How to build your own Victorian trim part 2
I covered how to make your own baseboard trim in my previous post, but I wanted to show how you can also do a very simple trim style that replicated mine nearly exactly. My window and door trim was milled out of 1 piece of lumber. As many of you know the cost of replicating it exactly can be rather expensive so WE found a simple way to create the same trim for a fair price. All the trim on the 2nd floor is painted pine and on the first floor stained oak.
First we purchased pine boards that are the width of the trim which was 4 inches by 1/2 inch. Then we purchased stock window edge stop trim. This trim was placed with the wide part facing out. The final item was actually the same trim that is used in the "shoe" of the baseboard. This piece of trim needed to be cut for width purposes and added 1 inches to the width making a 5 inches. This profile was glued and nailed together first before putting it all up. This is the configuration for all the door and window trim in the house. We had and bought old corner blocks that were added up. The only additional trim needed for the windows was the sill and skirt trim. A sill was built and screwed in to the studs. The trim below is again simple pine that had the bottom lip routered out and then another simple piece of trim was added below. This was how the original skirts were made as well. So with a little bit of work on your part you can recreate pretty much exact trim by simply building it with stock trims.
The only other mention of note is the base blocks. These again were simply the trim profile but thicker to add a little lip. This we just used 1 inch pine and planed it down to the appropriate depth.
Here you can see a close up of all the pieces of trim
If you like what you see or would like to donate to keep these projects going along it would be most appreciated :)
First we purchased pine boards that are the width of the trim which was 4 inches by 1/2 inch. Then we purchased stock window edge stop trim. This trim was placed with the wide part facing out. The final item was actually the same trim that is used in the "shoe" of the baseboard. This piece of trim needed to be cut for width purposes and added 1 inches to the width making a 5 inches. This profile was glued and nailed together first before putting it all up. This is the configuration for all the door and window trim in the house. We had and bought old corner blocks that were added up. The only additional trim needed for the windows was the sill and skirt trim. A sill was built and screwed in to the studs. The trim below is again simple pine that had the bottom lip routered out and then another simple piece of trim was added below. This was how the original skirts were made as well. So with a little bit of work on your part you can recreate pretty much exact trim by simply building it with stock trims.
The only other mention of note is the base blocks. These again were simply the trim profile but thicker to add a little lip. This we just used 1 inch pine and planed it down to the appropriate depth.
As you can see picture rail molding was added. I had none left in the house except a very tiny piece I found behind a wall. This was a very close profile.
One other important note is door stops! I found these great carved wood doorstops from www.vandykes.com For a reasonable price and way more authentic than the door stops you find at the big box stores check this one out!
If you like what you see or would like to donate to keep these projects going along it would be most appreciated :)
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