Adding Trim To The Bedroom Foyer Walls

So yesterday, I received all the baseboards put in within the lobby. For the baseboards, I used easy 1″ x 5″ boards topped with base cap molding. After which I reduce and put in the chair rail molding.

I made a decision to skip that second coat of primer on these partitions. I didn’t need to spend any extra time gripping a paint curler due to my hand, however I additionally plan to color all the higher partitions a darkish teal earlier than putting in the grasscloth wallpaper. The primary level of the primer was to cowl over all the unpainted drywall mud and drywall, and likewise to focus on any areas that wanted restore/patching/sanding that I could have missed. So though these partitions nonetheless seem like a multitude, the primer served its objective.

I did discover that I missed a spot on the ceiling, although. That should be primed as a result of paint reacts in another way over unprimed drywall than it does on primed drywall, and that spot shall be apparent if it’s not primed.

For the reason that walk-in closet doorway is completely different from all the opposite doorways in the home (i.e., taller and simply drywall wrapped across the jambs as a substitute of trimmed out), I made a decision to wrap the chair rail across the door jambs. Because it’s completely different, I needed it to be very clearly completely different in order that it appears very intentional. I actually love how this turned out.

On the baseboards, I did a straight reduce on the 1×5 board, however on the basecap, I did the 45-degree reduce in order that it ended on the wall.

After which I did the identical factor with the chair rail with the 45-degree flip that ends on the wall.

That may make the wallpaper set up a bit of more difficult in that space, however I’ll simply must be very affected person and meticulous about it, and I feel it’ll look good.

Within the areas the place the chair rail butts up in opposition to doorways which can be trimmed out, I simply did a straight reduce on these space. That’s how I did it within the music room, so I needed these to be constant. As soon as these ends are painted, they have an inclination to vanish.

Whereas I didn’t get any of the image body molding reduce and hooked up yesterday, I did get all the partitions prepped for that. I do know completely different folks have completely different strategies for this, however that is how I do it. I take advantage of a 1″x4″ board and a pencil…

After which I place that on high of the baseboards (on high of the bottom cap) and draw the road on the wall.

After which I repeat that course of beneath the chair rail, after which on the edges to create the vertical strains.

As soon as I’ve that field drawn on the wall (I’ve enhanced my pencil marks within the picture beneath), I measure every particular person line to chop the trim.

The explanation I do it this manner is as a result of I’ve discovered the onerous means that when coping with an previous home the place baseboards won’t be completely degree and nothing is completely sq., the completed image body molding appears loads higher if I comply with the strains of the partitions, baseboards, and chair rail quite than constructing image frames which can be completely sq. and attempting to make these match inside areas the place the trim round them won’t be completely sq. and degree.

It’s a bit of extra work to do it this manner as a result of each particular person line must be measured, however I’ve discovered that it produces a greater completed outcome.

So at the moment, I’ll start the work of measuring all of those strains and slicing the molding for the image frames. I’m undecided how a lot I’ll be capable to get accomplished, once more due to my hand, but when in any respect potential, I need to a minimum of get all the trim within the lobby completed.

That features the image frames plus the remainder of the crown molding. If I can a minimum of get that a lot accomplished, I’ll be very pleased in regards to the progress.

I hate that I’ve been slowed down by an injured hand, however that’s simply how life goes, proper? It’s positively getting higher, nevertheless it’s aggravating to be slowed down like this. I’ll simply preserve making small steps ahead till I really feel like I can transfer ahead at a full dash with out reinjuring myself.