Okay in my head this was going to be a 3 hour project. I know about angles, about compound miter saws, and I always love a little bit of DIY home improvement. In reality this took the larger part of a day. But someone, (maybe Ni Hoa Kia Lan) was blessing the kiddos with a bit of extra patience as mommy and daddy were outside in 98 degree humidity trying to figure out mitered corners.

So we saddled up on Saturday morning and trekked to Home Depot. After $60 of molding, 4d nails and pine plank, we went by my father-in-law’s place to borrow the miter saw we gave him a couple years ago for his birthday.

Fast forward to after lunch. 4 cuts done correctly. 4 cuts done incorrectly. One more run to Home Depot to get the plank I forgot. (Foggy Friday-night math I swear!) And not even the box was completely assembled. (Click here if you want to make your own cornices.)

Fast forward to after dinner. Another run to Home Depot to buy additional crown molding I forgot to buy. (Did I say I know anything about angles and math? Nah, that wasn’t me.) And I am sitting on the kitchen floor filling nail holes, gaps, and priming the cornices.

Sunday after church, my husband did a fantastic job of hanging them, and they looked fabulously primed for our dinner company; family visiting from Korea.

Now, how long do you think it will take me to actually paint these puppies enamel white? I am thinking next spring…