How to trim out window interior with bullnose corners?
New commenter, newish DIYer here. I’ve scoured the Internet and found very little to answer my specific question, so I come to you fine people. My house is one of those weird early 2000s hodgepodge of styles, but I’ve figured out that it’s mostly colonial revival in style. As such, I want to add trim to my drywall return windows (see inspo photo and what my window looks like IRL). I will be painting over everything. There’s plenty of advice online for how to do this with regular corners, but my issue is those BULLNOSE corners. I have a stool and apron already on the window. I do not want to remove them or the drywall returns, as the window itself is large (125" wide) and actually has three openings (middle is non-functional). It doesn't have to be perfect, but I do want it to look nice and last. With all this in mind, and piecing together related videos/advice, I’ve decided I have probably three options. I’d love thoughts on what is best/most feasible given my constraints. Or if my constraints are even possible (please forgive me if/when my terminology isn’t correct). The options: (1) Run new trim/side casing right up to the widest point of inner return, then mud in the gap from the bullnose corner to create a 90 degree angle. I would smooth out the texture of the drywall returns to make it look uniform. The problem with this is there would be no reveal between the side casing and the inside “casing,” and from what I understand, this can look extremely amateur and even worse over time with movement. Especially since I will be using mud, I worry it would just crack. This is probably my last choice. (2) Create inside casing, using 1/4” or 3/16” thickness wood or mdf, same as I would for a new window. Install this over drywall and use outer casing pieces as intended. This would pretty much avoid the curved bullnose problem, as well as the textured walls, but my issue is the amount of window reveal/inside stop I’m working with. It’s not even close to straight around the windows, and I worry some parts of the inside stop of the window would be almost totally covered (see pics; there’s almost a 1/2” difference between certain spots). Which would look weird. I don’t think it would cause problems with functionality, though. (3) Install extra wide paper-faced corner beading to cover the bullnose, smooth out inner casing with mud or whatever material works best, then install side/head casing, etc., as normal. I think this is probably the most user friendly and sustainable option, but I’ve seen some debate on Reddit over installing corner beading over bullnose. Thanks in advance! If you have other ideas on how to accomplish this given my constraints, I’m all ears. TL;DR Want to add trim to interior windows without removing any of existing treatments and accounting for bullnose corners. Edit: having trouble adding photos, but hopefully it's descriptive enough. submitted by /u/Kenslewmadre [link] [comments]
New commenter, newish DIYer here. I’ve scoured the Internet and found very little to answer my specific question, so I come to you fine people.
My house is one of those weird early 2000s hodgepodge of styles, but I’ve figured out that it’s mostly colonial revival in style. As such, I want to add trim to my drywall return windows (see inspo photo and what my window looks like IRL). I will be painting over everything. There’s plenty of advice online for how to do this with regular corners, but my issue is those BULLNOSE corners. I have a stool and apron already on the window. I do not want to remove them or the drywall returns, as the window itself is large (125" wide) and actually has three openings (middle is non-functional). It doesn't have to be perfect, but I do want it to look nice and last.
With all this in mind, and piecing together related videos/advice, I’ve decided I have probably three options. I’d love thoughts on what is best/most feasible given my constraints. Or if my constraints are even possible (please forgive me if/when my terminology isn’t correct). The options:
(1) Run new trim/side casing right up to the widest point of inner return, then mud in the gap from the bullnose corner to create a 90 degree angle. I would smooth out the texture of the drywall returns to make it look uniform. The problem with this is there would be no reveal between the side casing and the inside “casing,” and from what I understand, this can look extremely amateur and even worse over time with movement. Especially since I will be using mud, I worry it would just crack. This is probably my last choice.
(2) Create inside casing, using 1/4” or 3/16” thickness wood or mdf, same as I would for a new window. Install this over drywall and use outer casing pieces as intended. This would pretty much avoid the curved bullnose problem, as well as the textured walls, but my issue is the amount of window reveal/inside stop I’m working with. It’s not even close to straight around the windows, and I worry some parts of the inside stop of the window would be almost totally covered (see pics; there’s almost a 1/2” difference between certain spots). Which would look weird. I don’t think it would cause problems with functionality, though.
(3) Install extra wide paper-faced corner beading to cover the bullnose, smooth out inner casing with mud or whatever material works best, then install side/head casing, etc., as normal. I think this is probably the most user friendly and sustainable option, but I’ve seen some debate on Reddit over installing corner beading over bullnose.
Thanks in advance! If you have other ideas on how to accomplish this given my constraints, I’m all ears.
TL;DR Want to add trim to interior windows without removing any of existing treatments and accounting for bullnose corners.
Edit: having trouble adding photos, but hopefully it's descriptive enough.
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