The moldings have soooooo much paint on them, it's not even funny as I previously mentioned. Take a look at the picture and I think you'll get the idea.And this one isn't even the worst of the bunch.
So, I've ripped out a lot of the molding in my phase 1 area - the foyer, front closet, and bedroom closet. I've also attacked the door casings so I can effectively strip the door frames.
I'd like to keep the charm and the grand scale of the moldings, so having them replicated is important to me. Yet, this is proving to be more of a task then I thought. I took a train ride out to Queens the other morning to a lumber place that does custom moldings, only to have them tell me my order was too small. So much for an hour each way on the 7 train!
Then, a contractor put me in touch with Dyke's lumber, who has a massive catalog of stock moldings...but none of them matched mine. I dropped off my measurements and samples for a custom order quote. If I won the lotto, I'd consider paying them $6,057 for 800' of molding, but that's just way out of my budget.
I've shipped some samples off to my Dad in Michigan to get a few quotes there. I don't need all the molding at once, so if can get it for $2-3k less and then just bring out a few pieces each time he comes, that would be great. As well, I could resell the blades to another owner in the building and make some of the money back....which will just go toward the renovation, but it makes me feel better.
We'll see what the Wolverines say....
