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DIY Interior Trim & Finishing
DIY interior window trim installation—your best tips?, Choosing between painting or staining window trim?, How to install window casing like a pro?, Popular interior trim styles for modern homes?, Common mistakes installing window trim yourself?, Matching new window trim to existing interior…
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22 discussionsInterior Trim Joint Keeps Cracking: Caulk, Refasten, or Rebuild?
I’m trying to diagnose a failing joint on painted pine interior casing around a replacement window. The joint is a mitered top corner, and a hairline crack has…
If you had to pick: painted or stained window trim for a fixer-upper?
Picture this: you buy an old house, the window trim is all beat up, and you’re standing there with a can of paint in one hand and stain…
Quick trick to make painted window trim look less... sad
If you’re stuck with old, chipped window trim and don’t have the patience (or, uh, the arm strength) for full sanding, I found using liquid deglosser before painting…
Cheap and cheerful ways to dress up plain window frames
Here’s what I did when I wanted to make my 80s windows look less sad without dropping a ton of cash: I grabbed some pre-primed MDF trim from…
Cheap ways to dress up boring window frames?
Tried to give my living room a facelift without dropping a ton of cash, so I slapped on some MDF trim around the windows. Honestly, it looks way…
Tricks for getting accurate window trim measurements?
I’m about to tackle replacing the trim around my living room windows, but I’m second guessing myself on how to get the measurements right. Do you guys usually…
Which Corner Joint Holds Up Better for Window Trim—Miter or Butt?
Trying to decide how to tackle the window trim in my 1960s ranch, and I keep going back and forth between mitered corners and just doing simple butt…
Little details after window install—what actually made a difference?
After swapping out my old drafty windows, the trim was my biggest headache. I ended up caulking all the gaps, then primed and painted the new wood trim…
Stuck between simple trim and farmhouse-style frames for my windows
I'm finally tackling the project of trimming out my windows - been staring at bare drywall edges for way too long, haha. Anyway, I've narrowed it down to…
Painting window trim without losing your mind
Just finished painting the window trim in my living room, and man, it was trickier than I thought. First, I taped everything off with painter's tape (the good…