Although the D-I-Y Cornice Frame Kit is made from 100% Laminated Wood, no wood working experience is required in assembling or sizing the Kit. 4 simple 3 inch cuts are all that is required to size the Kit down to your window. These cuts don't even have to be straight, since the design of the Kit makes up for any imperfections in the cuts.
Our How-To Video shows the whole process step by step.
Covering a home-built Cornice can be difficult work. The D-I-Y Cornice Frame Kit has simplified the Covering process so anyone with a staple gun can produce a professional looking Cornice. Covering the front and back of the Cornice is done in one step providing a totally finished Cornice that looks as good from inside the room as it does from outside through the window. No sewing is required. The wood construction of the Cornice allows you to cover and recover the Cornice as many times as you like.
Professional and home-built Cornices usually require multiple "L" brackets anchored into the studs because of the high weight of the finished Cornice. The D-I-Y Cornice Frame Kit has beat the high weight problem and requires only 2 brackets, one on each End Return, to hang a Cornice up to 192 inches (16 feet) long. D-I-Y Cornice Kit provides a custom designed bracket that makes hanging the Cornice quick, easy and safe. The Bracket is designed to hold up to 150 pounds of weight each, (the heaviest D-I-Y Cornice weights only 40 pounds covered). The Brackets are also designed so that the Cornice can easily be slid off the Brackets and taken down for cleaning or recovering and then slid back on the Brackets when you are done. Hanging the Cornice is the one process that concerns people the most about taking on this D-I-Y project. With the D-I-Y Cornice Frame Kit, hanging the finished Cornice is a snap.
Both homemade and professional wood cornice frames can weight well over 80 pounds. The D-I-Y Cornice has solved this problem. The unique patented design of the D-I-Y Cornice Frame is based on a tongue and groove ladder frame construction. This makes the frame very strong, solidly rigid and very light. A 96 inch finished covered Cornice Frame weights under 20 pounds. This makes for a Cornice that is easy to hang on the wall and does not create a safety problem. The use of laminated wood ensures that the frame will last for years and will not warp, twist, snag or disintegrate over time like other materials can. The robust construction allows you the freedom to remove, re-cover, and re-hang the Cornice many times easily and quickly.
How-To Video shows the whole process step by step.
The longest D-I-Y Cornice Frame Kit is 192 inches(that's 16 feet!) and finished a 16 inch high by 192 inch long Cornice weights under 40 pounds. A 96 inch finished covered Cornice weights under 20 pounds. Light weight makes for a Cornice that is easy to hang and does not create a safety problem. The robust construction and lightweight allows you the freedom to remove, recover and rehang the Cornice as many times as you want easily and quickly.
Unlike some other Cornice Kits there is no tucking, no raw edges and no sewing when covering the D-I-Y Cornice Kit. The D-I-Y Cornice Frame Kits comes with complete instructions to Cover the Cornice in a one step wrap method that provides your finished Cornice with a completely covered Front and Back. Sadly, most other Kits do not provide a covered back letting you and your guest see a unfinished Cornice from outside your window. Professional results is the aim of the D-I-Y Cornice Kit and professional results is
what you get.
The D-I-Y Cornice Frame Kit provides the most clearance from the wall of any Kit we have seen. 6 inches is provided after the cornice is covered. This clearance means your Cornice can top any window treatment, from a deep drapery to wood shutters, or 3 1/2" verticals. Plus, a simple cut with a wood saw can shorten this clearance to as little as 3 inches (useful in topping window treatments that are hung inside the window frame). But if 6 inches is just not enough, the D-I-Y Cornice Frame Kit offers the option of purchasing Ends that provide a total of 9 inches clearance from the wall. Just select this option
on the ordering page.
The D-I-Y Cornice Frame Kit comes complete with all the Hardware you need to assemble and hang the Cornice. All you supply is the Batting (can be purchased as an option on the Product Page), the Fabric of yor choice and some common house hold tools. In as little as one afternoon You can create the Fabric Covered Cornice of your dreams.