As I shared in my last post about our dining room, I wanted to add some interest to the room with window treatments, without spending a ton of money on custom roman blinds.  I decided that making a cornice board for each window would be the best way to add some pizzazz, hide our slat blinds, and keep the expense to a minimum.   As I usually do before I undertake a big project, I gathered some inspiration photos from the internet to get an idea of what I wanted them to look like.  Here are some gorgeous cornice boards!   Source   Source   Source    Source      Source   I ran across a lot of cornice boards that looked very “from my grandma’s house”, were overly bulky, and lacked any great character without incorporating curtains as well.  Here are a few examples of what I WASN'T looking for.   Source     Source   I decided I wanted the cornice boards to be slightly smaller (in terms of how tall they would be) than average, and...