The warmer weather is here and home improvement is perfect during the warmer months! Whether you’re looking to add new color and mouldings to your dining room walls or your ceiling in your master bedroom could use some pizzazz, there’s no better way than with finished trim work. It’s always exciting to see what interior finishing manufacturers feature in their lines to take your flat walls to dynamic with the addition of baseboards, crown molding, casings and more. I’m excited to pair with Metrie Interior Finishing to show you how creative home renovation for your bathroom remodel, kitchen remodeling project or any room in your home can be reinvented using their versatile finishes.

Creative Home Improvement Ideas with Metrie Interior Finishing

How to reinvent your home improvement project with interior mouldings

I remember 15-20 years ago in interior design crown molding, wainscoting, chair rails and using extensive trim was reserved for affluent homes. Dining rooms, grand foyers, and elaborate bedrooms with coffered ceilings would offer gorgeous trim details with a hefty price tag as well. Today, trim interior finishings have become a great way to add on to the ROI (return on investment) of your home if you’re considering selling it, or it’s a nice way to upgrade your interior walls without having to perform an entire home renovation.

Take a look at these creative Metrie lines to help you discover your architectural style

(Click on each to explore the profiles available for each)

French Curves – If you’re drawn to sculptural curves and glamour, or you’re inspired by the classic forms of the Baroque and Empire periods, this line is for you.

Very Square – Art Deco meets Asian Zen. If you’re drawn to strong, crisp lines and precise geometry, this collection is a great place to start.

Fashion Forward – Each of the three scenes in this collection are transitional, melding traditional and modern – leaving enough room for next year’s hottest trend.

Pretty Simple – Are you attracted to symmetry, but don’t consider yourself a true minimalist? Then you’ll want to explore this collection, inspired by the charming aesthetic and decorative detail of the Colonial period.

True Craft – There’s nothing quite like the aesthetic created by the Craftsman, Mission and Prairie Style movements. Simple, linear, direct. Use these elements as the setting to create a Southwest Style with sun-washed tones.

Bring emphasis to your walls and don’t forget the ceiling:

What I love about the different Metrie lines are the ability to transform your interiors based on your home’s design style, your taste, or whatever trends fit your mood. Adding ceiling details are perfect for low or high ceilings and sloped ceilings get a whole new ambiance when trim mouldings are added. Metrie has a line called Ikons that feature interior trim detail rosettes to transform your ceilings, fireplace, at the top of door trim and more.

Isn’t this rosette Ikons gorgeous on this fireplace detail?

Need help designing your room before you buy? Metrie’s Room Styler is for you:

Try out Metrie crown molding, baseboards, interior finishes virtually to see how the finished look will resonate with you.

Click here to try out the Room Styler – virtual room planner.

Try home improvement before you spend any money! Here’s what you can do with the Room Styler:

• Digitally customize the look of a room using moulding and interior doors from our Then & Now Finishing Collections
• Design professionals can share with clients
• Homeowners can share with family members and friends by email or social media.
• You can even print out a shopping list of the products you selected to create your room.

We’d love to hear how you plan on reinventing your interior walls and ceilings with Metrie interior finishings.

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Crown molding is one of those features of a home that can take a room from “so-so” to gorgeous! When selling your home, crown

molding is a feature that appeals to most home buyers and home owner’s love boasting about the amenity.

There are some misconceptions about installing crown molding, some people say it’s easy – ‘Anyone can do it!’.  While others will say it’s the hardest thing ever – ‘Don’t try it!’

I’m here to tell you – they are both wrong! I say this to mean – it depends on your patience, skill background, ability to follow directions, and confidence in using power saws.  This is a job that can be time consuming, so allow ample cushion time to finish the job.  For those of you that prefer to hire a professional, it’s understandable, but for those of you that like the satisfaction of crafting a job on your own – here you go.

E-How has a step by step guide on installing crown molding. See here the tools needed, preparation, and simplified execution.  For a full description, visit E-How.

Tools you will need:

Utility Knives
Coping Saws
Measuring Tapes
Wood Putty
Finish Nails
Miter Saws
Hammers

Preparation:

1.) Take measurements to get the linear footage needed to span the distance to be trimmed out. Add 10 percent to this figure for waste and mistakes.

2.) Select the style and finish you want for your new crown molding. There are many shapes and sizes available.

3.) Pick a style that suits your decor and personal taste. The finish that you put on should be purchased and applied before you start any cutting and fitting.

4.) Try to buy your trim in lengths that will need as few splices as possible. In some cases splices are unavoidable but the fewer there are the better the finished job will look. (Very long walls may have to be spliced ― 14 to 16 feet is about the longest you will find in most trim pieces and these longer pieces are more susceptible to warping and damage.)

5.) Stain or paint all the molding then allow it to dry thoroughly.

For rest of steps visit here.

Trimming & Joining:

1.) Overcome not-quite-square corners ― and most of them are not square ― with a “coped” joint:

2.) Run the first piece of crown molding tightly into the corner. Cope-cut the second piece that will form the other leg of the corner angle in the shape of the profile of the molding so that it can butt neatly against the face of the first piece. Here’s how:

3.) Use a deep miter box and a fine-toothed saw to make a cut that reveals the profile of the molding. Position the molding so that it is upside down in the miter box. The face of the molding that goes against the ceiling will be on the bottom of the miter box. Remember, for inside corners, the bottom of the crown molding will be the longest edge.

4.) Cutting the proper miter will reveal the profile of the molding. Cut away the excess wood along the backside of the molding following that profile line with a coping saw. Err on the side of removing too much rather than too little; only the outermost edge of the coped molding will be seen.

5.) Use a utility knife to remove any excess material you missed with the coping saw. Be careful that you do not cut into the exposed face of the molding. Hold the piece in place to test the fit. Take it down and do more carving if necessary. This will sometimes take several fittings and trimmings to get the cleanest-fitting joint.

For rest of steps visit here.

Attach & Finishing

1.) Determine the location of the joists. Drill pilot holes to keep the molding from splitting.

2.) Attach the molding with only a few nails. (Use 6d or 8d finish nails for this, depending on the thickness of the molding). Take a good look at the positioning before completing the nailing.

3.) Provide a solid nailing area where the joists run parallel to the crown molding by using a 2 x 2 cut on a 45-degree bevel. Cut the 2-by-2 to length then screw it to the wall so that it’s in the corner where the ceiling and wall meet. The 2-by-2 provides a solid surface sitting at an angle, to which you can nail the molding.

4.) Countersink all nails using a nail set.

5.) Use wood putty to fill all visible nail holes help cover any small gaps at the joints to give things a more seamless appearance. Wait for the putty to dry and sand it smooth with fine sand paper.

6.) Finish the nail holes and small fill-ins to match the rest of the molding, and enjoy your new look

Video How-To:

This You Tube video will show you step-by-step on how to install crown molding.

 

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