This front gabled porch features craftsman characteristics like exposed rafter tails square tapered columns a roof vent and stucco pedestals.
Build tapered craftsman porch columns.
Diy craftsman style porch columns step 1.
Michael abraham architecture save photo four interior tapered columns separate the stairway and the living room in this illinois home.
Attach boards around existing columns.
This is exterior grade plywood with waterproof glue but you still need to take ever step possible to protect it from the elements.
Cut 4 pieces of 1 6 7 1 2 on the short side and 9 inches on the long side with mitered.
Measure height of your porch columns and cut 4 1x6s to that size.
Start by ripping a blank the width of the outside board at the bottom of the column.
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Like any butt jointed box the column is made of two wide outside boards and two narrower inside boards.
Making the tapered column covers for the front porch.
Creating a tapered porch column using a track saw by mike sloggatt.
The column base is a simple plywood box that fits under the cap.