Adding Picture Frame Molding Wall

I bought the book shelves at walmart.

Adding picture frame molding wall.

So that wall will not need the frames. Again there is no right or wrong way to size your boxes. Using a scrap piece of 1 4 i traced out the spacings and placement for the frames. I m going to build a box to go under them so i can add my baseboards at the bottom of them.

Determine where you d like your wall frame molding to hang and mark on the wall. This is where i really needed finn s help well at least his mighty math brain. 152 inches total wall width 21 inches total width needed for spacing 131 inches 5 panels 26 2 inches wide for each panel. Okay let s dive into this.

While the height h of each frame will be the same for each wall the width will differ depending on the length of the wall and the number of picture frames you intend on using. Designing picture frame moulding for walls is really just about finding good balance and using a whole lot of masking tape. With the chair rail up it was time to focus on the bottom portion of the wall the picture frame molding. Tips to add picture frame molding.

How to do it design wall frames. The side panels are the exact same size as the panels for wall 2 and wall 3. Typically picture frame moulding frames are spaced out 3 to 4. I build a electric fireplace and put it on one wall with short book shelves on each side.

So i subtracted 21 inches from the total wall width 152 inches and then divided that number by 5 to arrive at the width needed for each picture frame. And the panels above the windows were simply drawn to fit the space.