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Cutting Baseboard Corners Made Simple

Use paint stirrers, popsicle sticks, or any other thin flat material that you can nail through to shim the baseboard against the wall and snug up the miter. Slide the popsicle stick behind the bottom ...
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 ...
What is a Coped Corner? Two walls are rarely a perfect 90-degree angle. So getting two miters to meet tight can be challenging, even if you’re a miter saw master. In a coped baseboard corner, one ...
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 ...
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