Introduction -- 1. Cornice design (The evolution of cornice design -- Molding configurations -- Functional uses for crown molding) -- 2. Tools (Measuring, marking and layout -- Cutting tools -- Installation tools) -- 3. Materials (Molding profiles -- Traditional materials -- Modern material choices -- Additional decorative options) -- 4. Techniques (Estimating materials -- Blocking, hollow-wall anchors -- Outside corner joints, calculating the right angle -- Cutting sprung moldings -- Inside corner joints -- Scarf joints -- Mitered returns) -- 5. Projects. 1-piece projects (Pine bed molding -- Polyurethane chair-rail cornice -- Finger-jointed pine cove molding -- Embossed poplar cornice -- Polyurethane crown molding -- MDF crown molding -- Oak crown molding -- Tin cornice) -- 2-piece projects (Hardwood cornice with embossed panel and baseboard frieze -- Maple acanthus leaf crown with woven frieze -- Maple cornice with bullnose frieze and colonial casing -- MDF beaded cove and baseboard frieze -- Pine crown and MDF frieze -- Poplar cornice with rope crown and frieze) -- 3-piece projects (Pine and poplar cornice with wide casing frieze -- MDF flat cornice with baseboard and casing -- Pine cornice with picture molding, chair rail, and baseboard -- Pine cornice with stepped and small cove -- Pine cornice with crown, baseboard frieze, and picture molding -- Poplar cornice with frieze and panel molding -- Oak cornice with dentils -- Cherry cornice with dentil frieze and egg-and-dart insert) -- 4-piece projects (Poplar cornice with large cove, frieze, and panel molding -- Embossed poplar cornice with dentils -- Red oak half beam -- Red oak cornice with chair rail and panel molding) -- 5- and 6-piece projects (Cornice for indirect cove lighting -- Pine cornice with soffit -- Pine 5-piece compound cornice -- Pine 6-piece compound cornice).
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