I love to see someone with good craftsmanship,, especially when they’re young like you. You will customize your house the way you like. Wonderful to see a young person care so much about detail as you do! Great ideas. You make it seem less frightening to undertake. Great video! Thank you!

I love this guy, ever time I look at his videos I want to tear out all my trim and redo it

We love flute and rosettes moldings and always use wood inside all our windows and door frames. I never thought I would see a molding option I liked better than the flute around my doors and windows but you just proved me wrong. I am 62 and have been building for over 40 years. I am always so happy when I see young people with skills, integrity and who seek to do excellent work. You absolutely do all and more. I love learning and am a knowledge junkie. I appreciate your skill set and thank you for passing what you know on. I am always teaching my clients what we do and why we do it. It is my goal to leave them not only with quality, beautiful workmanship but knowledge for the future to make wise decisions no matter who they hire to do the job. Keep up the amazing work so we can all be better at what we do. I just wish you lived in my area! I would have you do all my finish work! And I don’t hire anyone because I can’t find people who do a better job than I am willing to do. That is the best compliment I can give anyone!!

Mr. Richard, This is one of my favorite video . I have treasured this on account of the simplicity and beauty. I will be doing your third option to my onw house. Just to let you know that I have followed DFW for over four years plus and I keep on coming back to this demonstration. Thank you so much for the inspiration. you do a wonderful job. I plan to send you a little something when all is finished here in my family room. I have gone to the classes that the WOOD STORES offer but if I cannot put a price on what I learn from you. This is priceless. PEOPLE, you cannot find this knowledge at any paid class. This is a GOLD MINE of learning the craft.. Enjoy your day, Michael A.

You are definitely a legit Craftsman. I've been doing home renovations, property management, flips (even before they were popular. I've been in the trade since my father handed me a hammer at 13 with a little advice. He said that if my decision were to go to college, then he would find a way to get me there, but for right now, every weekend, every summer after school, and any other time he feels, I work for and with him. Only rule (which I later burnt into the trim casing around the front door of my shop) is "If you're early, you're on time, if you're on time, your late, and if you're ever late, you're fired" He had me stand on the sidelines for my first 6 months of weekends, watching every little thing he did, said, as well as his reactions to every and any thing. On our ride home, every night, he would ask me random questions about whatever he felt that I better know the answer to. After all of this torment, wouldn't you know, summer stopped by and my social life (whatever that was) ended. For my first year, I was only allowed to use the biggest, heaviest and most prehistoric tools, period. And yes he had them all. Then finally one day he tells me that starting tomorrow, he's giving me a raise. I actually couldn't sleep because I was so proud of myself for making him proud of me. Woke up, went to the Diner together, stopped at Wawa for coffee, and we pulled up to this house. I didn't even get a sound out of my mouth when he handed me a file book, a tape and a phone and said "A couple by the name Larry and Trisha called about looking at and giving an estimate for some work that they want. Also, make sure that you have whar you need from the van to satisfy any questions that they may or may not have. The phone is for the look and if I need him, but not to call unless I knew, that whatever was gonna come out of my mouth, would have me going over the shop parking lot with the magnet roller.i gathered what I needed, took about 3 or 4 steps, turned around, and watched him pull off. That one lesson alone, chose my future. I learned that I was a people person and felt confident talking, I realized that I knew the answer to questions and even showed them a few ideas of my own and drew pictures to boot. I guess my point is, I see in your language, mannerism, knowledge, respect and skills, that whenever the moment was that chose you, to become you, remember it, because that moment was when your soul realized that you are, where you were meant and built to be............ The P5, instated both inside and outside of the door casing tied in with the shoe, is a classy look, good eye. Maybe 86 the rail, and bring the boxes even height with the doors, and or the windows if possible. Not for nothing I'm not trying to sound like that guy, but that last little clip there, inspired me and for my house that's what I saw for my formal dining room. Thanks for that. Your world is about to take on a life of its own, enjoy the ride brother, many don't experience it. 👍

I have been watching your videos for just over a year and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate a young man with excellent craftsmanship. Your ideas and videos are amazing!

You are a natural teacher! Using trim, with multiple possibilities, to customize our own homes is exciting and you make it look possible for those who what to do it themselves. From the first sentence, you explain in such a clear and concise way that it makes easy sense. The video length is nice to grasp the concept and has enough detail to want to look into more of your videos. Your camera person knows how to frame the video including when to zoom in for details. All of this put together makes me eager to make you my go to Trim Idea Guy. Thanks

Thank you for removing an obnoxious troll that was trying to poison your channel. He had attacked some of my comments, and was definitely not anyone who was making a valuable contribution to your excellent channel. Please keep adding your great content. I really enjoy your posts.

Great set of ideas. Love the pocket hole idea.

You make it pop going old school. Cost time and lack of skills kills creative beauty. But you have it together. Im sure your house will be amazing.

My parents old farm house has that pm6 trim. I have always loved the chunker look. Thanks for sharing! 💯

Nice tips. I can see how this will even work on existing moldings to make a more decorative trim. Good job.

Dude, you rock! That was really useful and insightful. I'm remodeling my house and this video popped up when I searched for trim. So happy I watched. Thanks a bunch.

Yooooo that looks so good!! I just bought a brand new house...just finished being built two months ago in January 2023 but it's straight up builder grade and I hate so many things about it. One big thing I'm changing is the molding and baseboards, trim and frames. It's all going and all being replaced. This video helped me choose a style so much. Thanks man!!

Only watched because you seemed so dedicated. You are very talented and creative. Thank you for showing us all what is possible. I have no plans for trying this but I'm sure your home will be beautiful.

Reminds me of the trim in my grandparents 1910 house. Thank you!

No fuss, no nonsense just great work and solid tips, great videos. Many thanks from the Isle of Wight England.

Truly a talented finish carpenter, your my source of knowledge for my kitchen baseboard project. You have truly raised the bar on trim finish installation.

Great job, very creative, plan simple and to the point. Thanks for video.

I've been in Welding and Fabrication for 20 years and just stumbled across your videos. I enjoy watching your videos I can tell you really enjoy your trade. thanks for sharing.

LOVE the 3rd option you presented. The other options are very nice as well but I really loved your selection. It truly does look very high end. Thank you for the information.

I also LOVE shoe moulding! I think it totally makes the room look clean & finished, not to mention covering up a multitude of sins between the base & the flooring. I have yet to install base on a perfectly flat & level floor, but the shoe (& a good caulk job) can be manipulated to hide any small gaps. I love your videos They are informative & interesting & they are detailed enough to give a really good how-to without being slow or repetitive. I always learn something from them. I have a bathroom I installed beadboard in as wainscoting and I want to top it with a 1x3 as a "chair rail" with a 1x4 shelf installed at a right angle atop that. I want it to be strong enough to actually be used as a shelf for small items (picture frames, hair products, etc...) & I was thinking about using pocket screws to attach it to the studs. I just can't figure out the sequence & if that will actually work. I always see people top nailing the chair rail with finishing nails and that just doesn't seem strong enough. The wall is NOT flat (it is an old mobile home so I work with what I have) so if I put the 2 pieces together & then try to install it as a solid unit, I am gonna have gaps on both the 1x3 & the 1x4. If I put in the 1x3 1st I can cheat some of the lower gap & hide the upper gap under the shelf but I am gonna be pocket screwing in from the outside of the right angle & that is never good. I figured I would ask the expert! What do you think?

Wow this was such a fantastic way to upgrade and transform trim to make it look like it a very classic expensive trim. Thank you for this! Bravo!!! Cheers from Toronto!

Last option is SICK !!! LOOKS BAD ASS !!!

Rocking ideas!😎👍👍 Thank you very much for your video and hard work, you've opened a whole new world for me!!🙏🙏🍻

With the outside edge capping it has a nice sharp modern look. Thanks for that suggestion

YOU'ER A GUY WHO WILL NEVER BE OUT OF WORK, YOU EXPLAIN EVERYTHING SO WELL,YOU ARE SO PROFESSIONAL IN THE WORK YOU DO, MAYBE SOME DAY YOU SHOULD START YOUR OWN APPRENTICESHIP SCHOOL TO TRAIN TEENAGERS. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND VIDEOS YOU DO.

That corner molding on flat casing is a very classic look. That is almost exactly what a previous house of mine had when it was built in 1913. A cool baseboard treatment that I did was to have a base shoe in front of a 7-1/2" baseboard. Then turning my electrical outlets sideways, I placed the box so that the outlet plate was exactly 1/4" above the top of the baseboard. Then I added a case molding at exactly 1/4" above the outlet plate. I used chocolate brown outlets and plates and then painted the shoe, base, case and any exposed drywall a chocolate brown colour. The effect was that the base board looked like it was 14" tall. Very classy look in our living and dining rooms with 10'6" ceilings.

Thank you. I'm closing on my house it's a 100+ year old home with large but basic trim throughout gonna step the trim game up. I like the one you choose for your home really sets It Off great video

Thanks for sharing your ideas! Very very nice!

Shoe is a must with wood and tile floor!! Your not alone

Excellent ideas. The trim you chose for your house (the third example you showed) will look great and will add a very high-end touch that future buyers won't see in every house. Setting your house apart from the competition is going to pay off down the road.

All are good options and add a lot of extra style to plain trim. #3 is nice, but too "beefy" for my taste unless it matches the whole house. If you have access to a table saw and router table, the world opens up to you with options. It is so much cheaper than buying off the shelf trim too (builder grade). I'm going with standard one-by (3/4") trim boards myself, so I can build my reveals into the stock and not have to add separate pieces. A more craftsman/shaker style with a simple inset bevel along the top edge and a small v-grove below it on the face.

WOW!!!... Thank you for sharing it with us. Your work is such an inspiration!!!

Here's a cool idea I saw somewhere but haven't tried yet. With that plain casing and baseboard when you go to add your pm5, or anything you like, you would use a one or one and a half inch spacer and install the pm5 above your baseboard. This will only work for painted trim. But when you finish you paint the pm5, the space you left between and the baseboard and or casing all the same color and it'll look like its all one piece and a much more expensive piece at that. Might look nice in your house.

I love the last rendition. I would scale up the casing to a 1x5 and the base to 1x8. nice work!

Yea, I'm going to steal that idea. 🔥 bro. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks young Man,. I thoroughly enjoyed your video and you can teach an old dog new tricks.

I like outside corner capped with pm-5. would give best of many worlds. Please buy some knee pads. I am 67 and can't go back in time, the damage is done. When you are my age you'll wish you had taken my advice. I also have a job site dust collection system I'd like to share with you. All it involves is a shop vac hooked to chop saw. It cuts down about 90% of dust. Keep up the good work. Duke

Having worked at a Victorian-era resort hotel for seven years of my life, I share a deep feeling for the elegance of the ornate trim prevalent back then. When I helped with some remodeling, I was shown that even the most decorative trim was merely a build-up of two or more very plain, common moldings. A laminated sheet showing the profiles that moldings that are widely available is a huge asset for designing special trim. Explaining to clients is best done with small mock-ups, I’ve found. (but very cumbersome!)

I love your ideas! Thank you!

All man you have mad skills, I've learned so much watching your videos. Who ever is lucky enough to hire you for their home improvements struck gold. I love how you put a new twist on the old school stuff and give a more modern look. As usual another great video, thanks.

Great ideas. Nicely done.

I do alot of 1x mouldings too...instead of pocket holes to flush up casing to base, to get perfect reveals on 5/4 headers to the 1x side casing, or flush up 1x headers to 1x side casing, I use my festool domino joiner, but you can also use a biscuit joiner. I work a lot by myself so it's easier and quicker for me. Plus with the domino machine I can set it to a wider mortise which allows for movement...if I need to slide one piece up, down, left, right...or seasonal movement if I'm using real wood and not MDF.

So happy I found your channel. and just before I did crown molding for the first time in a 20'x13' room. keep it up!. cheers from Ontario Canada

Stepping up my trim game off this video, thanks for the idea my man.

I like your style kid... thanks for sharing your specialties they are out the box and uniform and unique, I like

Now this guy is a TRUE Professional in this trade. EXCELLENT video! Starting my new office project and I am going to use the first idea you showed. My trim guy better be on his game because he WILL watch this video and learn how to do it.

Thank you mate sharing your great ideas!!!!🍻

I enjoy watching your videos. This video was particularly interesting to me because of your interest finishing the baseboards. Yes, I too am a fan of a finished baseboard. Thank you. Good luck!

Super channel. High quality work. What a future you have ahead of you as you embrace excellence at every turn!

Love the last one. Tight as idea. Love your work.

I like the way you experiment with new and unusual design ideas. Great for the potential customer to see various possibilities. Great for UPSELLING a job and customer appreciation.

Just moved in to a new to me house. Super nice house in a super nice neighborhood, and I had a bunch of remodeling work done because we are super picky and like stuff unique. Our contractor was the best we've used on one of the many houses we've had and I liked his work. But watching this channel, now I'm wanting to redo all my trim. Now I see all the little flaws here and there. This channel is going to cost me a lot of money, lol.

I'm with you on the shoe moulding too, man. Stoked to see it installed and painted. Thanks for the content as always!

AWESOME!!!! Thanks for sharing.

Mad skills! I've never seen a more informative source of knowledge

Nice, simple and direct video. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

It great to see a young person doing this kind of work. Keep it up.

Wonderful!!! Thank you !!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

This Channel is amazing! Every time I watch a video, I get a lot of good ideas fallowed by the urge to do to create. Another awesome video!

WOW...these are great ideas! I am just now putting up casing/baseboard...will follow your ideas here. What a different it makes!

I just read all the comments. Just an FYI or newbie DIY'ers coming across this video, and considering upgrading trim in this way, I might mention that sometimes if the trim is widened, the electrical switches might have to be moved over (if you have the wall space), as you can see in this video at 8:34. And in some houses, the outlet boxes might have to be raised if they are lower.

Thanks for your insight and ideas, I'm getting ready to buy my house and I was toying with a few ideas on how to re-do the millwork. What I've done in the past, is to use biscuits on my transitions. It's a little quicker and I don't worry about splitting out the mdf. Thanks again, I really enjoy your videos.

I’m doing it super simple because I’m a newbie and it looks SO different just having trim but dayum look at the options! Thanks for the Kreg jig idea!!

Fantastic videos I watch them in the UK, You are a very talented Carpenter

Something to also consider when making a long term decision like this and incredibly important is dustability. I hate the detail in my cabinets and baseboards because dust just sits there and then I need special qtips to clean them, pain in the behind!

I agree. Shoe mould for the win

Thank you I have been looking for ideas to finish out my office and soap shop 💖💖💖

It's always good to see these ideas.

I love these ideas! I’m going to change all the moulding ( room by room) and I really want it to make a statement without breaking the bank! My only issue is that I’m 63 and this ole gal doesn’t get up off the floor or down from a ladder quite like I used to- if I won the lottery I’d hire you in a heartbeat but, barring that, I watch all your vids and soak up your expertise. You’re a blessing to someone like me!

I really like your work. You seem to put a lot of heart and soul into the way it looks. I to do that as I am a plumber.

Those ideas all look great thanks for sharing the creative vision you have.

Absolutely loved this video and will use all the information when I do my casings and baseboard. Please add those vise grips to your Amazon so I can buy them and you can get credit. Thank you!

Most people, yeah do it to save money. But, also, most people are at the mercy of the contractor (who just wants to get it done) or if doing it themselves, only know the usual way or what's at the box store. So thanks! Very informative.

So impressed with he pocket holes! Excellent ideas. Thanks.

Thank you!! We are looking to sell out house in the next few years and this is a nice, cheap way to make it look great!

you always have great tips, I worked for a guy that was an amazing carpenter. we would actually sand the paint so the glue wood stick better not sure just what he had us Do. another thing is we would use the Makita brand drill bit heads and the gold tip #2 for the impact gun. those work the best they are the most comfortable. always have a lot of them on hand. even though we would Craig jig everything we would also use bond where you would see 2 peices join then sand. but you are the best I have ever seen with the skills you have. I've never seen someone so well rounded in all aspects of this construction game !!!! wish I worked for you.

I see you too are a fan of getting baked and doing carpentry around the house. Always good to see another pro Awesome vid though! Appreciate the inspiration

Thanks man lots of good ideas 😊

Dude, that is pretty cool! Nice simple ideas to spruce it up and make it more eye candy. I can tell you're a bit of perfectionist. I like it. Little touch ups like that do pop up and make it look classier. I'm not in the business but I know that if I were I'd probably be the same as you. Irritates my wife to no end who just wants it "done"! Arguments galore! Thanks for the ideas man.

Good video. Thanks for sharing your ideas.

Dam so many options, so much fun.

DFW, love the idea with the 45 degree corner molding over the baseboard and casing. I think I might try that. only problem is I already put new base in everywhere but if maybe i'll rip it out :) I like more the clean lines so I'm liking that option you provided. thanks

Awesome video thanks for your time

very beautiful design...

Excellent work......

Nice, looks good.

Nice buildup options! I’m using a simple 3/4”x1/2” pine board for my shoe molding…it looks cleaner than a quarter round or something fancy. Wish I had more space around my doors to do these type of build ups 😅

Wow great ideas !! Thanks for sharing!!!

Craig jig is awesome for pocket holes. Love your videos. Keep em coming.

Very cool. You’ve got some awesome videos. Thanks for posting them all.

I am all about the outside corner buildup. ❤️

Great Ideas! Can't wait to try it in my daughters room.. Thanks you for sharing your talent Young Man!

Always liked a shoe molding, though my preference for shoe is to use a door stop molding, finishes it off nicely. Your videos are informative thanks for them.

I like shoe mould as well. Excellent ideas!

Your such an amazing person!

- So, you have a "sense of decor" along with all your other skills. GREAT ! ! !

awesome video! Great ideas.

Thanks for your tips!