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How to Install Baseboard and Shoe Molding for Hardwood Floors
Baseboard and shoe molding dress up a new hardwood flooring installation. After you’ve put in the time installing the new floor, trimming it out frames the floor, showcasing the hardwoods just like a...
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How to Install Crown Molding (Quick Guide with Pictures)
Crown molding is like, well, a crown for a room. It’s one of the first things I notice about a home because it’s such a beautiful accent, and it adds a lot of visual interest. Installing crown molding...
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How to Cut Baseboard Molding with a Coping Saw
I’ve been installing the baseboard molding, and it’s going up pretty quick. I completed about half of the molding last Saturday, and plan to finish the rest this weekend. The toughest part about...
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How to Install Pre-Hung Doors
Installing a pre-hung door is much simpler than purchasing the raw materials and building a door from scratch. Pre-hung doors come already fastened to the door frame, and you can order them to size....
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How to Install Beadboard Wainscoting
Wainscoting is a great wall application for dressing up kitchens, bathrooms, dining rooms and more. It’s also a great do-it-yourselfer project because with the right tools and proper planning, anyone...
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How to Design and Install an Improvised Kitchen Crown Molding
Today we’re featuring a guest contribution by Ken from The Joy of Moldings. This kitchen crown molding project was an exercise in making do with a room, materials, and tools that were less than ideal....
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How to Install a Window
Installing new windows is a great DIYer task, and it’s a topic we’ve touched on in the past. However, OPC is all about showing pros in action so that you have the best possible resources for tackling...
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How to Paint (Like a Pro)
It’s good to be back on a Pro-Follow, and I’m pleased to introduce you to Larry Smith. Larry is a professional painter, and his company also installs wall coverings (wall paper, fabrics, etc.). Larry...
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How to Paint a Three-Piece Crown Molding
Today we’re featuring a guest article by Ken from The Joy of Moldings Jennifer’s kitchen is getting a top to bottom molding makeover. I just installed the crown molding and door trim (a Greek Revival...
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How to Install Board and Batten Wainscoting (White Painted Square over...
For the last few months, we’ve been contemplating how to spruce up our relatively small upstairs hallway (below). We had installed wainscoting in our prior home’s living room, and thought that might...
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