I posted recently about the start of this project, and here is what I wrote:
"Ok, so I have admitted to myself and completely embrace that I am not, and never will be, Centsational Girl or Thrifty Decor Chick. I love love love them both, their blogs are amazing, and their talents undeniable. But I am just too impatient, get too frustrated, and lack the skills to do what they do with such apparent ease. So while I usually hire a professional for everything (except paint), I decided to take on a full room carpentry job myself. I admit I was in tears to my friend's husband once (an architect who is also a great carpenter), made A LOT of mistakes, and almost gave up. BUT, I am finally making some progress, and think it is coming out alright, so I want to share it with you. The paint before was Shaker Beige (you can see it here in the first photo), but I just wanted it a little brighter because the room gets very little direct light."
It's not rocket science, but it was a lot of work (10 days start to finish, fitting it in where I could). Here is a summary: Buy a compound miter saw. Mine was $70 at Lowes. Buy your molding, wood glue (for my method), caulk, caulk gun, sanding equipment, and paint. Measure where you want your boxes. Set your saw to 45 degrees, and start cutting the lengths you have measured. PLEASE don't cut off your finger. And PLEASE wear goggles - the pieces do fly everywhere. I cut one box at a time because it got confusing cutting so many different lengths at once. Then I just placed them on the floor where they would go.
After the cutting was done, I used a level and wood glued them to the wall (so as to avoid nailing, out of pure laziness). Use a ton of tape to secure them, and catch the billions of glue drips as they run and run and run down your walls. When dry, fill
Here are the work in progress photos. I went through three rolls of painters tape to hold the moldings up until the glue dried. I used lightweight plastic molding.
I'm new at the painter's caulk, so mine was fairly messy. You can see some of it refelcted on the wall here. I had to sand it off later.
Here, on the bottom left of the photo, you can see just how uneven my walls are. I had to fill that HUGE gap with caulk.
Today, I'm FINISHED. And I have to say, I am soooooo happy to be done with this project. I'm clearly not much of a do it yourself kinda girl.... I'd love to be one, but I'm just not that good at it. So this took absolutely ALL of my skills and patience. It was not easy, and not fun, but I LOVE the results. The kitchen is so much lighter and brighter, and if you don't look too closely, the molding looks pretty decent. Here is how it looks today - except some accessories are out of place, and the chandelier is too high because we had it tied up for a party last night and forgot to put it back down, and the curtain is stuck in the door!
I HATED the old mirror in it's normal spot once the molding was up:
So, I went t0 my favorite store, Home Goods, and scored these - do you think they're too small?
Let me know if you try this yourself --I'd love to see your results!
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