I made a jig of the wall curvature by holding a piece of wood along the door opening and tracing the curve at the wind height. I then cut along the traced curved to make the jig.
I used PVC fence posts which I ripped on the table saw to make 4 right-angle pieces. I put the jig in my WorkMate along with the VC piece to curve. While heating the PVC I would clamp the jig tighter with the Workmate. I believe I found that heating the PVC to 80C was the sweet spot. I then let the piece cool while still in the jig so it would set with the curve in place.
I then made a top and bottom using finger-jointed clear pine and used oak wall baseboard turned upside-down to finish the top of the valence. The wood was then stained to match. Where the top was hid behind a cabinet, I did not need the top of the valence of course.
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