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I’ve been thinking about the molding and trim that I’ll end up redoing through out the entire house. It might not sound like a worthwhile endeavor, but the fact is, the current molding is in sad shape. Most of it is peeling thanks to the idiot who decided to paint latex over oil-based paint. Rather than deal with the paint issues, when I redid the office it was just as easy to pull it all out in favor of redoing it later. Once I took that step in here, it was an easy leap to just pulling out all the molding in the house. And then I started looking at molding prices at the home improvement stores… and I thought it was going to be expensive to redo my bathroom.

Never mind the price, I didn’t really find anything in particular the appealed to me. So, after some consideration, and the luck of stumbling across this post at Home Building Diary while researching flooring ideas, I’ve decided on going with plain old pine boards throughout the entire house. 1×6 for the baseboard, and 1×4 around the doors and windows (probably planed down slightly).

Besides, I really like straight lines.

In order to add a bit of architectural detail to what could easily end up being a boring implementation, I sketched out a detail for the windows that adds a bit of character and still relies on the plain wood.

This design includes the curtain rod shelves that seemed to be working so well. Notice the curved cut of the header piece. It’ll be easy enough to build a jig and cut them on Dad’s band saw. Currently there’s no grille on my windows, but whenever I get around to having them replaced, I’ll go with a 9-light split something like this.

Meanwhile, the curtains for the bedroom arrived this afternoon and they look spiffy. I’ll pick up some stuff at Lowe’s tomorrow to hang them and post pictures as soon as I’m done.