It's been a LONG time since I added crown molding to a room and I was more than a bit apprehensive as my strip of wood was 36" and I needed 35 3/4" of molding to go around the ceiling. Had a couple short pieces left over from a previous project so I could piece in any shortages if necessary but really didn't want to do that.
I cut the back piece. It fit perfectly and the mitres were right. Marked the mitre cut on the first side piece, cut the first couple strokes and it just didn't seem right so decided to leave it for the time being. That was for the best as the cut would have been all wrong.
So this afternoon, I spent quite some time re-figuring the angles and finally got them right! Painted them to match the ceiling and glued them in place.
Wish I had had some clamps to glue them a bit tighter to the ceiling.
But at least the roombox is finished and now I have the joy of filling it.
I'm sorry but I really dislike building a house (only have done two so far) or preparing a roombox for its contents. I get my joy from filling rooms and making them speak to me or the person(s) I'm giving them to.
On Wednesday, Erika is bringing over the nursery furniture I bought from her at the M.E.E. club garage sale.
Then I can begin....YIPPEE! Her room; some of my furniture; my stash (and Barb's); family pictures and memories!
This is going to be wonderful!
It looks lovely. If you want to fill those gaps maybe a bit of thick white glue? The way dry wall guys use spackle, run the line of glue and then smooth it out with your finger. Or the end of a popsicle stick.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sheila. Really appreciate the suggestions. Will give them a try.
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