There is nothing that finishes a room off like crown molding. There is also nothing that will frustrate you to no end like crown molding. This is one of those tasks where measuring 2 twice and cutting once is just not good enough. With Crown molding one must measure 5 times then go back measure again, stand in front of your saw and think about which direction to make the cut. To make things even more fun everything is cut backwards and upside down. So when you are buying your material you will definitely need about 25% extra at least.
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| I think I measured this piece 7 times |
This first weekend Ben and I decided to work on two of the bed rooms (Gavin's and the Master). We also constructed the corner molding for the larger crown in the main floor.
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| Fancy Corner molding oooooooo! :) |
Once you have tried your hand at finished Carpentry you will realize that wood filler and painters putty is your best friend. No matter how many times you measure and how good you think you are there will always be a gap/crack/misalignment. Besides the filler makes the edge and corner look so much smoother.
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| Gavin's Bed Room With Crown Molding (Unpainted) |
Also you will come to notice that none of your walls are straight or corners at 90 degrees. Some of the corners in Gavin's room were a wonderful 94 degrees which makes for a ticky miter cut.
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| Those Cuts were not fun. Walls are not straight or 90 degrees :( |
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