How to Fix a Stubborn Pocket Door - How to Deal with Severe Furniture Damage - Make Elaborate Molding • HouseCalls Newsletter

Thought for Today: "Good Judgment Depends Mostly on Experience & Experience Usually Comes from Poor Judgment." ~ Anonymous but often attributed to Will Rogers, C.H. White, Mark Twain, Fred Rose, & others.

Taking the Mystery Out of Pocket Door Repairs

Maybe one of the things about pocket doors that makes them seem mysterious is that they do, after all, disappear from sight. Much of the hardware is hidden from view which can leave one scratching one’s head when the door sticks, bumps or gets jammed. Well, let the mystery end here. In this video article, we go into a good bit of detail about how to remove an existing door, replace and upgrade the sliding hardware and put everything back together. Even if you don’t have a pocket door, I think you’ll find this interesting.

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How to Repair Broken Edges and Corners on Furniture

It’s almost inevitable; sooner or later a favorite piece of furniture, a kitchen cabinet or some other home furnishing ends up with a damaged edge or corner. It happened to me when I was rescuing a handsome armoire from a landmark New York City hotel that was closing for good. This kind of damage can be intimidating, but you’ll be surprised to see that the repair is not all that difficult if you follow these easy steps.

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Create Impressive Crown Molding by Stacking

For some rooms, especially those with taller ceilings, crown molding at the top of walls needs to be rather sizeable in order to look proportionally correct. Not only are large crown molding profiles costly, but they can also be unwieldy to install. One way to get the visual impact of larger moldings without the cost is to stack smaller, simpler designs on top of each other. That’s exactly the approach we took in this project.

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