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Comments from Leslie:
Here are photos of some of the various home projects --- crown molding, garden gate,
garage door exterior trim. Our house was built in 1893 presenting many opportunities for
projects.

The crown molding project came about because of our desire to move the cable TV
connection to an interior wall. The plaster and lathe construction presented a problem with
running the cable through the wall. The crown molding allowed the cable to be hidden along
the ceiling before dropping it down inside the wall to the new outlet location. Stock crown
molding from Home Depot was used for this project.
The old garden gate was coming apart, so a quick trip to Home Depot for some new lumber
and deck screws allowed me to build this new gate. I used the existing hinges and latch. The
lumber was pressure treated, and I should have allowed it to dry out more before cutting and
assembling the gate, as there was quite a bit of shrinkage and some warping. But, hey, it's
just a gate --- not a piece of fine furniture ;-).
After replacing our old wooden garage door a few years ago, I decided to update the
exterior trim around the garage door. I initially used MDF trim, but learned the hard way
that MDF is NOT intended for outdoor applications as it began to disintegrate after a couple
of years. I recently replaced the MDF with pine boards. I made the fluting in the pine trim
boards using the router.