I love to see someone with good craftsmanship,, especially when they’re young like you. You will customize your house the way you like. Wonderful to see a young person care so much about detail as you do! Great ideas. You make it seem less frightening to undertake. Great video! Thank you!
We love flute and rosettes moldings and always use wood inside all our windows and door frames. I never thought I would see a molding option I liked better than the flute around my doors and windows but you just proved me wrong. I am 62 and have been building for over 40 years. I am always so happy when I see young people with skills, integrity and who seek to do excellent work. You absolutely do all and more. I love learning and am a knowledge junkie. I appreciate your skill set and thank you for passing what you know on. I am always teaching my clients what we do and why we do it. It is my goal to leave them not only with quality, beautiful workmanship but knowledge for the future to make wise decisions no matter who they hire to do the job. Keep up the amazing work so we can all be better at what we do. I just wish you lived in my area! I would have you do all my finish work! And I don’t hire anyone because I can’t find people who do a better job than I am willing to do. That is the best compliment I can give anyone!!
Johnette Beaver I loved your commentary. It is wonderful to hear someone like you who has been in the trade for as long as you have and give someone so young a compliment. I love how you put your pride to the side and recognized his craftsmanship. I applaud you. I also wish he lived near me, hahahahaha.
Mr. Richard, This is one of my favorite video . I have treasured this on account of the simplicity and beauty. I will be doing your third option to my onw house. Just to let you know that I have followed DFW for over four years plus and I keep on coming back to this demonstration. Thank you so much for the inspiration. you do a wonderful job. I plan to send you a little something when all is finished here in my family room. I have gone to the classes that the WOOD STORES offer but if I cannot put a price on what I learn from you. This is priceless. PEOPLE, you cannot find this knowledge at any paid class. This is a GOLD MINE of learning the craft.. Enjoy your day, Michael A.
I have been watching your videos for just over a year and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate a young man with excellent craftsmanship. Your ideas and videos are amazing!
You are a natural teacher! Using trim, with multiple possibilities, to customize our own homes is exciting and you make it look possible for those who what to do it themselves. From the first sentence, you explain in such a clear and concise way that it makes easy sense. The video length is nice to grasp the concept and has enough detail to want to look into more of your videos. Your camera person knows how to frame the video including when to zoom in for details. All of this put together makes me eager to make you my go to Trim Idea Guy. Thanks
Thank you for removing an obnoxious troll that was trying to poison your channel. He had attacked some of my comments, and was definitely not anyone who was making a valuable contribution to your excellent channel. Please keep adding your great content. I really enjoy your posts.
Only watched because you seemed so dedicated. You are very talented and creative. Thank you for showing us all what is possible. I have no plans for trying this but I'm sure your home will be beautiful.
Wow this was such a fantastic way to upgrade and transform trim to make it look like it a very classic expensive trim. Thank you for this! Bravo!!! Cheers from Toronto!
Truly a talented finish carpenter, your my source of knowledge for my kitchen baseboard project. You have truly raised the bar on trim finish installation.
You are definitely a legit Craftsman. I've been doing home renovations, property management, flips (even before they were popular. I've been in the trade since my father handed me a hammer at 13 with a little advice. He said that if my decision were to go to college, then he would find a way to get me there, but for right now, every weekend, every summer after school, and any other time he feels, I work for and with him. Only rule (which I later burnt into the trim casing around the front door of my shop) is "If you're early, you're on time, if you're on time, your late, and if you're ever late, you're fired" He had me stand on the sidelines for my first 6 months of weekends, watching every little thing he did, said, as well as his reactions to every and any thing. On our ride home, every night, he would ask me random questions about whatever he felt that I better know the answer to. After all of this torment, wouldn't you know, summer stopped by and my social life (whatever that was) ended. For my first year, I was only allowed to use the biggest, heaviest and most prehistoric tools, period. And yes he had them all. Then finally one day he tells me that starting tomorrow, he's giving me a raise. I actually couldn't sleep because I was so proud of myself for making him proud of me. Woke up, went to the Diner together, stopped at Wawa for coffee, and we pulled up to this house. I didn't even get a sound out of my mouth when he handed me a file book, a tape and a phone and said "A couple by the name Larry and Trisha called about looking at and giving an estimate for some work that they want. Also, make sure that you have whar you need from the van to satisfy any questions that they may or may not have. The phone is for the look and if I need him, but not to call unless I knew, that whatever was gonna come out of my mouth, would have me going over the shop parking lot with the magnet roller.i gathered what I needed, took about 3 or 4 steps, turned around, and watched him pull off. That one lesson alone, chose my future. I learned that I was a people person and felt confident talking, I realized that I knew the answer to questions and even showed them a few ideas of my own and drew pictures to boot. I guess my point is, I see in your language, mannerism, knowledge, respect and skills, that whenever the moment was that chose you, to become you, remember it, because that moment was when your soul realized that you are, where you were meant and built to be............ The P5, instated both inside and outside of the door casing tied in with the shoe, is a classy look, good eye. Maybe 86 the rail, and bring the boxes even height with the doors, and or the windows if possible. Not for nothing I'm not trying to sound like that guy, but that last little clip there, inspired me and for my house that's what I saw for my formal dining room. Thanks for that. Your world is about to take on a life of its own, enjoy the ride brother, many don't experience it. 👍
YOU'ER A GUY WHO WILL NEVER BE OUT OF WORK, YOU EXPLAIN EVERYTHING SO WELL,YOU ARE SO PROFESSIONAL IN THE WORK YOU DO, MAYBE SOME DAY YOU SHOULD START YOUR OWN APPRENTICESHIP SCHOOL TO TRAIN TEENAGERS. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND VIDEOS YOU DO.
Yooooo that looks so good!! I just bought a brand new house...just finished being built two months ago in January 2023 but it's straight up builder grade and I hate so many things about it. One big thing I'm changing is the molding and baseboards, trim and frames. It's all going and all being replaced. This video helped me choose a style so much. Thanks man!!
All are good options and add a lot of extra style to plain trim. #3 is nice, but too "beefy" for my taste unless it matches the whole house. If you have access to a table saw and router table, the world opens up to you with options. It is so much cheaper than buying off the shelf trim too (builder grade). I'm going with standard one-by (3/4") trim boards myself, so I can build my reveals into the stock and not have to add separate pieces. A more craftsman/shaker style with a simple inset bevel along the top edge and a small v-grove below it on the face.
LOVE the 3rd option you presented. The other options are very nice as well but I really loved your selection. It truly does look very high end. Thank you for the information.
That corner molding on flat casing is a very classic look. That is almost exactly what a previous house of mine had when it was built in 1913. A cool baseboard treatment that I did was to have a base shoe in front of a 7-1/2" baseboard. Then turning my electrical outlets sideways, I placed the box so that the outlet plate was exactly 1/4" above the top of the baseboard. Then I added a case molding at exactly 1/4" above the outlet plate. I used chocolate brown outlets and plates and then painted the shoe, base, case and any exposed drywall a chocolate brown colour. The effect was that the base board looked like it was 14" tall. Very classy look in our living and dining rooms with 10'6" ceilings.
Dude, you rock! That was really useful and insightful. I'm remodeling my house and this video popped up when I searched for trim. So happy I watched. Thanks a bunch.
I've been in Welding and Fabrication for 20 years and just stumbled across your videos. I enjoy watching your videos I can tell you really enjoy your trade. thanks for sharing.
All man you have mad skills, I've learned so much watching your videos. Who ever is lucky enough to hire you for their home improvements struck gold. I love how you put a new twist on the old school stuff and give a more modern look. As usual another great video, thanks.
Excellent ideas. The trim you chose for your house (the third example you showed) will look great and will add a very high-end touch that future buyers won't see in every house. Setting your house apart from the competition is going to pay off down the road.
I also LOVE shoe moulding! I think it totally makes the room look clean & finished, not to mention covering up a multitude of sins between the base & the flooring. I have yet to install base on a perfectly flat & level floor, but the shoe (& a good caulk job) can be manipulated to hide any small gaps. I love your videos They are informative & interesting & they are detailed enough to give a really good how-to without being slow or repetitive. I always learn something from them. I have a bathroom I installed beadboard in as wainscoting and I want to top it with a 1x3 as a "chair rail" with a 1x4 shelf installed at a right angle atop that. I want it to be strong enough to actually be used as a shelf for small items (picture frames, hair products, etc...) & I was thinking about using pocket screws to attach it to the studs. I just can't figure out the sequence & if that will actually work. I always see people top nailing the chair rail with finishing nails and that just doesn't seem strong enough. The wall is NOT flat (it is an old mobile home so I work with what I have) so if I put the 2 pieces together & then try to install it as a solid unit, I am gonna have gaps on both the 1x3 & the 1x4. If I put in the 1x3 1st I can cheat some of the lower gap & hide the upper gap under the shelf but I am gonna be pocket screwing in from the outside of the right angle & that is never good. I figured I would ask the expert! What do you think?
Having worked at a Victorian-era resort hotel for seven years of my life, I share a deep feeling for the elegance of the ornate trim prevalent back then. When I helped with some remodeling, I was shown that even the most decorative trim was merely a build-up of two or more very plain, common moldings. A laminated sheet showing the profiles that moldings that are widely available is a huge asset for designing special trim. Explaining to clients is best done with small mock-ups, I’ve found. (but very cumbersome!)
I like the way you experiment with new and unusual design ideas. Great for the potential customer to see various possibilities. Great for UPSELLING a job and customer appreciation.
I love these ideas! I’m going to change all the moulding ( room by room) and I really want it to make a statement without breaking the bank! My only issue is that I’m 63 and this ole gal doesn’t get up off the floor or down from a ladder quite like I used to- if I won the lottery I’d hire you in a heartbeat but, barring that, I watch all your vids and soak up your expertise. You’re a blessing to someone like me!
Thank you. I'm closing on my house it's a 100+ year old home with large but basic trim throughout gonna step the trim game up. I like the one you choose for your home really sets It Off great video
Now this guy is a TRUE Professional in this trade. EXCELLENT video! Starting my new office project and I am going to use the first idea you showed. My trim guy better be on his game because he WILL watch this video and learn how to do it.
Awesome video for a beginner, thank you! Question: i"m reading everywhere that casing should be thicker than baseboard. When do you do flush for both, vs thicker casing?
Here's a cool idea I saw somewhere but haven't tried yet. With that plain casing and baseboard when you go to add your pm5, or anything you like, you would use a one or one and a half inch spacer and install the pm5 above your baseboard. This will only work for painted trim. But when you finish you paint the pm5, the space you left between and the baseboard and or casing all the same color and it'll look like its all one piece and a much more expensive piece at that. Might look nice in your house.
I enjoy watching your videos. This video was particularly interesting to me because of your interest finishing the baseboards. Yes, I too am a fan of a finished baseboard. Thank you. Good luck!
Thanks for your insight and ideas, I'm getting ready to buy my house and I was toying with a few ideas on how to re-do the millwork. What I've done in the past, is to use biscuits on my transitions. It's a little quicker and I don't worry about splitting out the mdf. Thanks again, I really enjoy your videos.
Nathan Silver Hot Glue applied at the backside is MDFs nemesis. Clamp it glue it done, if you get good enough I put it right on the wall hot adjust it nail it hot if it needs a tweak just pry push whatever and hold for a minute BAM. IMHO, MDF does not take to the expanding biscuit or any water based element without an amount of expansion. They need to start making trim outa HDF would be so much better.
Nice buildup options! I’m using a simple 3/4”x1/2” pine board for my shoe molding…it looks cleaner than a quarter round or something fancy. Wish I had more space around my doors to do these type of build ups 😅
I’m doing it super simple because I’m a newbie and it looks SO different just having trim but dayum look at the options! Thanks for the Kreg jig idea!!
Dude, came across your channel by surfing YT for Shiplap ideas that I want to do on a blank wall in my dinning room... then I viewed your channel and I am very impressed. Love how you explain things and ideas you have. I just subscribed to your channel. Keep the videos coming... love your work!
I do alot of 1x mouldings too...instead of pocket holes to flush up casing to base, to get perfect reveals on 5/4 headers to the 1x side casing, or flush up 1x headers to 1x side casing, I use my festool domino joiner, but you can also use a biscuit joiner. I work a lot by myself so it's easier and quicker for me. Plus with the domino machine I can set it to a wider mortise which allows for movement...if I need to slide one piece up, down, left, right...or seasonal movement if I'm using real wood and not MDF.
I have been binging on your videos recently because they are so informative and you think outside the box and explain what you're doing very well. It seems though that in DFW Texas you have a lot of new construction to work on that is very square and straight. I live in Michigan and mostly work on older homes, or sloppy new construction with rough framers who don't even crown their 2x's. I am not a finish carpenter, I work on exterior mostly, but am looking to trim the inside of my home because it looks so whack. Is there an email I can send you pictures at and see if you have any helpful hints and tricks for sharpening up old plaster walls? It would be much appreciated.
I like outside corner capped with pm-5. would give best of many worlds. Please buy some knee pads. I am 67 and can't go back in time, the damage is done. When you are my age you'll wish you had taken my advice. I also have a job site dust collection system I'd like to share with you. All it involves is a shop vac hooked to chop saw. It cuts down about 90% of dust. Keep up the good work. Duke
Always liked a shoe molding, though my preference for shoe is to use a door stop molding, finishes it off nicely. Your videos are informative thanks for them.
Question....after you lay down base or even shoe, how do you mask the floor off to both prevent from painting your floor and to achieve a nice crisp color transition between the trim to the floor. Do you leave a gap between the base and floor to slide a strip of tape under or no gap requiring you to get as close as possible with a good masking job? I went with option B and spent hours on my hands and knees with a razor blade fixing my mistakes. Great work.
Dude, that is pretty cool! Nice simple ideas to spruce it up and make it more eye candy. I can tell you're a bit of perfectionist. I like it. Little touch ups like that do pop up and make it look classier. I'm not in the business but I know that if I were I'd probably be the same as you. Irritates my wife to no end who just wants it "done"! Arguments galore! Thanks for the ideas man.
I see you too are a fan of getting baked and doing carpentry around the house. Always good to see another pro Awesome vid though! Appreciate the inspiration
DFW, love the idea with the 45 degree corner molding over the baseboard and casing. I think I might try that. only problem is I already put new base in everywhere but if maybe i'll rip it out :) I like more the clean lines so I'm liking that option you provided. thanks
My grandparents house was all finished mahogany that used the L shaped trim to wrap every door and window. Forgot all about that , thanks for reminding me.
I enjoyed your ideas but I used maple baseboard and will have to mill a trim piece for the top as maple is hard to find and won’t be painted. I wish you had some ideas for non-painted caseing and baseboard.
Awesome videos and ideas! Thank you! I've seem and used those mouldings many times and we have names for them. I am un familiar with the PM-5, PM-6 terminology. What store or mouldings supplier uses that alphanumeric identification?
Absolutely loved this video and will use all the information when I do my casings and baseboard. Please add those vise grips to your Amazon so I can buy them and you can get credit. Thank you!
Those are awesome ideas, I can't wait to see it finished. We are installing wainscoting in our living room and we had no idea what to do with our windows and doors. Thanks for posting this. Glue from hobby town is awesome by the way. PM6 is hard to find we had to special order it Who dares to dislike your videos...😡
Everybody in this comment section is an expert nowadays huh? Can’t wear a hoodie, can’t make transitions, can’t screw pocket holes, cant say “awesome”, can’t do nothing 😒 Keep up the good work man, love the videos!
you always have great tips, I worked for a guy that was an amazing carpenter. we would actually sand the paint so the glue wood stick better not sure just what he had us Do. another thing is we would use the Makita brand drill bit heads and the gold tip #2 for the impact gun. those work the best they are the most comfortable. always have a lot of them on hand. even though we would Craig jig everything we would also use bond where you would see 2 peices join then sand. but you are the best I have ever seen with the skills you have. I've never seen someone so well rounded in all aspects of this construction game !!!! wish I worked for you.
such a good video..I bought a place that already has the blank baseboards and now I can add the PM5. But I cannot find it in home depot or lowes...do you know an equivalent one or a link to it?
Awesome channel! Thanks for all the tips! Wondering if you have any tips or if you did a video on how to scribe baseboards to remove gaps between the baseboards and uneven floors? Thanks again!
Great ideas... I'm installing some new laminate flooring and I'm thinking of not removing the base board and would like to use the PM5 in place of the quarter round . Would that work as I need to leave a 3/8" gap on the on the flooring on each end for expansion. My better half isn't a big fan of quarter round. Thank you in advance. '
I love to see someone with good craftsmanship,, especially when they’re young like you. You will customize your house the way you like. Wonderful to see a young person care so much about detail as you do! Great ideas. You make it seem less frightening to undertake. Great video! Thank you!
I love this guy, ever time I look at his videos I want to tear out all my trim and redo it
We love flute and rosettes moldings and always use wood inside all our windows and door frames. I never thought I would see a molding option I liked better than the flute around my doors and windows but you just proved me wrong. I am 62 and have been building for over 40 years. I am always so happy when I see young people with skills, integrity and who seek to do excellent work. You absolutely do all and more. I love learning and am a knowledge junkie. I appreciate your skill set and thank you for passing what you know on. I am always teaching my clients what we do and why we do it. It is my goal to leave them not only with quality, beautiful workmanship but knowledge for the future to make wise decisions no matter who they hire to do the job. Keep up the amazing work so we can all be better at what we do. I just wish you lived in my area! I would have you do all my finish work! And I don’t hire anyone because I can’t find people who do a better job than I am willing to do. That is the best compliment I can give anyone!!
Johnette Beaver I loved your commentary. It is wonderful to hear someone like you who has been in the trade for as long as you have and give someone so young a compliment. I love how you put your pride to the side and recognized his craftsmanship. I applaud you. I also wish he lived near me, hahahahaha.
Mr. Richard,
This is one of my favorite video . I have treasured this on account of the simplicity and beauty. I will be doing your third option to my onw house.
Just to let you know that I have followed DFW for over four years plus and I keep on coming back to this demonstration. Thank you so much for the inspiration. you do a wonderful job.
I plan to send you a little something when all is finished here in my family room. I have gone to the classes that the WOOD STORES offer but if I cannot put a price on what I learn from you. This is priceless. PEOPLE, you cannot find this knowledge at any paid class. This is a GOLD MINE of learning the craft..
Enjoy your day,
Michael A.
I have been watching your videos for just over a year and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate a young man with excellent craftsmanship. Your ideas and videos are amazing!
He's an actor. It's all scripted and fake. He's being directed by Bob Villa.
You are a natural teacher! Using trim, with multiple possibilities, to customize our own homes is exciting and you make it look possible for those who what to do it themselves. From the first sentence, you explain in such a clear and concise way that it makes easy sense. The video length is nice to grasp the concept and has enough detail to want to look into more of your videos. Your camera person knows how to frame the video including when to zoom in for details. All of this put together makes me eager to make you my go to Trim Idea Guy. Thanks
Thank you for removing an obnoxious troll that was trying to poison your channel. He had attacked some of my comments, and was definitely not anyone who was making a valuable contribution to your excellent channel. Please keep adding your great content. I really enjoy your posts.
Only watched because you seemed so dedicated. You are very talented and creative. Thank you for showing us all what is possible. I have no plans for trying this but I'm sure your home will be beautiful.
Wow this was such a fantastic way to upgrade and transform trim to make it look like it a very classic expensive trim. Thank you for this! Bravo!!! Cheers from Toronto!
Truly a talented finish carpenter, your my source of knowledge for my kitchen baseboard project. You have truly raised the bar on trim finish installation.
Great set of ideas. Love the pocket hole idea.
My parents old farm house has that pm6 trim. I have always loved the chunker look. Thanks for sharing! 💯
You are definitely a legit Craftsman. I've been doing home renovations, property management, flips (even before they were popular. I've been in the trade since my father handed me a hammer at 13 with a little advice. He said that if my decision were to go to college, then he would find a way to get me there, but for right now, every weekend, every summer after school, and any other time he feels, I work for and with him. Only rule (which I later burnt into the trim casing around the front door of my shop) is "If you're early, you're on time, if you're on time, your late, and if you're ever late, you're fired" He had me stand on the sidelines for my first 6 months of weekends, watching every little thing he did, said, as well as his reactions to every and any thing. On our ride home, every night, he would ask me random questions about whatever he felt that I better know the answer to. After all of this torment, wouldn't you know, summer stopped by and my social life (whatever that was) ended. For my first year, I was only allowed to use the biggest, heaviest and most prehistoric tools, period. And yes he had them all. Then finally one day he tells me that starting tomorrow, he's giving me a raise. I actually couldn't sleep because I was so proud of myself for making him proud of me. Woke up, went to the Diner together, stopped at Wawa for coffee, and we pulled up to this house. I didn't even get a sound out of my mouth when he handed me a file book, a tape and a phone and said "A couple by the name Larry and Trisha called about looking at and giving an estimate for some work that they want. Also, make sure that you have whar you need from the van to satisfy any questions that they may or may not have. The phone is for the look and if I need him, but not to call unless I knew, that whatever was gonna come out of my mouth, would have me going over the shop parking lot with the magnet roller.i gathered what I needed, took about 3 or 4 steps, turned around, and watched him pull off. That one lesson alone, chose my future. I learned that I was a people person and felt confident talking, I realized that I knew the answer to questions and even showed them a few ideas of my own and drew pictures to boot. I guess my point is, I see in your language, mannerism, knowledge, respect and skills, that whenever the moment was that chose you, to become you, remember it, because that moment was when your soul realized that you are, where you were meant and built to be............ The P5, instated both inside and outside of the door casing tied in with the shoe, is a classy look, good eye. Maybe 86 the rail, and bring the boxes even height with the doors, and or the windows if possible. Not for nothing I'm not trying to sound like that guy, but that last little clip there, inspired me and for my house that's what I saw for my formal dining room. Thanks for that. Your world is about to take on a life of its own, enjoy the ride brother, many don't experience it. 👍
YOU'ER A GUY WHO WILL NEVER BE OUT OF WORK, YOU EXPLAIN EVERYTHING SO WELL,YOU ARE SO PROFESSIONAL IN THE WORK YOU DO, MAYBE SOME DAY YOU SHOULD START YOUR OWN APPRENTICESHIP SCHOOL TO TRAIN TEENAGERS. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND VIDEOS YOU DO.
Yooooo that looks so good!! I just bought a brand new house...just finished being built two months ago in January 2023 but it's straight up builder grade and I hate so many things about it. One big thing I'm changing is the molding and baseboards, trim and frames. It's all going and all being replaced. This video helped me choose a style so much. Thanks man!!
All are good options and add a lot of extra style to plain trim. #3 is nice, but too "beefy" for my taste unless it matches the whole house. If you have access to a table saw and router table, the world opens up to you with options. It is so much cheaper than buying off the shelf trim too (builder grade).
I'm going with standard one-by (3/4") trim boards myself, so I can build my reveals into the stock and not have to add separate pieces. A more craftsman/shaker style with a simple inset bevel along the top edge and a small v-grove below it on the face.
LOVE the 3rd option you presented. The other options are very nice as well but I really loved your selection. It truly does look very high end. Thank you for the information.
No fuss, no nonsense just great work and solid tips, great videos. Many thanks from the Isle of Wight England.
You make it pop going old school. Cost time and lack of skills kills creative beauty. But you have it together. Im sure your house will be amazing.
That corner molding on flat casing is a very classic look. That is almost exactly what a previous house of mine had when it was built in 1913.
A cool baseboard treatment that I did was to have a base shoe in front of a 7-1/2" baseboard. Then turning my electrical outlets sideways, I placed the box so that the outlet plate was exactly 1/4" above the top of the baseboard. Then I added a case molding at exactly 1/4" above the outlet plate. I used chocolate brown outlets and plates and then painted the shoe, base, case and any exposed drywall a chocolate brown colour. The effect was that the base board looked like it was 14" tall. Very classy look in our living and dining rooms with 10'6" ceilings.
Dude, you rock! That was really useful and insightful. I'm remodeling my house and this video popped up when I searched for trim. So happy I watched. Thanks a bunch.
I've been in Welding and Fabrication for 20 years and just stumbled across your videos. I enjoy watching your videos I can tell you really enjoy your trade. thanks for sharing.
All man you have mad skills, I've learned so much watching your videos. Who ever is lucky enough to hire you for their home improvements struck gold. I love how you put a new twist on the old school stuff and give a more modern look. As usual another great video, thanks.
Nice tips. I can see how this will even work on existing moldings to make a more decorative trim. Good job.
Excellent ideas. The trim you chose for your house (the third example you showed) will look great and will add a very high-end touch that future buyers won't see in every house. Setting your house apart from the competition is going to pay off down the road.
I also LOVE shoe moulding! I think it totally makes the room look clean & finished, not to mention covering up a multitude of sins between the base & the flooring. I have yet to install base on a perfectly flat & level floor, but the shoe (& a good caulk job) can be manipulated to hide any small gaps. I love your videos They are informative & interesting & they are detailed enough to give a really good how-to without being slow or repetitive. I always learn something from them.
I have a bathroom I installed beadboard in as wainscoting and I want to top it with a 1x3 as a "chair rail" with a 1x4 shelf installed at a right angle atop that. I want it to be strong enough to actually be used as a shelf for small items (picture frames, hair products, etc...) & I was thinking about using pocket screws to attach it to the studs. I just can't figure out the sequence & if that will actually work. I always see people top nailing the chair rail with finishing nails and that just doesn't seem strong enough. The wall is NOT flat (it is an old mobile home so I work with what I have) so if I put the 2 pieces together & then try to install it as a solid unit, I am gonna have gaps on both the 1x3 & the 1x4. If I put in the 1x3 1st I can cheat some of the lower gap & hide the upper gap under the shelf but I am gonna be pocket screwing in from the outside of the right angle & that is never good. I figured I would ask the expert! What do you think?
I'm with you on the shoe moulding too, man. Stoked to see it installed and painted. Thanks for the content as always!
Having worked at a Victorian-era resort hotel for seven years of my life, I share a deep feeling for the elegance of the ornate trim prevalent back then. When I helped with some remodeling, I was shown that even the most decorative trim was merely a build-up of two or more very plain, common moldings. A laminated sheet showing the profiles that moldings that are widely available is a huge asset for designing special trim. Explaining to clients is best done with small mock-ups, I’ve found. (but very cumbersome!)
I like the way you experiment with new and unusual design ideas.
Great for the potential customer to see various possibilities.
Great for UPSELLING a job and customer appreciation.
I love the last rendition. I would scale up the casing to a 1x5 and the base to 1x8. nice work!
With the outside edge capping it has a nice sharp modern look. Thanks for that suggestion
Mad skills! I've never seen a more informative source of knowledge
Great job, very creative, plan simple and to the point. Thanks for video.
Rocking ideas!😎👍👍 Thank you very much for your video and hard work, you've opened a whole new world for me!!🙏🙏🍻
WOW!!!... Thank you for sharing it with us. Your work is such an inspiration!!!
I like your style kid... thanks for sharing your specialties they are out the box and uniform and unique, I like
I love these ideas! I’m going to change all the moulding ( room by room) and I really want it to make a statement without breaking the bank! My only issue is that I’m 63 and this ole gal doesn’t get up off the floor or down from a ladder quite like I used to- if I won the lottery I’d hire you in a heartbeat but, barring that, I watch all your vids and soak up your expertise. You’re a blessing to someone like me!
Dang lady... you are hot. From a 33 yr old guy. Beautiful lady
I know what you mean about getting up and down on floors! Try a rolling mechanic's or garden stool to work low down. Works for me.
It great to see a young person doing this kind of work. Keep it up.
Thank you. I'm closing on my house it's a 100+ year old home with large but basic trim throughout gonna step the trim game up. I like the one you choose for your home really sets It Off great video
Reminds me of the trim in my grandparents 1910 house. Thank you!
Fantastic videos I watch them in the UK, You are a very talented Carpenter
Super channel. High quality work. What a future you have ahead of you as you embrace excellence at every turn!
Now this guy is a TRUE Professional in this trade. EXCELLENT video! Starting my new office project and I am going to use the first idea you showed. My trim guy better be on his game because he WILL watch this video and learn how to do it.
Awesome video for a beginner, thank you! Question: i"m reading everywhere that casing should be thicker than baseboard. When do you do flush for both, vs thicker casing?
Nice, simple and direct video. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.
Last option is SICK !!! LOOKS BAD ASS !!!
Thanks young Man,. I thoroughly enjoyed your video and you can teach an old dog new tricks.
Here's a cool idea I saw somewhere but haven't tried yet. With that plain casing and baseboard when you go to add your pm5, or anything you like, you would use a one or one and a half inch spacer and install the pm5 above your baseboard. This will only work for painted trim. But when you finish you paint the pm5, the space you left between and the baseboard and or casing all the same color and it'll look like its all one piece and a much more expensive piece at that. Might look nice in your house.
Yea, I'm going to steal that idea. 🔥 bro. Thank you for sharing.
Those ideas all look great thanks for sharing the creative vision you have.
It's always good to see these ideas.
I really like your work. You seem to put a lot of heart and soul into the way it looks. I to do that as I am a plumber.
Love the last one. Tight as idea. Love your work.
WOW...these are great ideas! I am just now putting up casing/baseboard...will follow your ideas here. What a different it makes!
So impressed with he pocket holes! Excellent ideas. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing your ideas! Very very nice!
I enjoy watching your videos. This video was particularly interesting to me because of your interest finishing the baseboards. Yes, I too am a fan of a finished baseboard. Thank you. Good luck!
Great ideas. Nicely done.
Thanks for your insight and ideas, I'm getting ready to buy my house and I was toying with a few ideas on how to re-do the millwork.
What I've done in the past, is to use biscuits on my transitions. It's a little quicker and I don't worry about splitting out the mdf. Thanks again, I really enjoy your videos.
Nathan Silver yes the biscuits would be just as good for keeping them aligned.
Nathan Silver
Hot Glue applied at the backside is MDFs nemesis. Clamp it glue it done, if you get good enough I put it right on the wall hot adjust it nail it hot if it needs a tweak just pry push whatever and hold for a minute BAM. IMHO, MDF does not take to the expanding biscuit or any water based element without an amount of expansion. They need to start making trim outa HDF would be so much better.
Nice buildup options! I’m using a simple 3/4”x1/2” pine board for my shoe molding…it looks cleaner than a quarter round or something fancy. Wish I had more space around my doors to do these type of build ups 😅
Stepping up my trim game off this video, thanks for the idea my man.
I’m doing it super simple because I’m a newbie and it looks SO different just having trim but dayum look at the options! Thanks for the Kreg jig idea!!
Thank you I have been looking for ideas to finish out my office and soap shop 💖💖💖
Dude, came across your channel by surfing YT for Shiplap ideas that I want to do on a blank wall in my dinning room... then I viewed your channel and I am very impressed. Love how you explain things and ideas you have. I just subscribed to your channel. Keep the videos coming... love your work!
Very cool. You’ve got some awesome videos. Thanks for posting them all.
I do alot of 1x mouldings too...instead of pocket holes to flush up casing to base, to get perfect reveals on 5/4 headers to the 1x side casing, or flush up 1x headers to 1x side casing, I use my festool domino joiner, but you can also use a biscuit joiner. I work a lot by myself so it's easier and quicker for me. Plus with the domino machine I can set it to a wider mortise which allows for movement...if I need to slide one piece up, down, left, right...or seasonal movement if I'm using real wood and not MDF.
Great Ideas! Can't wait to try it in my daughters room..
Thanks you for sharing your talent Young Man!
thanks!
I have been binging on your videos recently because they are so informative and you think outside the box and explain what you're doing very well. It seems though that in DFW Texas you have a lot of new construction to work on that is very square and straight. I live in Michigan and mostly work on older homes, or sloppy new construction with rough framers who don't even crown their 2x's. I am not a finish carpenter, I work on exterior mostly, but am looking to trim the inside of my home because it looks so whack. Is there an email I can send you pictures at and see if you have any helpful hints and tricks for sharpening up old plaster walls? It would be much appreciated.
I like outside corner capped with pm-5. would give best of many worlds. Please buy some knee pads. I am 67 and can't go back in time, the damage is done. When you are my age you'll wish you had taken my advice. I also have a job site dust collection system I'd like to share with you. All it involves is a shop vac hooked to chop saw. It cuts down about 90% of dust.
Keep up the good work.
Duke
My favorite was the pm-5 is well
Always liked a shoe molding, though my preference for shoe is to use a door stop molding, finishes it off nicely. Your videos are informative thanks for them.
Question....after you lay down base or even shoe, how do you mask the floor off to both prevent from painting your floor and to achieve a nice crisp color transition between the trim to the floor. Do you leave a gap between the base and floor to slide a strip of tape under or no gap requiring you to get as close as possible with a good masking job? I went with option B and spent hours on my hands and knees with a razor blade fixing my mistakes. Great work.
Thank you!! We are looking to sell out house in the next few years and this is a nice, cheap way to make it look great!
What you think of using base blocks(plinth blocks) at the base of the door trim?
Dude, that is pretty cool! Nice simple ideas to spruce it up and make it more eye candy. I can tell you're a bit of perfectionist. I like it. Little touch ups like that do pop up and make it look classier. I'm not in the business but I know that if I were I'd probably be the same as you. Irritates my wife to no end who just wants it "done"! Arguments galore! Thanks for the ideas man.
I see you too are a fan of getting baked and doing carpentry around the house. Always good to see another pro
Awesome vid though! Appreciate the inspiration
Point well taken, you are surely a master at this!!
DFW, love the idea with the 45 degree corner molding over the baseboard and casing. I think I might try that. only problem is I already put new base in everywhere but if maybe i'll rip it out :) I like more the clean lines so I'm liking that option you provided. thanks
My grandparents house was all finished mahogany that used the L shaped trim to wrap every door and window. Forgot all about that , thanks for reminding me.
This Channel is amazing! Every time I watch a video, I get a lot of good ideas fallowed by the urge to do to create. Another awesome video!
Joe Powell me too!!
I enjoyed your ideas but I used maple baseboard and will have to mill a trim piece for the top as maple is hard to find and won’t be painted. I wish you had some ideas for non-painted caseing and baseboard.
Craig jig is awesome for pocket holes. Love your videos. Keep em coming.
Good ideas! Would pocket hole the baseboard to the (right, in this case) casing, set it up and then finish the rest of the door casing out? Thnx.
Thank you mate sharing your great ideas!!!!🍻
What are your thoughts on stacking the baseboard on top on the shoe molding instead of putting the shoe molding in front of the baseboard?
Awesome videos and ideas! Thank you! I've seem and used those mouldings many times and we have names for them. I am un familiar with the PM-5, PM-6 terminology. What store or mouldings supplier uses that alphanumeric identification?
Absolutely loved this video and will use all the information when I do my casings and baseboard. Please add those vise grips to your Amazon so I can buy them and you can get credit. Thank you!
Great ideas, thanks. Nice trim work sells houses. I really believe that.
I love your ideas! Thank you!
Those are awesome ideas, I can't wait to see it finished. We are installing wainscoting in our living room and we had no idea what to do with our windows and doors. Thanks for posting this. Glue from hobby town is awesome by the way. PM6 is hard to find we had to special order it
Who dares to dislike your videos...😡
ESGAR MONTALVO that's great! glad I could help !
Everybody in this comment section is an expert nowadays huh? Can’t wear a hoodie, can’t make transitions, can’t screw pocket holes, cant say “awesome”, can’t do nothing 😒 Keep up the good work man, love the videos!
you always have great tips, I worked for a guy that was an amazing carpenter. we would actually sand the paint so the glue wood stick better not sure just what he had us Do. another thing is we would use the Makita brand drill bit heads and the gold tip #2 for the impact gun. those work the best they are the most comfortable. always have a lot of them on hand. even though we would Craig jig everything we would also use bond where you would see 2 peices join then sand. but you are the best I have ever seen with the skills you have. I've never seen someone so well rounded in all aspects of this construction game !!!! wish I worked for you.
such a good video..I bought a place that already has the blank baseboards and now I can add the PM5. But I cannot find it in home depot or lowes...do you know an equivalent one or a link to it?
Man that look really nice and lots of good idea. Thanks
Great video. Is there a video showing how the trim project turned out. Would love to see the finished product.
I like shoe mould as well. Excellent ideas!
Awesome channel! Thanks for all the tips! Wondering if you have any tips or if you did a video on how to scribe baseboards to remove gaps between the baseboards and uneven floors? Thanks again!
Great ideas... I'm installing some new laminate flooring and I'm thinking of not removing the base board and would like to
use the PM5 in place of the quarter round . Would that work as I need to leave a 3/8" gap on the on the flooring
on each end for expansion. My better half isn't a big fan of quarter round. Thank you in advance.
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Love the creativity!
Good video. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
Thanks!
Wow great ideas !! Thanks for sharing!!!