My hubs is always on the hunt for hidden treasure (i.e. MONEY) in the houses we buy.  He looked and looked in our first home and he was just certain he would find a stash of cash someone in our new dream home.  Alas, no money was found only some old documents, a few dinnerware items and a like-new fly fishing rod.  However, while cleaning out the garage he did stumble across something interesting.

Under the garage stairs he found a box of trim.  Not just any trim, but the trim from our great room which we have discovered was an addition to the home in about 1960ish.  He took the box to the basement thinking maybe we will do something with it someday.

That day came in late March when we were making decisions regarding the kitchen.   The ceilings are 10 feet tall and I knew I didn’t want the cabinets to go all the way up to the ceiling, our trim would have to be pretty large.  And here is where the trim made its debut!  We thought, ‘if we have enough of the found trim, maybe we could replicate what is currently in the great room – Genius!  So we went about counting pieces of trim . . . and came up 8 – 10 feet short.  NUTS!

The Great Room trim

But my husband, being the smart guy he is, kept the packing slip from the original box in which he found the trim.  A quick Google search and the company was still in business!  He sent an email asking about the ‘egg and dart’ trim we were searching for and really didn’t think he would get a response.  The next morning, he did get a response from the President of the company himself!

We found out the Chicago Company had been in existence since the 1880’s and was a third generation run family company.  He said there were ‘thousands of the egg and dart molds’ so for my husband to send him a piece to find the exact match.  And match it they did, a very exciting day indeed.

The process to put the resin-like trip up was quite interesting and without my hubs talking directly to someone with the company we never would have known how to install it.  The all natural material must be heated over water to make it pliable and to be able to drill a nail hole through.  It was quite a scene to watch.

All of this process has taken quite some time, but it is nearly complete and I know there is no one else who will have this type of crown molding in their kitchen.  Thank goodness for hidden treasures!

Putting up the ‘egg and dart’ trim, only 20+ feet more to go!