My Trim work

So when I started this adventure I didn't want to do the same thing that I saw in many other houses. I like to just kick it up a notch and be creative I know  it might take a little more time and be more tedious but  I would feel a little more proud about what I just did.
Here is my trimwork I did in what I will call "My Blueroom". I made up a name for the trim its called
"The Shadowbox". I built corner blocks out of crown molding and then took pieces of the left over trim that I hung and built a top piece.

 

I bought a polyurethane block and added some polyurethane molding to the top

I purchased premade corner blocks and added polyurethane molding to the top

I built these little blocks to go in the center of the crown molding. Its my little cheat block I do not have to try to buck the joints and its so much easier.

I built these corner blocks in the corners and cut pieces of crown molding to add to the top of the block. This is why I call this trim work "The Shadowbox" because you can see a little bit of blue from the wall color peeking through. This way you don't have to cut your joints in the corners and this makes putting up trim so much easier. no 45's

These are some pictures I hung .

Here is a mirror on the other wall. I love how the detail matches the crown molding

Do you see the 2 other pieces of trim under the crown molding? I added this to make the crown look wider. This is a simple task and I love the way it makes it look. This is also a trick if you have a wide gap under the crown and because I did it this way I had no cracks so I didn't have to silicone .

This crown molding is polyurethane Crown Molding. You can buy it in a ton of decorative patterns and its hard and very expensive to find these decorative patterns in wood. If you have never worked with this type of molding you would love I! Its light, cuts like a dream and if you cut it too short all you have to do is get out your superglue and glue another piece on and no one will ever know. The other two pieces I added are real wood and as you can see in the photos once sprayed (with all the detail its hard to paint this trim with a brush) you can hardly tell the difference. Its hard to see in the photos but I have NO nail holes and this is the reason. I use Loctite Power Grab All Purpose when putting it up. I put it on it squiggly lines all over the back and push it in place. I always hold it as long as I can or apply painters tape to hold it up there because I don't want it slipping until it sets. I will  usually get left brain(husband) to hold onto it when my arms cant take it anymore. I just refuse to have holes and it gives me a flawless look. There is one thing about this glue to remember It does expand. When you first put the crown up ( you use a lot)  after it dries you  will see a gap that wasn't there before where it expanded and come away from the wall a little but nothing severe. Also, if you are adding decorative pieces to the top of the crown blocks (like I did in the photo) and you cut them on a 45 and glue the joint with loctite after it dries you will see a gap. I always glue on the top piece and put a little super glue on the joint that you cut at a 45 and this will keep the joint from expanding out and leaving a gap. This little super glue trick also works great for gluing crown where you have the wall bowed out and the trim will not lay flat just put on some super glue until the Loctite dries and problem solved. Walls are never perfect.

The Blue Wall  color paint was done in Benjamin Moore :Woodlawn Blue
The trim color that was sprayed on is Sherwin Williams :Alabaster