1001 Ideas for Trimwork

Wayne Kalyn

Creative Homeowner, 2005 - Architecture - 255 pages

Trimwork and molding add style and character and rids a room of the empty box syndrome that is common to most modern housing. With over 1080 color photographs and illustrations, 1001 Ideas for Trimwork presents molding profiles and designs to turn any style home into a showplace. Topics cover window and door casings, crown moldings, chair rail, friezes, niches, wainscoting, pillars, stair embellishments, and mantel moldings. In addition to hundreds of molding designs, the book includes scores of examples of professionally decorated rooms enhanced with trimwork and molding. Bring warmth and character to every room in the home with 1001 Ideas for Trimwork.

About the author

Wayne Kalyn is a freelance writer and editor. Previously, he was Editorial Director of Health Books at Reader's Digest, as well as the Project Editor of "1001 Do-It-Yourself Hints and Tips" (Reader's Digest Books). He was also the Senior Editor at "Men's Journal Magazine." Wayne Kalyn is a graduate of Syracuse University. He lives in Cranford, NJ.

Bibliographic information

• Title: 1001 Ideas for Trimwork; 1001 Ideas Series; Home Decorating Series
• Author: Wayne Kalyn
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Creative Homeowner, 2005
• ISBN: 1580112609, 9781580112604
• Length: 255 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Interior Design / General; House & Home / Decorating & Furnishings; House & Home / Do-It-Yourself / General; Technology & Engineering / Construction / Carpentry