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How to Install Shoe Molding
Do you want to hide unsightly gaps between the walls and floors or add a nice extra detail to your baseboard moldings? This slender trim is an easy way to get you that finished look.
How to Install Crown Molding Around Corners
General contractor Tom Silva shows host Kevin O’Connor a tip for installing crown molding around awkward wall angles.
How to Install Stacked Stone Veneer on a Fireplace
Ask This Old House mason, Mark McCullough, helps a homeowner update her concrete block, wood burning fireplace with a stacked stone veneer and a slab of stone.
How to Remove Baseboards
Need to remove your existing baseboards? Follow these steps to easily remove them without damaging your wall or flooring.
Low-Maintenance Exterior Material Options for Your Home
Discover modern decking, fencing, siding, and trim materials that combine minimal maintenance with maximum curb appeal.
How To Make and Safely Finish Decorative Roof Brackets
Learn how to save money by making decorative roof brackets with common tools from builder Charlie Silva in our detailed step-by-step guide.
How To Fix Baseboards With a Repair Patch
It’s easier to patch imperfections and holes in baseboard than to replace the entire piece. In this video, This Old House’s Tom Silva patches a baseboard using a Dutchman—a wood repair patch that is glued into a custom-cut hole.
A Complete Guide To Hanging Crown Molding on Kitchen Cabinets
This old house general contractor, Tom Silva, installs crown molding on kitchen cabinets step by step with full overlay doors.
How To Install Door Trim
Whether you’re installing a new door or changing your home's style, read on to learn how to trim a door yourself.
All About Installing & Restoring The Moldings In Your Home
Moldings create eye-pleasing transitions in your space. Learn more about each type and find the right material for your home.
Carlisle | Polyurethane Moldings and Millwork
Kevin meets millwork specialist Mark White at his showroom that specializes in high-density polyurethane trim
How to Create Simulated Panels with Molding
Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva creates a simulated stile and rail wainscoting on a dining room wall by using base cap molding.
How to Match Historic Molding
Watch as Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows host Kevin O’Connor ways to match historic molding for new renovations.
How to Bisect Angles for Cutting Miters
Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows a quick and accurate way to cut perfect-fit miters
How to Install Wood Crown Molding
Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shares his tips and techniques for installing decorative crown molding
How to Install Interior Window Trim in 5 Simple Steps
This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows you how to install interior window trim using hand tools. Follow along to learn how.
Pro Tips for Painting Trim
Give trim the special treatment it deserves
How to Replicate Molding Profiles
This Old House general contractor Tom Silva reveals various means and methods of making your own authentic reproduction moldings
How To Dress Up a Hollow-Core Door
Tired of your boring slab-style door? In our video and visual guide, we'll show you how to add panels to update your door decor.
39 Crown Molding Design Ideas
Steal these ceiling trim ideas to add more style to your rooms.
Decorative Crown Molding
In this step-by-step video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows the best way to install decorative trim to the joint between wall and ceiling.
How to Install Kitchen Cabinet Crown Molding
This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shares his secrets for producing tight-fitting mitered corner joints on crown molding
A Guide To Choosing Interior Molding for Your Home
This Old House general contractor Tom Silva discusses some of the many options available for trimming out the interior of a room.
How to Cut Crown Molding Inside Corners
This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to enhance a room with easy-to-install crown molding using plastic clips and caulking to finish.
How You Can Use Backing Strips to Make Crown Molding
Backing strips can make your crown molding installation go that much more smoothly. Learn more about which ones to buy and how to use them.
Beautify Your Home With Crown Molding and Other Trim Upgrades
Add character to plain rooms with crown molding, baseboards, wainscoting and more
All You Need to Know to Make a Mantel from Molding Profiles
This mantel is made up of numerous molding profiles to create depth, shadow lines, and visual interest. Here's how the pieces come together.
How To Install Foam Crown Molding
Interested in elevating your home’s decor? Our guide explains the benefits of foam crown molding and offers step-by-step instructions on this easy DIY project.
How To Cut Crown Molding
Cutting crown molding can be challenging, but we'll walk you through different cutting methods and helpful tips in this guide.
How to Cope a Joint for Crown Molding
In this how-to video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to cut tight-fitting inside corner joints
13 Simple Door Surround Profiles From Stock Molding
Find out how you can use standard stock molding to build beautiful door frames. Our guide includes 13 stunning profiles.
A Step By Step Guide to Installing a Fireplace Mantel
Want to install a new mantel? It's not as hard as you might think. Follow this step-by-step guide for everything you need to know.