I wrapped up my Inglewood Kitchen project today and thought I’d share some photos. This kitchen underwent quite a transformation. When I started, most of the walls were covered in lovely paneling and the floor was ceramic tile in an outdated shade of pink (not the homeowner’s favorite.) One of the first jobs after removing [...] Read More

It was trim day at my kitchen project which is always fun because of the transformation that takes place when you start hiding all the rough edges. The kitchen has 4 doorways that all got 3 1/4″ casing. Some of the door jambs had to be extended with furring strips by about 3/8″ because of [...] Read More

I was installing crown moulding at my current kitchen remodel and thought I’d cover some tips for installing it. Let’s start with those pesky outside corners. How do you get them to match up just right? The first step is to get the cuts right. See yesterday’s post for that lesson. Then, before I work [...] Read More

I thought I’d share a couple tips to installing ‘standard’ crown moulding that may save you some time and improve your work as well. Let’s start with some preparations. PREPARE FOR SUCCESS Like most jobs, the prepwork is foundational to ending up with quality work. Crown can be a frustrating character, especially if you’re working [...] Read More

Before laying the flooring at my Inglewood kitchen project, I wanted to lay 1/2″ Hardibacker. This will not only give me a solid, smooth surface to tile over, but the old tile floor had 1/2″ cementboard (also called CBU) so the door jambs are cut to accommodate this already. The Hardibacker goes down over a [...] Read More