How often have you set your miter box exactly on 45 degrees and cut miters on a pair of moldings only to discover they don’t fit? Well, don’t worry. There’s nothing wrong with your miter box or your ...

Installing baseboards in your home is a relatively straightforward way to spruce the place up a bit. And while the general process is easy enough for a do-it-yourself project, cutting the baseboards ...

Q. I am losing my mind trying to cut crown molding. So far I have wasted four long lengths. The joints look good after I cut them, but when held up in the corners of the room, there are huge gaps. I ...

Dear James: I like the look of crown molding for my dining room, but I am having trouble getting the corner cut for a good fit. If you already installed the door and baseboard moldings, you probably ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? The first step in installing attractive wood trim is marking its length accurately.

Q: We just tore the carpet out of a bedroom of our recently purchased 1946 house in Richmond. Underneath are beautiful hardwood floors. There is a very plain and unobtrusive baseboard already in place ...

Dear Matt: Adding crown molding is the finishing touch to make any room look truly elegant. As you have found, it is not easy to fit the corners properly. I have done remodeling in many homes where ...

Baseboard molding is the wood trim that runs around the perimeter of the wall at floor level. It serves as a decorative accent; it also conceals the expansion joint between the edge of a wood floor ...

Getting the crown molding to fit at the corners is one of the toughest jobs to do well. Actually, many builders and remodelers cannot even do it properly and they end up using a lot of wood filler or ...