May 3, 2009


With the bookcase finished, attention turns to the rest of the trim in the room. But first, I covered
the bookcase with plastic to shield it from the dust.

I decided to dress up the living room side of the archway with something a little more substantial
than the colonial moulding everywhere else in the house. So I went with 4" fluted casing.

I cut a plinth block the same height as the new baseboard, and the same width as the casing.

The foyer side of the archway was trimmed with the traditional 3" colonial moulding.

...but the living room side gets dressed up a little. The top of the archway will be trimmed with a crown
moulding. The final product will mimic the carpentry of the bookcase (only painted instead of stained).

Also upgraded in this room are the baseboard mouldings. These 6" boards are taller than most others
in the house. Coping the corners to fit together was a frustrating new challenge for me.

The longest wall in the room required one scarf joint along the baseboard. If you look closely, you can
see it to the bottom-left in the above photo. Once painted, it should be invisible.

The baseboard meets the fluted casing at the plinth block.

One corner down, a lot more to go.

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