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Cutting Baseboard Corners Made Simple

Use paint stirrers, popsicle sticks, or any other thin flat material that you can nail through to shim the baseboard against the wall and snug up the miter. Slide the popsicle stick behind the bottom ...
Carpentry expert Dan Weeks is the perfect person to show us how to cut baseboard and crown molding in your home. "So first thing we're going to do is put our initial 45 degree cut into this baseboard ...
Installing baseboards in your home is a relatively straightforward way to spruce the place up a bit. And while the general process is easy enough for a do-it-yourself project, cutting the baseboards ...
Miters rarely fit on the first try, and for good reason. Corners are out of square, walls aren’t plumb, and drywall has bumps. The secret to tight-fitting joints is knowing how to adjust the cuts to ...
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