Design Crimes - Bay Window Molding Fake Out

Hello All!


Welcome to my Blog. This is my VERY FIRST post and I am (EEEEEK) excited! So, today's post will be all about a Crime I committed. Not a REAL crime silly, a Design Crime. What's a Design Crime you ask? Well, a Design Crime is when you break the rules of Design by cutting corners, and think outside of the box to make the design work for your pocketbook you! For example, making a Capiz Shell inspired Chandelier out of Wax Paper- this totally breaks a Design rule and is totally thinking outside of the box, not to mention it's EASY on the pocketbook. See how it works? This installment will be the 1ST of many more Design Crimes that I'm sure I will be committing while on my quest to transform my "cookie cutter" home into a crisp and airy Coastal Bungalow. Oh, did I mention that my favorite color is black and I live in the desert? Yes honey chile, the scorching hot desert! I am surrounded by Joshua Trees, tho I long for the shadiness of Palms. A girl can dream can't she? lol.  I'm sure that we are all guilty of committing Design Crimes, I hope that you will share some of yours, but for now on to mine.

I adore Molding! Especially nice chunky molding. Well, my pocketbook wasn't feeling so chunky considering I had just finished tackling the ever popular "Board and Batten" treatment in my hallway, living room, dining room and not to mention a complete makeover in my kid's bathroom. (I'll be sharing those photos with you soon) I was left with a few pieces of door casing from those projects so I thought it would be a great idea to beef up the bay windows in my kitchen. Wanna take a walk on the wild side and commit this Design Crime too? Well, here's what I did:

 Step 1: Cut Door Casing to desired height. In my case I want my windows to appear taller than they really are so I cut mine 2 or 3 inches taller than my window. I attached with liquid nails and a couple of nails (countersinking them) 

 Step 2: Repeat on the other side.

 Step 3: Measure out each window section and attach the casing on top of the casing piece from (from step 1) and work your way over. (be sure to level)

Step 4: Attach your last piece, and then step back and admire your work. (hehe) I allowed this to dry overnight, and then painted it the next morning. When you paint it out it gives the illusion of taller windows with beefed up molding. Now I am no expert, and I do not know if this is the correct way of doing this, but I am pleased with the results! I still have a few nooks and crannys to fill in, but for the most part I am satisfied. 

(You won't believe the condition this FREE table was in when I rescued it. I'll save that for another post. I'm on the hunt for fabric to recover the seats and YES I joined the "paint your doors black group" HAHA! I LOVE it)

What do you think? Will you try this in your home?


Hope you enjoyed my 1st installment of Design Crimes.