I'm in the same corner as the t-dyckert with picka -people. But I go over with some wood filler and then dab a bit of paint. Otherwise, I think all those small holes are too visible. It's just a little extra work too.
Nail and nail gun. It's important to shoot quickly once you've managed to press in the molding.
I'm not too picky because the house is old, crooked, and twisted. Floor in arches, walls in arches, and not an angle that's plumb or 90 degrees. I cut as carefully as I can following the custom angle, and fill in with latex and paint.
Nail heads are therefore the least of my problems.
And now I was just about to get started, but I think the moldings look a bit hefty?
Yes, exactly, I accidentally ordered 69mm moldings instead of 56mm.
And now we're standing and staring at a placed molding and wavering between going with 69mm or going and exchanging them (phew).
What moldings do you personally choose?
Here it applies to regular smooth white ones, either 56 or 69mm.
The rooms are "normal-sized" with walls about 3-4 meters long in different directions. 2.5 in ceiling height, no ceiling molding, wallpaper on the walls, and oak-like laminate flooring.
The extra info is meant to provide some ability to give advice.
If it wasn't a bit of a hassle to go and exchange (and it takes time, I planned to finish a room today), I would probably have gone and exchanged them. But at the same time, maybe the 69mm looks a bit more luxurious?
I honestly can't believe you're considering 56mm, that's something you typically find in hochqualitäts plattenbauten (mass housing projects), not in villas from 2012?
The last time I looked at regular smooth moldings, I was annoyed that they only go up to 95mm, I would have wanted 120. Now, it was a functional apartment with slightly higher ceilings (I think we had 2.70), but still. For the little cottage we live in now, I made my own (from raw planed wood, you only need a CS50 and a rotex for a bit more rustic feel, I laugh every time I see the price per meter for baseboards and moldings). These were 95 for the baseboard and 70 for the moldings (at the thickest, they're about 20 thick). This for a house, rustic style and 2.4m ceiling height.
In summary: Go with 69, 95 might be overkill but I would say 56 is too small.
Not decided. But definitely a sleek modern undecorated style.
Now I've let the baseboard sit there for a while and been tinkering with other things in the room in the meantime. So I'm not just staring at the molding intensely, but rather just catching glimpses of it in the corner of my eye now and then. And it kind of shrinks...
I mean, when we first put it there and discovered it was significantly larger than the one at home, it felt tricky. And then I stood there staring at it, pondering and staring, seeing nothing but the molding, until after a while, it took up my whole mind and seemed huge.
But now, you don't experience a room that way, and when the molding is just a small part of everything you see, it assumes the right dimension. It feels good now; I don't have the energy to go and exchange it and waste more than an hour today.
Mmm, size shouldn't matter, but it creates nice proportions for a mirror door, for example. Personally, I use 55mm for moldings and 69mm for the floor. Swan neck on the ceiling.
Yes, that's right, I accidentally ordered 69mm moldings instead of 56mm.
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43 mm. As small as possible. I think the size of the molding is a measure of how skilled the carpenter/painter has been. Shouldn't need more than necessary ;-)
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