How often have you set your miter box exactly on 45 degrees and cut miters on a pair of moldings only to discover they don’t fit? Well, don’t worry. There’s nothing wrong with your miter box or your ...

Intricate crown molding and baseboards—you know, the kind with scrollwork and dentils and multiple layers—are all well and good in a restored historic apartment in some romantic European city. But if ...

Thinking of adding some molding to your home but don’t know a cap rail from a pilaster? We gathered some millwork terms from “Ron Hazelton’s House Calls” (TimeLife; $29.95) that should help you find ...

Im wondering if it is more cost effective to remove and replace the moldings in my home or to have the existing trim (with over 75 years of paint) stripped and refinished. Anyone have basic knowledge ...

Looking around your home and thinking you would like a change? Then you look at your budget and are thinking about a challenge? Well, we have some thoughts for you that won’t break the bank. Our ideas ...

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 ...

Dear Robin and Christian: I am slowly trying to update my home, which was built in the 1980s. I do most of the work myself but have a limited budget. Right now I am concentrating on molding. The house ...