Paint and finish your fireplace molding with whatever color or theme you want.
Crown molding over stone fireplace.
Attach the edge molding to the inner portion of the molding right by the fireplace opening.
If you run it a couple inches off the ceiling your recessed lights will leave a shadow at the top of the fireplace.
Place the molding into position on the front of the fireplace hearth aligning the center of the molding with the edge of the hardwood floor.
You can cut the stone with a really big diamond bladed saw maybe.
Install a 1 16 inch diameter drill bit into a power.
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.
I ended up having it crowned when the rest of the room was getting crown molding.
You still might want to make sure it s not a fire hazard.
I didn t at first and still really loved how it looked even without the crown molding.
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.
Use a hammer and drive in some nails into the edge molding.
He has installed crown molding before and owns his own power miter box but he is unsure about applying the crown to our stone fireplace as it has many irregularities in each stone and there would be gaps between the stone and crown.
Any ideas or expert opinions on how to do this would be most welcome.
An optional 6th step is to add crown molding to the top of the woodwork to the 1 4 on the very top.