My wife and I are fortunate to live in an early 20th century
home, which has a lot of great architectural details. We have beautiful molding
in the dining room and interesting plaster work in other rooms, but our
staircase was boring. Bland. Bare.
So, bring on the molding.
All it took was a little patience and an angle finder to create this wall.
It’s simply the work of creating the illusion of a paneled wall that appears to
look like one elaborate wall treatment.
The key: Getting a balanced design, and paying special attention to how you
space out the boxes and molding. Keep it simple and use the angle finder for
the miters. Finish it off with wood filler or spackling to get a more precise
finish with the miters. And then let your wife do the painting.
