Fireplace mantel makeover by Finish Carpenters in Richmond Va.

I just installed this mantel in Richmond Va. It used to be a dull boring brick fireplace mantel. It completely changed how people saw and felt in the room. A fireplace mantel along with stairs are focal points in your home. The mantle is
made of yellow pine and mdf with some decorative panel molding, cabinet molding, crown molding, base board and fluted molding. If you need a carpenter in Richmond Va please call us for free no obligation custom made mantel!

If you would like to see more images of this fireplace mantel please see brick fireplace mantel makeover

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Bookcases Richmond VA.

I just installed this built in bookcase in Richmond Virginia. I used paint grade birch plywood for the side walls and mdf for the shelves. I used fluted moldings to dress up the front of the bookcase and a thicker beaded baseboard with a 3 5/8 inch crown to make a two piece crown molding on top. I used the original tall ranch baseboard on the bottom with shoe molding. 
The fluted molding was made of pine and was revisable so I thought the beaded side out would go better with molding in the house.

 The bookcase walls are about 12 1/2 inches deep enough room to accommodate the shelf's.I The shelf's are adjustable.

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Installing chair rail

  Chair Rail

Two piece chair rail.

I install a lot of chair rail in Richmond, Virginia. The most popular kind is a two piece chair rail consisting of a four and half inch backer board or mullion and a more decorative three inch piece on top of it.

Chair railing is a architectural moulding that protects walls from bumping chairs and other furniture. You can install chair rail in virtually any room in your home. We have installed chair rail in bathrooms and kitchens. Chair rail can also be installed in bedrooms, nurseries and living rooms. Chair railing also looks fabulous in hallways, foyers and up along your stairs. Chair rail can also used to cap off wainscoting. Chair rail can be painted or stained. You can choose a one piece chair railing or a built up chair rail consisting of two or more pieces combined.
For more on chair rail please visit my website Chair Railing

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Home improvement idea, have iron balusters installed.

Home improvement idea: Iron balusters.

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Originally uploaded by Crown Molding

Iron balusters are a great way to improve your existing staircase. It will add strength, beauty and elegance to your stair rail. The transition it brings is truly amazing, it is as if you have moved into a new home! Your staircase and stair rail are focal points in your home, it is often the first area a visitor notices upon entering your home. Having your same old wooden spindles removed and having iron balusters installed is an affordable home improvement.When your iron baluster installation is complete you will most definitely feel like you have made the right decision!

Don't call a general contractor or a home improvement company in Richmond Virginia call:

The Finishing Company - custom millwork installers of coffered ceilings, crown moulding, chair rail and wainscoting, stair rail and iron balusters serving Richmond Virginia.

Crown Molding over Bay Window.

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Originally uploaded by Crown Molding

This is a 3 5/8 finger jointed, primed white crown molding installed over a bay window in a home near Mechanicsville, Virginia. I cope my inside corners when I install crown moulding, but you can just miter the corners over the Bay Window. Having some kind of angle finder comes in handy!

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Cheap Crown Molding Installation

Crown molding ideas.

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Originally uploaded by Crown Molding

This is the smaller of the crown moldings. It's 2 5/8 inch crown moulding, the homeowner had two rooms of it already installed in his home so he wanted to go with it in every other room. I tried to persuade him otherwise (to go with the next size moulding) but he said that's what he wanted.
I purchased 208 linear feet of the molding. The homeowner said that he had measured about 190 linear feet of crown molding to be installed but I still found myself running out of molding at the end of the day, always buy extra! Especially when you end up having to go to Lowes to buy three 12 ft pieces for almost $60.00 dollars, just not right!
Even though it was smaller the crown molding still looked great.

The Finishing Company -
custom millwork installers of coffered ceilings, crown moulding, chair rail and
wainscoting, stair rail and iron balusters serving Richmond Virginia.

How much is a coffered ceiling?

Coffered ceilings.

I get lots of traffic to my website for the search term "coffered ceilings" (you can see pictures of the finished coffered ceiling in the video and another coffered ceiling on my website here Coffered Ceilings ). I have given estimates for coffered ceilings and I also get phone calls and emails about the cost of a coffered ceiling and people are sometimes surprised by the total estimate.





The coffered ceiling above had 25 individual coffers, that's a lot of molding and millwork and a whole lot of  work cutting miters and coping crown molding.
I've done a a lot of research on where to get coffered ceiling kits and I have found that my prices are much better than the shipped coffered ceiling kits and you still have to install the coffered ceiling kit or hire someone to do it. If you happen to be moving into a new house that is currently being built you would probably get an okay deal on a coffered ceiling, something simple, but then again the home builder is already selling you a house for some ridiculous price!
If you have any questions about my coffered ceilings please don't hesitate to call me!