General in both the main house and the cottage, as needed
Baseboards
From the original part of the house. 7.25 inches
From the 2006 renovated kitchen. 7 inches
From the 1991 addition to the house. 7 inches
Crown molding. Example in the box.
We will use this in the main part of the house in the Guest Bath, the small hallway in front of the Guest Bath, KNK's Office, and the long hallway extending from my office to KNK's Studio. We will not use it in the rooms with the high ceilings.
Main house
Window trim. Rounded corners on top, square cut on the bottom sill. Examples abound in the older part of the main house.
I have 120 feet of window/door trim from a window renovation in Berkeley. It is similar but not exactly the same as the trim used here. I also have some examples of the circles made on a lathe and cut into quarters. I would love to be able to use the Berkeley wood for part of this project.
Erio used this wood to trim the Kitchen and Art Storage area.
Door trim. Rounded corners on top. Examples abound in the older part of the house.
Erio has done a brilliant job of installing the wood trim around the doors and windows and the crown molding in the renovated and new part of the main house.
A similar shot of the wood work painted.
A close up of the crown molding.
More door trim.
Finished and painted.
Krischen and Erio worked together on the baseboards in the main part of the house.
Cottage
Window trim in keeping with the craftsman feel of the cottage. The examples here are from the renovated kitchen in the the main house.
Door trim in keeping with the craftsman feel of the cottage. The examples here are
from the renovated kitchen in the main house.
Update September 17, 2012 Erio installed all the window and door trim in the cottage. Looking from the multi-purpose room into Katherine's office. It will be easier to see when the walls are painted.
Here is how it looked when finished and painted. Looking from Katherine's office into the multi-purpose room in the cottage.
Beautiful home. I came to your blog, looking for door casing trim that is rounded at top corners. My daughter's home has this casing detail throughout the original openings in her 1920's era home. The casing is very similar to the trim around the doors in your home. She is slowly but surely returning the original details. Is the rounded trim available for purchase somewhere? Or was it custom made? Can you point us in the right direction? We are in Watsonville, California, about 90 miles south of San Francisco. Thank you in advance....Patrice (patrice dot theriot at gmail.com)
ReplyDeleteFunny, I found this same post because we just bought a house in Salinas that have the same rounded corners on all the door and window casings.
ReplyDeleteWe have a similar type of rounded trim on our windows and doors in Shaker Heights, Ohio. The house is Tudor revival, built in 1931. Much of our woodwork has 8-10 layers of paint on it. The bottom 3-4 layers are oil based, contaminated with lead (which was used to improve the pigment). However, I've been laboriously stripping the trim (and have completed one old window sash) with non-toxic Smart Strip by Dumond. Using Smart Strip is a dust-free process. It makes a gloppy mess but is safe (except for aquatic life) and effective. You need to slather it on very thickly, cover it with plastic-coated freezer paper to prevent drying--plastic side DOWN (or with Dumond's expensive proprietary paper)--then wait at least a day (or up to three days in very cool conditions, when the chemical process slows). I'm impressed by how fine and tight the grain of the old wood is, and the wood does not warp even after undergoing the wet paint-stripping process. That quality of wood just isn't available anymore and is worth preserving!
ReplyDeleteAlso looking for that rounded trim for a house in San Jose. Anyone have any luck getting a response from the poster?
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