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 a bit of 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 high left aspect and the underside proper aspect.

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

It seemed like this with the curve traced on it…

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

I repeated that 11 extra instances, after which I connected these items to the within high 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 might have made these items a bit of bit larger, however I had to make use of the highest shoe shelf (the shortest shelf on the precise part on the precise wall) to find out how huge these items may very well be..

I didn’t need these ornamental items to be jammed proper up in opposition to that high shelf. I needed to depart some house between these items and the highest shelf, so I decided that 4.5 inches was the most important I might make them…

As soon as they have been all connected, 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 needed so as to add a very huge molding, however on the left aspect 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 to be able to pretend the look of a very huge 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 giant crown molding, however 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 in opposition to the highest of the cupboards. The one projection is that tiny crown molding on the very high.

Right here’s a greater view of the highest molding. You possibly can see that many of the ornamental components are literally baseboard that’s connected flat in opposition to 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 previous house the place nothing is flat, sq., or plumb! So there are areas the place the molding is correct up in opposition to the ceiling, and different areas (as you’ll be able to see within the nook under) the place the molding merely wouldn’t sit in opposition to the ceiling regardless of how arduous I pushed on it.

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

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

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

The opposite aspect of the room wasn’t fairly as a lot of an issue. A lot of the high trim on that aspect is in opposition to 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 downside.

And on this aspect, I acquired the little prospers sanded and primed, however I nonetheless must prime the within of the cupboards and the cabinets…

I additionally acquired all the baseboards connected across the backside of the cupboards.

I shall be including shoe molding as properly, however I must 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 have a look at how they wrap round to the cupboards flanking the doorway.

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

Right this moment, I must get these prospers (I’m certain these have a correct title, however I don’t now what it’s) on the precise aspect of the room sanded and primed, after which proceed with priming the remainder of the cupboards. I additionally must resolve if I need to add these different two cabinets as a result of if I do, that clearly must be achieved whereas I’m nonetheless on this section of the mission. I don’t need to get all of this primed, caulked, and painted, after which have to return and add two extra cabinets.

And I additionally must resolve for certain if I would like doorways on the cupboards flanking the doorway. I actually like the way it seems with the open cabinets, and if I would like these gadgets out of sight, I might all the time use fairly baskets to retailer issues.