Did a bunch more molding work over the weekend, although it doesn't seem like I got much done. Here's a little side by side comparison of the painted trim on the left compared with the trim on the right just before it's painted. I also dry fit some baseboard trim in there to show how the finished product will look.
Also started on replacing the new closet doors with some white panel doors that are the same style as all the new doors. I dry fit the new doors to make sure they will fit properly first. Unlike the doors, the closets don't have a wooden frame surround, they are only framed out with drywall. The molding is nailed around the frame with about a 1/2" overhang (in order to conceal the gap between the wall and the closet doors). I'll post some more pics of the completed work soon, but here's a rough before and "minus molding" after shot.
I also worked on dry fitting some of the baseboard molding as well, and he's a look of the new baseboard as compared with the old in the distance. As you can see it's definitely quite a bit heftier.
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| Old molding off in the distance past the return air grate. |
A bonus pic of the complete molding with a look at the chair rail molding in the hallway too. I had to pull the existing chair rail molding completely off the wall so I could cut it to butt up against the new door molding, and also fixed the uneven union it had (off picture to the right).
