I am remodeling the family room. We have soffitts in a large part of the room. I have decided to use the 4" crown around the soffitts to give a faux tre ceililng. My question is do I then use the 4" baseboard or 3"? The ceilings are 8' but the soffitt is about 12" . Thanks in advance for your suggestion. I had thought I would do the 4" on both but now think maybe the 4" crown and 3" base?!?

Hi there! I am a newbie to the DIY stuff, so please bear with me. Just bought a house and they have painted all the door frames, baseboards and doors. There were some areas where the paint was chipped and it exposed beautiful wood underneath it. So, I decided that we should take the paint off to expose the wood. Instead of using a stripper I decided to go with a heat gun and putty knife. Some of the door frames stripped down to wood that had previously been stained. Some of the wood appears that it was not previously stained and all the paint did not come off :wall: [IMG]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f284/sirrom6/100_1814.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f284/sirrom6/100_1810.jpg[/IMG] Now I'm kinda stuck. Not sure if I should strip off the stain and paint or try to sand it all down. Also, the baseboards are all grooved and painted. I was considering refinishing them also, but not sure how to go about it. [IMG]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f284/sirrom6/100_1820.jpg[/IMG] Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!