for just a test so I had a some nails I threw at it until the wife saw it.
These are the nails I ended up using.


I also did buy a angle finder off Amazon. It worked great.

[MELLY-MEL...]

Did you use the angles for the cuts in the corners?looks like it? If you did you should have coped them in with a coping saw. Next time have a delivered so you can use full pieces and you don’t have so many damn scarf joints all over the place. Solid try for your first time though

[man down]

Did you use the angles for the cuts in the corners?looks like it? If you did you should have coped them in with a coping saw. Next time have a delivered so you can use full pieces and you don’t have so many damn scarf joints all over the place. Solid try for your first time though

Yeah they're 45s. I just watched a couple vids and did as they did.

Im really don't worried about where it comes together. Sure a pro would but I'm not a pro obviously haha. I wasn't going to hire one either. I'm a body guy I'll slap some glaze on those parts, sand and then paint and it will look solid. I've done enough bodywork over the years to busy it out pretty fast.
Sure it's more work but the outcome will look nice IMO.

I'm not trying to do this again haha. I mean when we buy a couple rentals I might but for now I'm good. Not looking to start a crown business or anything. Just having fun is all.

[Marchegiano]

You did fine bud. My father was a carpenter. I used to do molding when I was a teen. He'd do stuff like install cabinets and junk, I'd do the crowns and kicks. It is kinda sucky to do, but as long as you have no huge gaps you've done well.I don't see gaps in the photos so I'm inclined to say well done sir.

[man down]

You did fine bud. My father was a carpenter. I used to do molding when I was a teen. He'd do stuff like install cabinets and junk, I'd do the crowns and kicks. It is kinda sucky to do, but as long as you have no huge gaps you've done well.I don't see gaps in the photos so I'm inclined to say well done sir.

Thank ya! Yeah I don't have gaps anywhere.