Crown Molding Over Fireplace

Crown is done molding is done.

Crown molding over fireplace.

Next we added a piece of wall moulding to the bottom of the board using a brad nailer. Use the caulk gun to fill in the gaps and put some putty over the screw heads. We had to piece this part to make it all work but again caulk. Dec 28 2013 explore camilla nelson s board fireplace moulding followed by 138 people on pinterest.

I ended up having it crowned later on when the rest of the room was getting crown molding. Jack feb 16 at 22 27. With it now being september and the fall season on the brink my mind has naturally shifted to mantles and fireplaces. Fireplace mantel designstraditional living roomliving room with fireplacefireplace designfireplace tile surroundmantel designlow ceilinghomewood fireplace surrounds.

An optional 6th step is to add crown molding to the top of the woodwork. Adding molding all the way down the to the mantel. 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. This should provide a finishing touch that covers the space between the molding and the wall.

How to add woodwork above the mantle fireplace. Attach the edge molding to the inner portion of the molding right by the fireplace opening. We started by measuring the the width of the fireplace and cutting a 1 6 piece of wood to that length. See more ideas about fireplace fireplace design tv over fireplace.

Use a hammer and drive in some nails into the edge molding. If you can see the gaps under fill with white caulk. This project went quickly and came in under 60 which includes the price of paint wood nails and paint supplies. An optional 6th step is to add crown molding to the top of the woodwork to the 1 4 on the very top.

Just my humble opinion. Cutting and fitting in that last piece. You still might want to make sure it s not a fire hazard. All nailed in and ready to caulk.

Simple as that to make this look like a grand fireplace. There s crown molding around the room which is a big characteristic of classical interior design. If you run it a couple inches off the ceiling your recessed lights will leave a shadow at the top of the fireplace. You don t have to put up a board but we wanted to have the crown pop out more three dimensionally.

Initially i didn t and still really loved how it looked. 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. 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. You can cut the stone with a really big diamond bladed saw maybe.

Paint and finish your fireplace molding with whatever color or theme you want.