Remodelaholic | DIY Craftsman Window Trim
This quick craftsman fashion window trim calls for NO confusing angled cuts, so it is quick for any person to do, even a beginner, and it can make a Massive influence.
Do not prevent at window trim, make your personal curtain rods, insert window packing containers outdoors, and even some wooden shutters outdoors!
Hi, pals! It’s Lauren from Bless’er House, and I’m thrilled to be back again sharing extra Do-it-yourself goodness from our latest property shenanigans.
If you have never visited my little corner of the world wide web, my husband and I are on a mission to deliver loads of character and charm to our quite simple builder box property.
This time two years back, our residing home seemed like this:
Due to the fact embarking on our house owning journey, we have identified that the major 3 ways to remodel a room in a large way is with paint, extended curtains, and architectural aspects.
We currently tackled the paint and curtains element previous yr, and when we threw our Do-it-yourself fake fireplace into the combine, the room instantly seemed 10 instances more substantial! But 1 issue it was missing in the character division- window trim.
So we decided it was time to fix that.
Online video Tutorial
Start listed here and observe how this venture came collectively, then come back again for extra of a phase by phase craftsman window trim approach.
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Materials Listing
(The under provides are what you will have to have for 1 typical 35.5″ x 59.5″ window.)
- 1″x2″x8′ board
- two- 1″x4″x8′ boards
- 1″×6″x8′ board
- two-in brad nails
- Wood screws
- Blend square resource
- Pencil
- Hammer or nail gun
- Drill
- White trim caulk
- Wood filler
- Wonderful grit sandpaper
- Paint (I used Sherwin Williams Pure White to match our fireplace and baseboards.)
- Jigsaw
- Circular observed or table observed
We experienced 5 home windows to insert trim to, so we experienced fairly a little bit extra wooden than what is in that checklist. The ideal element however is this requires very elementary carpentry techniques, so this is an excellent venture if you’re a beginner at house enhancement. No complicated angled cuts!
Tutorial and Guidance
Get this craftsman window trim search in your personal house with these tips, methods, and instructions.
one – We started out out by setting up the header initial and measured the major width of our window then extra 10 inches to that measurement to let for a five inch overhang on each individual facet of the window.
We marked that measurement on a 1″x6″ board applying the square resource to mark a straight line.
Then, applying our round observed, we reduce the 1″x6″ board.
We made use of the same measurement from our 1″x6″ to mark and reduce two pieces of 1″x2″ boards. Since we experienced three windows clustered collectively to make 1 massive window, we labored from a 12 foot length board.
As soon as the 1″x2″s were being reduce, we attached them to each individual facet of the 1″x6″ board with wooden screws (as revealed under).
Our header experienced to be quite extended for our massive window, and considering that we could not find 1″x2″x12′ boards, we experienced to reduce and attach our 1″x2″s in 6 pieces to the lengthier 1″x6″x12′ board.
Then we experienced our header!
As soon as we centered our new header over the home windows, we nailed them into spot. We made use of a excellent ol’ fashioned hammer considering that the size of our nails would not get the job done in our nail gun.
two – Following portion was the window sill. We labored on this more substantial window in thirds far too. Your complete window sill should really be the same length as your header was.
We marked the width we essential for the sill on a further 1″x6″ board and reduce applying our round observed.
Then, applying the freshly reduce 1″x6 “board, we marked on the wall where by the sill should really stop (five inch overhang) and held up the board to mark the window’s edge.
We measured the window’s depth far too.
We marked people two measurements (the window’s width and depth) on the 1″x6″ board.
Using our square resource once again, we marked the straight strains in between the measurements.
Then reduce it out with a jigsaw.
Following our cuts, here’s what our 1″x6″ board seemed like.
We in good shape our freshly reduce 1″x6″ board into spot and nailed it in to form our window sill.
3 – To make the sides of the window, we made use of 1″x4″ boards.
We just measured the top in between the base of the header (from phase one) and the major of the sill (from phase two) to know at what length to reduce the 1″x4″ board.
In operating with our massive window, the two sections in the middle of our 3 home windows were being a little broader than a 1″x4″ board at four.74″. So we experienced to cut two 1″x6″ boards lengthwise to make them the specific width we essential.
We lined the sides up on the edge of the home windows and nailed them into spot.
four – For the previous carpentry phase, we extra our apron (the wooden piece beneath the window sill).
We measured the width from the outdoors edge of the 1″x4″ facet piece to the other outdoors edge of the 1″x4″ facet piece to find how extended to reduce the 1″x4″ board for the apron.
If you’re a visible person, this could assistance to demonstrate you how we designed the trim for our more substantial window.
five – Then caulk like mad! Also identified as a carpenter’s ideal mate.
Browse tips for a ideal caulking work listed here and extra tips (including a video) listed here.
Caulk all of the seams and fill the nail holes and knots with wooden filler. Let dry and sand till easy.
6 – Finally, paint all of your new trim. We did two coats of primer+paint in 1.
Following we set our curtains back again up, I was amazed at the variation it made! It’s like our home windows were being destined for Craftsman window trim all along.
Our home windows search lovely with our fireplace far too. Very shortly, we’ll be placing an region rug in listed here to make this room completed. And I hope to set beams on our ceiling at some point, but I could be pushing my luck there.
You can see extra resources and DIYs from this home over on Bless’er House.
What do you assume? Something you could try? Trimming out home windows seriously is a major home changer. I just can’t wait around to tackle the relaxation of our upstairs home windows with it.
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Extra tips and strategies for Do-it-yourself window trim employment:
Start Caulking! Suggestions and Tricks, How to Include Trim to Arched Home windows, Extra major methods and tutorials for trimming home windows: plus extra tips and methods for installing trim and molding.
Initially posted one.23.2016 // Up-to-date two.26.2020