Installing a Window Cornice
Trim adds visual appeal to a room just as frosting adds visual appeal to a cake. To add a little "frosting" to your room, install cornices above your windows. Measure the window from edge to edge. Add 2" to the measurement and transfer it [... more]
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Wood, Painting and Walls
To ease the pain of splinter removal, rub some toothache gel on the tender area, and your finger will become numb. Dampening strips of newspaper is a great technique for keeping your windows clean while painting. Trying to match the right paint ... [... more]
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Walls and Windows
Repairing metal that is pulling away from glass in a sliding window A putty knife will protect glazing putty and speed up your work when scraping windows. When washing windows, use vertical swipes on one side and a horizontal motion on the other, ... [... more]
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Sporty Windows
Cindy Piccoli, host of HGTV's Decorating With Style, makes a sporty window topper by tying sports pennants to a spring-tension curtain rod. Make a horizontal pennant window topper like the one Cindy shows. Make your own pennants by cutting long ... [... more]
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Cornice-Board Basics
Fabric-covered cornice boards trimmed with crown molding dress up a living-room window hung with plain sheer draperies. Beverly DeJulio, host of HGTV's Homewise, makes a basic wooden cornice board to go above a window. She covers it with batting ... [... more]
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Ceilings and Messy Jobs
Replacing damaged drywall ceiling and matching starburst pattern Two inverted milk crates and a 2x12 make an excellent mini-scaffold for indoor work. To keep the pores of your hands dirt and grease free, wipe on a thin coat of shaving cream ... [... more]
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Wallpaper, Trim and Molding
A camping cooler with 6 inches of warm water in the bottom is perfect for moistening pre-pasted wallpaper. A rolled up piece of rye bread or an artist's kneaded eraser will do a good job of cleaning marks off of non-washable wallpapers. If you ... [... more]
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Window Cornices - Home Ownership
We all have those little things that make us want to cringe. One of those things that just does it to me is when I go through all of this work ironing drapes or curtains only to have them look disheveled up by the rod. So I made a major decision ... [... more]
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Using Wallcoverings to Create Cornices
Use wallcovering borders to create sleek, tailored cornices, which are especially attractive when used with simple undertreatments, such as shades, blinds, or sheer curtains. Paint to coordinate with the edge of the wallcovering border Measure ... [... more]
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Country Cottage, Tin Cornice Board
Host Joan Steffend and designer Peggy Sellwood tackle the decorating challenge of redesigning a master bedroom in a log cabin home. In Trash to Treasure, Robb Whittlef makes a wonderful wall mirror out of old window cornices. Then, learn about ... [... more]
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Top Treatments for Windows
Make a dramatic style statement with affordable valances, swags, and jabots, upholstered or wooden cornices, or interior awnings. Relatively small in size, valances, cornices, and awnings pack a big decorative punch. Use them alone or combine ... [... more]
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Covering Window Cornices with Fabric
After building your own stylish window cornices, learn how to cover them with fabric to suit your room's decor. Fabric covered window cornices add interest to rooms with texture, color, and pattern. Cornices can effectively coordinate window ... [... more]
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