Guest bedroom, the closet casing

So as I said previously, we decided to redo the casing in the closet so we could change the dimensions. But like most projects, we ran into some interesting issues. First of all, the old casing was basically set right on the rough opening, so we couldn't make it any taller without completely redoing the header, which we really didn't want to do. So, we decided we'd just move it in a bit to make it the right size for the new sliding door rails and up as high as we could and deal with cutting the doors down when we came to it. 

Now, we'd never cased a door before, but it went pretty smoothly for a bit. We cut the sides to the right size, got them up, and then all we had to do was the top. We got it cut to the perfect length, held it up, and then started scratching our heads. 

See, we had a couple things to worry about. First the wall was bowed, as you can see below. It sags into the closet by quite a bit. Now on the outside of the closet, this didn't matter too much, because we could just put up the trim and unless you were standing on a ladder looking down at it from the top, you'd never see the gap. 

 But inside the closet, was a different story. We had almost an inch of drywall sticking out which meant that unless we got trim made of silly putty, there was no way to put it up without it sticking out at a really odd angle. So we had to get creative.

 It's a bit hard to see in the pictures, so I put in some helpful blue arrows. Basically what we ended up doing was using some thin pieces of wood and some shims to build out the top of the casing so that it was flush with the drywall. Of course, this meant that once we were done the middle of the casing was thicker than both sides and the trim would need to bend a bit to sit flush, but once it gets painted and the doors go up, we're pretty sure no one will notice.

Here's a picture from the side, you can see the shims near the corner (they are the darker wood pieces). 

Then all that was left was to put up the trim!