Finish Carpentry Classic Crown Molding and Baseboard. Special | 26m 46s | Video has closed captioning. Here’s the way to add thousands of dollars to appeal to homes without breaking the bank!

Crown molding can transform a room. ... drill a pilot hole and hand-nail it to the backer board with 1½-inch 4d finish nails (fired nails can deflect and break through the face of the molding).

Finish carpenters work on moldings found around windows, doors, baseboards, mantels and along walls. They cut, fit and then install the wooden materials, according to specific measurements.