On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:19:39 GMT, "Jim Bailey"
wrote:

I just finished a cherry vanity and mirror for our newly remodeled bathroom.
As I was admiring it, I had a thought that Cherry baseboard around the
bathroom sure would look great with that.

I need less than 20 feet. I've found several cutters with a decent profile
for the first 2" or so at the top, something along these lines
http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shops...molding_anchor
but that still leaves about 1 1/2" (on a 3 1/2" baseboard) that I should do
something with - not just flat - some sort of simple decorative effect at
the botom half of the molding.

Anyone ever done anything like this ?? Or did you just buy the molding ? If
so, where ?

jim



Good taste is knowing when to say, "Stop".

The reason that you have found those cutters is that most folks try to
replicate a three piece base.

Profile the top of your board as you will, I don't know what you
already have going on, so I will not suggest.

The bottom of the base should be a shoe, in my opinion.

If you start tarting up the field it will look like someone put casing
on the base - you don't want that.

In a general sense, the top fifth of the base is available for
profiling. Then you need a bit more than three fifths for the plain
field. The shoe takes up the rest.

An interesting question is how the base intersects the vanity.

I have always been a fan of the idea that the vanity base should be at
the height of the room base, less the top profile.

Just an opinion.


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