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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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Paint keeps lifting along the bottom of window casing
When paint peels along the lower edge of interior window casing, what clues help tell a weak paint bond from moisture reaching the trim? Does the pattern differ…
measuring window trim without losing your mind
Okay, say you're redoing your window trim and you measure everything twice, but somehow it still ends up wonky. Um, hypothetically speaking, if someone (totally not me) kept…
Gap Opening Between Window Casing and Wall
A widening gap has appeared along the inside edge of the casing around a replacement window. It’s roughly 1/8 inch at the widest point and is most noticeable…
Interior 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…
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…
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…
