Q:We just tore the carpet out of a bedroom of our recently purchased 1946 house in Richmond. Underneath are beautiful hardwood floors. There is a very plain and unobtrusive baseboard already in place ...

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 ...

Decorative moldings are architectural details installed to trim floors, doors, windows, walls, and ceilings. If carefully installed, they can enhance any decor and increase the value of any home. They ...

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 ...