Media Room- Closet Moldings

We started working on the moldings in the media room.

Here's the list of what needs to be done...
-Two "closet" doorways (to access the storage areas under the eaves)
-Two windows
-3 Door frames (inside the room & in the hallway for each)
-cap molding around the chimney (to make transition from plaster to brick)
-Entire room base moldings- but we can't do this until the floor has been installed.

We made a big list of all the measurements, and headed to Home Depot to get our supplies.
We were able to find most of the boards we needed pre-primed (yay for saving a step!)

The first thing we tackled were the closet doorways.
Since almost the entire house has the block corners and fluted side/top boards... there's no need for mitered corners, so it was a fairly straight forward.

BEFORE

First, Mike trimmed out the inside of the opening.
(I missed taking a photo of that step!  But you can see the finished boards in the photos below)

We used glue to adhere the wood
before using the nail gun to secure it

We stacked up boards to figure out where the
bottom of the moulding should be, once the
floor is installed.  Then cut the boards to fit.

The very bottom boards will be installed after
the flooring & base boards are in.

Lots of little nail holes & joints to fill with wood putty,
then painting these can begin!

I'm currently hunting for closet doors...

Next up... window molding!