Crown molding may not be easy to install, but taking a steady methodical approach will help you get it up accurately and will yield results to be proud of. And, I might add, that the right approach ...

Q: Our plumber has had to cut two holes in our dining room ceiling and remove a section of original cast-plaster crown molding to assess, access and repair the second-floor bathroom plumbing above.

Have you ever wished that you could have beautifully installed crown molding and trim in your home but you simply cannot afford the cost of hiring a professional? Of course, the best solution would be ...

Sliding chopsaw. Photo by Steve Maxwell. Of all the ways trim can make the inside of your home look better, crown molding delivers the most bang for the buck. It had fallen out of favour for decades, ...

It's easy to install an elaborate cornice when you work in layers, and the end result will add a bold statement to any room. It's easy to install an elaborate cornice when you work in layers, and the ...

A regular reader sent in these photos of his recent efforts to repair the plaster crown moldings in his Clinton Hill brownstone. Turns out that back around 1910 someone added a screen to the parlor ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 85th installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at ...

Sometimes, on a nice afternoon, Jeff Poree drives by the Peristyle in City Park, where he and his workers spent three months in 2012, resurfacing every bit of the century-old ceiling and ionic columns ...

To make crown molding correctly, plasterers must constantly run a blade across the top of the plaster as it dries. “Turn away for even two puffs on a cig and you’d have to throw the whole thing out — ...