Spackle and Crown Molding

One task that had to be tackled before we could paint was that of patching. Since our walls our old plaster, there are large holes from where nails were put into the wall, and the old paint was chipping off (orange and green paint underneath – woo hoo! lol). So we set off scraping paint off of the wall, then patching it. I like to call it “spackle” since that’s what my dad always called it, Doug calls it “mud”, but I guess the real name is “Joint Compound.” Not as cool as spackle, if you ask me. So we started patching Lily’s room and our bedroom. I guess they used to have crown molding in there because there were tiny holes all around the perimeter of the room.

We’d like to add crown molding to the whole house someday, but lucky for us, the dining room, living room, and front foyer already had it in! Unfortunately, it was all cracked with large gaps above and below the crown molding. We wanted to try and see if we could save it, so I caulked to fill in the gaps and used the excess caulk (cause I’m new at this, and kinda messy) to fill the cracks. Here are some before and afters.

before – living room
can’t see cracks, but you can see the large gap around the top

during (left) and after (right)
left picture: half untouched (left), half caulked (right)
right picture: caulked, painted molding, ceiling and walls (living room)

If I ever doubted that the ceiling needed painted, this picture shows me that yes it did. Also, when the paint was wet, I thought it looked similar to the old paint, but seeing this picture, I like it a lot better. Make that caps. A LOT BETTER! Ceiling, trim is Flat Ceiling white; walls are BM Everlasting.

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