How I Brought My Old House’s Moldings Back to Life in One Week!

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[MichaelAlm]

Hey Gang, the next video is going to be an "Ask Me Anything" style overview of the house, and a discussion of what's next now that we're close to the finish line. Let me know if there are any questions you want answered. Thanks!

[margeryk]

You must really trust those painters to leave all those beautiful kitchen cabinets uncovered while they worked! : ) The finished product looks awesome.

[riversbend]

As someone who's spent most of her life in 1940s west coast houses, I must compliment you on all your trim. Fit perfectly in with your house, in all senses of the word!

[OverZealousCreations]

I really love the watermelon-y ceiling. It adds a lot of personality yet still seems to fit with the age of the house.

[edreynoldssr]

You did an awesome job on the trim work. The only thing I saw that was tough to watch was you coping. I have been doing trim work and building since I left the Marine Corps in 1966 the next spring I started back building and I learned the easier way to cope is standing upright and sawing down in the trim with the finish side up. It is easier to cut and backbevel at the same time. I'm 78 now and still working in the shop building cabinets and furniture. If you love working with wood and creating projects then it's not working it's just fun. You did a super job on the whole house remodel and I would not change a thing. Keep up doing what you do and you'll always enjoy creating. There's nothing better then to look at a finished project.

[amelialodolce]

I am always excited to see your new videos come up in the feed. It's amazing to see someone put so much thought and care into trim work and to be able to learn from them. I think trim completely changes the way a space feels

[trishblakely]

Choosing paint is tricky, especially when you want bold colors. The Dr. Seuss green was a but much but the toned down green is amazing. 💚 And I LOVE the orange ceiling. 🧡

[pinkytaylor]

When i saw that first green, I was thinking institutional green, no. So glad you changed it to that lovely shade.❤ The red is amazing, and bringing it down hides any wobbly walls! Win-win.

[I_Do_Not_Know_What_I_am_Doing]

First off, Congrats on expecting. Second, as someone born at Swedish Hospital in a long past December, I recommend it. I also had nephews born at Northgate Hospital and that worked well too. Actually, one was born on the way and in the parking lot, which saves a LOT of money. Good luck!

[olivier]

The good thing when you paint an house where you are going to live in yourself is that you can choose bold colours that you like, you are not limited to the boring designer's grey pallet.

[franciskisner]

We had to replace moldings on a 3 window bay where the angles were not the same from one face to another and the angles at the floor were not exactly the angles at the ceiling. None of them were exactly 45° or 22.5°. I laid a piece of paper along the wall with the corner of the paper at the inside corner of the wall. Then I laid another paper coming in to the corner from the other side of the angle. Glued the papers together so the angle of the paper was exactly the same as the wall. Folded the paper to divide the angle and set my miter box to that angle. All the angles came out very close. Thanks for showing this video.

[Valisk]

Ahhh... takes me back eight years to when I did our baseboards (or skirting boards as we call them in the UK). It also reminded me that I need to go back and fix that bit of board with a huge gap bodged with caulk!

Great job as usual! :)

[lesanelms]

Love the mud room ceiling. This house is looking more like a home with every video. Nice work.

[jewdd]

Yes!!! So excited about this, very educational! My house is 1970’s with the original trim I’d like to eventually replace parts of. Love the color on the trim and ceiling! Very mid mod, bright and just fits your home. The trim makes the space, it’s elegant yet simple and seems to ground the home. Love the colors and now seeing the cabinetry surrounded by that bright white after the pop of red ceiling in the mud room it just all goes. It’s like you knew what you were doing ;) and ps: after stripping/sanding rotting basement windows and rebuilding one’s rotting sash I’ve learned oil based is everything! I prefer it any day to water based because it clings almost soaks into bare wood and smoothes out imperfections

[juneritchie]

All I can say is "Wow" - learned so much, appreciate your design and skill, congratulations!!

[nonemptystring]

The red ceiling with the dark grey and the tile of the bathroom look amazing!

[negotiableaffections]

Michael, Be Proud - you've definately earned it!

[Vikingwerk]

29:10
A tip I learned from a good friend of mine is to prime all the trim before installing it. It does two things:
1: saves you crawling around priming baseboard
2: lets you see your measure marks a bit easier

[Suzieq]

The ceiling paint is nice, I have a yellow ceiling in my bedroom but that is vibrant.

[mattelias]

Awesome work. Got a few reno's behind me, and I know the pain of finish work. Love the comment, "This is my first cope cut... don't judge me." LOL - 'Sorry, Sir, this is the internet.'
So many awesome painting tips and info in this! I really was intrigued by the idea of a shellac-based primer - ?? - could you do some later content on that? I've never, ever been pleased with any kind of primer, mainly because it never does what it's supposed to, even the higher-dollar stuff.
Good call on revising that green, dude. And, as someone else noted, the trick of painting a 'tray' down from the ceiling and hiding the corner is genius.