Decorative Beading For Archways

I know lots of slots cut in the back of wood makes it bendy, but the ida of putting something over the edge of the paper sounds a bit naff to me - but thats me, I avoid all those bodge-cover-up things and do the job properly to start with.

Cut it properly and you shouldnt need anything to cover any mess, there wont be one.

NT

We have a similar situation. The finish is fine, but traffic is causing wear and tear on the edge....trying to find something nice to fix this.

I had several openings between rooms in a previous house that had been walpapered and, as you say, the edges fray very quickly.

I converted them into "doorways" - lining and adding architrave. Really very easy indeed.

For the archway, I used T&G cladding running front-to-back in the archway - this bends very slightly in short pieces and - of course - there is lots of flexibility at each joint. Then I made a matching "cover" for each face of the arch by cutting a curve out of a sheet made from the cladding.

This worked because there was an obvious square area above each face of the arch that could be filled in in this way - without it things would be a lot harder.

I've decided I hate arches, and had them all removed in the recent round of work in this house.