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Beef Upward Door and Window Casing with Back Ring

Beef Up Door and Window Casing with Back Band | Pretty Handy Girl

Want an like shooting fish in a barrel way to add more than architectural interest to your standard colonial door and windowframing? Adding an extra piece of moulding, called dorsum band, can add together that extra boost of architectural interest.

Add Architectural Interest to Casing | Pretty Handy Girl

And the good news is that you can do this to your existing trim moulding. No need to remove or start fresh! The only thing yous will need is pigment on hand to paint the moulding afterward you lot BEEF it Up! In essence, We're gonna PUMP information technology Upward!

Materials:

  • Back band moulding
  • Finish nailer
  • 2″ cease nails
  • Caulk
  • Paint
  • Miter saw or  hand saw with miter box

Instructions:

There's actually not much to this tutorial. Line up the dorsum band against your existing door or window frame. Measure or mark the dorsum band where you lot need to cut your miter.

Beef Up Door and Window Casing with Back Band | Pretty Handy Girl

Then make your miter cutting from that within mark. Continue cut pieces of dorsum band for the height and opposite side.

Beef Up Door and Window Casing with Back Band | Pretty Handy Girl

Only secure the back band to your existing trim with end nails.

Add Architectural Interest to Casing | Pretty Handy Girl

Then caulk the holes and the seam where the dorsum band overlaps with your old moulding. Let the caulk dry out completely and paint the moulding.

The added back ring moulding creates more dimension and a classier look to your doorways and windows. The left side is the standard colonial casing. The right side is with the addition of the dorsum band:

Add Architectural Interest to Casing | Pretty Handy Girl

It looks nifty with the plank and Howe casing that I installed in the kitchen.

Beef Up Door and Window Casing with Back Band | Pretty Handy Girl

A thicker moulding can requite your business firm a classier and more than expensive look.

Beef Up Door and Window Casing with Back Band | Pretty Handy Girl

Psst. Yous don't have to beef up your whole house. You can add together back ring to one room or a few rooms. It's your choice. I added information technology to the kitchen when I was renovating it. Our living room had existing beefed up moulding, and so it seemed only natural to go along information technology into the adjoining kitchen.

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