Installing the Crown Moulding

Before hanging the crown moulding, Gerry nailed triangle shaped pieces of wood all along the ceiling so he would have a solid backing behind the moulding where ever he nailed it.  When he started to put up the first piece of moulding, we realized he was covering up the wood pieces and now we didn't know where they were located.  I went around and put small pieces of tape below each one to mark the locations.

 

 

 

The moulding is 16-feet long and most of the time Gerry is working by himself, so he used his third-hand tool and he borrowed Greg's third-hand tool, and put tape on the ends of long poles to help hold the moulding in place.

 

 

The master bedroom and the great room have tray ceilings which means double the crown moulding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the great room, Gerry put 45-degree angles in the corners to give the tray ceiling more character than just a square. 

All the corners and joints took extra work using a coping method to minimize the visibility of the seams.

 

After the moulding was hung in each room, all the corners, seems, and nail heads were caulked, painter with primer, sanded, then a final coat of paint.  


Master bedroom ceiling:

 



Christmas 2013

Christmas was at our house again this year.  We bought a really nice Christmas tree.  Gerry strung the lights and I decorated it with all my fun ornaments.

 

Gerry built a temporary mantel over the fireplace with a piece of plywood.  I decorated it with misc Christmas items including a Carpenter Santa, complete with a hammer and tape measure, and a doggie stocking for Fred.  His new favorite place is his bed in front of the fireplace.

 

Fred's playing with his toy he got from the Harpers.

 

 

The family came over for a potluck dinner since we still do not have a kitchen.

 

 

 

This is the window between the kitchen and great room. Patti gave me the really cute tree encircled with snowmen. 

 

I hung lighted snowflakes around all three windows in the great room.

Love my big bear from Home Depot!

 

And Santa was up on the chimney!

       (Can't find the picture right now.)

The holidays are over and it's time to pack up the Christmas decorations.