Millwork · Dormont

1916 Craftsman trim

A dark-stained reproduction doorway casing with a cornice head, beside a beadboard wall with a framed painting, a peg rail, and a hanging basket

This 1916 Craftsman in Dormont still has so much of its original charm, but like most old houses, its kitchen had been redone and stripped of it. The homeowners redid the kitchen in a classic, comfortable style that respects the era. The one thing they needed help with was the millwork.

The original trim was built from five separate pieces. We had knives made to reproduce each profile, because with millwork, proportions are everything. In all, we recreated and stained the trim for five doorways and two windows.

The trickiest part was a triple doorway where all three openings connect, and getting the math right so every line meets. The family made a real investment in the woodwork, and it shows: the room looks finished, as if the trim had always been there.

Lumber partner
Mars Lumber
Design and build
Zach Harper
Looking through the connected triple doorway, its stained casings lined up across all three openings, down a hall to the back door
The triple doorway
The corner where two of the triple doorway’s casing heads meet
Where the heads meet
The kitchen window over the sink, framed in dark-stained reproduction Craftsman casing with a cornice head, against beadboard walls
The window over the sink
Looking up at a door casing and a window casing side by side, their cornice heads at the same height
Door and window, lined up
Looking up at a doorway head, showing the layered profiles of the five-piece casing
Five pieces, one profile

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