Do-It-Yourself Video - How to Trim a Door with Molding

Irwin Weiner ASID - My kitchen doors and windows needed trimming two weeks ago in order to give a finished look to my newly-remodeled kitchen. The trim went up and no time at all, and not being a carpenter or handyman, I was a bit mystified. This video from The Family Handyman shows you the step-by-step process. If you have trim and a couple of key tools (see the photos above and below), it's about a ten-minute process. Go figure! 

For more information, click on this link for Perfect Trim on Doors, Windows and Base Moldings. And click on this Design2Share link for How to Fix a New Door with a Gap in the Top.

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3 Furniture Stripping Tips and Design2Share's DIY Rules

Irwin Weiner ASID - If you're Ron Hazelton, home handyman and DIY expert, purchasing and restoring an antique dresser from a flea market is an easy-peasy snap. But you or I may have a few problems with project details. After all, in the do-it-yourself world, it's important to learn shortcuts and best practices. I found one of Ron's great, short-and-sweet tips videos on how to get stripper out of small details and recessed areas. He demonstrates three different ways to remove stripper "gunk" from hard-to-reach places, and I must say ... he makes me want to go out and find an antique door this weekend so I can try out one of his techniques. And one of them really does involve kitty litter!

The DIY rules here at Design2Share are simple: If you can have fun and enjoy a home remodeling or redecorating project - or in this case, furniture refinishing and restoration - and you can do it within a weekend or a short series of weekends or weekdays, then KNOCK YOURSELF OUT and tackle that do-it-yourself project. We wouldn't dream of stopping you. But if you won't enjoy the process, if there's a remote possibility that the project will drive you and yours nuts, and if the task at hand is too complex, then it's not a do-it-yourself assignment.

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Irwin Weiner ASID - We love do-it-yourself projects! If you have a skill or talent - woodworking, upholstery, painting - you would be foolish to keep your light under a bushel and hire someone to do what you can accomplish. One of our most popular posts on Design2Share was an advice piece on How to Fix an Old TV Niche Above the Fireplace (click on the link to view). We found this DIY video from Mary Kay in FL (visit her Rate My Favorite Spaces blog!), and we - and HGTV - thought it was a nifty way to make a fake fireplace and solve a large plasma TV space problem.

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