This channel is incredibly therapeutic. The awesome shop set up and tools, the perfectionism in your work, even the head phones listening to music. Looks like heaven
A TON of great advice packed into this straight-forward, concise video. I'm not sure I would've thought to do any of these without having watched it. Thank you! • Buying the pre-primed pine to save money • Using painter's tape to line up the mitered corners • Cutting the crown molding nested and upside down to avoid beveling the miter saw • CA glue bridge to reinforce the crown mold's adhesion to the main box • Adding oversized washers to the ends of the curtain rods to prevent the curtain from slipping off • Installing a 1x2 cleat to mount it rather than a handful of angle brackets • Lining up the cleat with the ceiling rather than window itself You've saved me a lot of time. I seriously appreciate it. *cue end-of-comment jingle* "Save big money at Menards."
I just got finished with mine and wouldn't have attempted but your video was spot on. I did everything you did and turned out amazing. I cant thank you enough for sharing your expertise. The tape trick and crown cuts were a game changer for me!!
Fantastic! My husband just built a 3,000 sq. Ft. House and was going mad bcs I want a cornice. He watched this and got some great pointers. Thank you🇨🇦
Wow, that looks great! I want to build an entire box with wood on all four side. And then I can attach curtains/blinds to that. But. I may just do it this way.
Nice build. I did something similar, but 4 sided with a back piece against the wall, to hide my zebra shades. I'm okay with curtain rods showing, but hate the look of most blind tops. They not only hide them, but also allow me to hold the blind mounts without the need to screw them into the window frames or walls and are solid unlike many mounts that rely on drywall anchors.
I came here looking for ways, primarily, to mount cornices I want to build to hide 6 wall-mounted, upward shining light fixtures (which look all the world like they were made from rain gutter.) The largest alteration from your installation is that I think I'd simply need to mount it upside-down! (If I get so fancy as to add crown molding, I'd attach that right side up, of course.) Since mine would have a 'bottom' rather than a 'top' I could mount the wall cleat below the fixtures, place the 'bottom' below the cleat and screw upwards, through the bottom and into the cleat. (My very simple and basic original design was to leave top and bottom open to save material costs.) Maybe I'll add one small, inconspicuous, L-bracket, over-hanging the top of each side, to prevent the top edge from pivoting out. -Thanks for the ideas!
I grew up in a house with custom cornices in every room but the basement. We had fluorescent indirect lighting over the longer ones. Never thought how nice those were till I was building my own house. I didn't do it but building some now.
Smashing job and now I have to get off my duff and try those in the bedroom. I just have two to do, each about 4ft in length so thanks for the inspiration and sharing what you do!
This is almost exactly what I was looking for, thanks for doing this. One question I have is, how would I do it so that it mounts to the ceiling, would it just be a matter of finding the ceiling studs and screwing through the roof of the pelmet into the ceiling studs?
Great stuff as usual! No eye protection while using the miter saw? As an emergency room tech I've seen it all, and it's only a matter of time, Brother.
This inspired me to do the very same. I used a 1x2 anchored into the header with 6 deck screws and the cornice is also attached with 6 deck screws. Any idea on how much weight you could place on top of this? thinking shelf decorations. Thank you!
Hi there love your cornices. I am planning on making several myself. I was wondering how wide your pine board was? 1x6 or 1x8. Your trim in your house looks similar to what I have in mine. Nice job love the cornices.
