Decorating With Architectural Trimwork: Planning, Designing, Installing

by Jay Silber

"Decorating with Architectural Trimwork" fills a void in the existing literature on trimwork. There are plenty of books that tell the reader how to install trim around windows and doors, but few that also explain how architectural trim can enhance a room's aesthetic appeal. Responding to the recent trend of building houses as empty boxes, author Jay Silber shows readers how to choose and use a wide variety of moldings, trim, and design concepts to transform a sterile, open floor plan into a warm, inviting, richly textured home. "Trimwork "shows readers how to decorate their homes with trim and wall panels so that their walls, passageways, and stairways can radiate the warmth, character, and beauty of the well-trimmed homes of eras gone by.

Genres: Home Improvement

207 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 2001

Reviews

[Sharon · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you need a primer on trimwork, this is a good foundational book. While my skills (or access to tools) are nowhere near those needed to complete these suggested projects, this book a decent guide, especially to basics on period styling. As for a quick and simple solution for baseboards for the basement, this was not the right resource.

[John Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good instruction, has some filler about tools and painting but overall a solid foundational book.