Crown Molding Over Fireplace

I ended up having it crowned later on when the rest of the room was getting crown molding.

Crown molding over fireplace.

Dec 28 2013 explore camilla nelson s board fireplace moulding followed by 138 people on pinterest. Cut back a couple of inches on the molding to the stone then use corner crown to the front of the stone with one piece connecting the corners in the front. Adding molding all the way down the to the mantel. Just my humble opinion.

Attach the edge molding to the inner portion of the molding right by the fireplace opening. Paint and finish your fireplace molding with whatever color or theme you want. Use the caulk gun to fill in the gaps and put some putty over the screw heads. You don t have to put up a board but we wanted to have the crown pop out more three dimensionally.

You still might want to make sure it s not a fire hazard. We had to piece this part to make it all work but again caulk. Personally i d stop the crown molding at each end of the fireplace with some compound miter end caps unless you re really good with a coping saw. This should provide a finishing touch that covers the space between the molding and the wall.

Crown is done molding is done. Initially i didn t and still really loved how it looked. This project went quickly and came in under 60 which includes the price of paint wood nails and paint supplies. Jack feb 16 at 22 27.

But the brick was done so well that i felt it deserved the senior status of the two decorating items and so i dissolved the crown molding through it. An optional 6th step is to add crown molding to the top of the woodwork. If you can see the gaps under fill with white caulk. See more ideas about fireplace fireplace design tv over fireplace.

If you run it a couple inches off the ceiling your recessed lights will leave a shadow at the top of the fireplace. How to add woodwork above the mantle fireplace. You can cut the stone with a really big diamond bladed saw maybe. All nailed in and ready to caulk.

Below i could have wrapped the crown molding around the brick fireplace and that would have looked nice. Cutting and fitting in that last piece. There s crown molding around the room which is a big characteristic of classical interior design. The fireplace is a bold accent or main focus.

We started by measuring the the width of the fireplace and cutting a 1 6 piece of wood to that length. With it now being september and the fall season on the brink my mind has naturally shifted to mantles and fireplaces. This is the part that hangs outside the mantel about an inch or so but after it s all done i don t mind it. Next we added a piece of wall moulding to the bottom of the board using a brad nailer.

An optional 6th step is to add crown molding to the top of the woodwork to the 1 4 on the very top.