Tips on How to Redo Your House's Trim on a Tight Budget

So you want to redo your ugly trim but you do not have enough to pay a professional contractor, or buy pre cut trim for your house. Well, do not worry because there are many options you can do to make your own trim out of cheap, but sturdy and pretty wood. All you need is a table saw, paint brush the wood of your choice, and the stain of your choice.

The first thing you want to do is measure all of the pieces of trim you want to replace. This way you will only buy as much wood as you will need. Make sure to write all the pieces down separately so that it will be easier to determine how much you will need later. Once you have the amounts recorded onto a piece of paper, go to your local place that sells lumbar. Menard's and Fleet Farm usually have lumbar if you do not know of a better place. Now that you are there, you will want to see what they have on sale. Pine wood is normally the best choice because it is cheap, decently strong, and beautifully white. Pine is also can be stained any color you choose.

You should ask the smartest looking worker you find what he would recommend. Usually they will lead you to a great choice, but if they try to convince you to buy something that is expensive they might just be trying to make a sale, so use your best judgment. Once you have found some boards that suit what you want to do. You are going to want to sit down with your calculator and decide how many pieces you are going to need. Remember that you can probably use a couple boards more then once for your project. Once you have figured out the exact amount, buy one or two extra boards just in case you make a mistake.

Now that you have gotten your lumber home, take the table saw and, while following the safety directions, cut the boards to there needed size. Be very careful not to cut your board wrong, because then you will have to try again with a different board. If that does happen however, you might still be able to use those pieces that were cut wrong to make a different piece of trim for a different spot. Now take off your old pieces of trim you had off, and put on the new pieces you just made. It will probably look really nice right now. But you will have to stain it. If you don't the wood will grey and look shabby. Buy yourself some wood stain that will match the rest of the room and paint your wooden trim with it. Make sure you do this with all the windows open and all the safety precautions described by the wood stain.