Crown Molding Over Fireplace

With it now being september and the fall season on the brink my mind has naturally shifted to mantles and fireplaces.

Crown molding over fireplace.

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. All nailed in and ready to caulk. You still might want to make sure it s not a fire hazard. Initially i didn t and still really loved how it looked.

You don t have to put up a board but we wanted to have the crown pop out more three dimensionally. Use a hammer and drive in some nails into the edge molding. We started by measuring the the width of the fireplace and cutting a 1 6 piece of wood to that length. 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.

Jack feb 16 at 22 27. Dec 28 2013 explore camilla nelson s board fireplace moulding followed by 138 people on pinterest. Paint and finish your fireplace molding with whatever color or theme you want. Below i could have wrapped the crown molding around the brick fireplace and that would have looked nice.

If you can see the gaps under fill with white caulk. An optional 6th step is to add crown molding to the top of the woodwork. This should provide a finishing touch that covers the space between the molding and the wall. Attach the edge molding to the inner portion of the molding right by the fireplace opening.

Fireplace mantel designstraditional living roomliving room with fireplacefireplace designfireplace tile surroundmantel designlow ceilinghomewood fireplace surrounds. There s crown molding around the room which is a big characteristic of classical interior design. 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. Just my humble opinion.

Crown is done molding is done. Adding molding all the way down the to the mantel. Next we added a piece of wall moulding to the bottom of the board using a brad nailer. You can cut the stone with a really big diamond bladed saw maybe.

Simple as that to make this look like a grand fireplace. See more ideas about fireplace fireplace design tv over fireplace. We had to piece this part to make it all work but again caulk. 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.

The fireplace is a bold accent or main focus. How to add woodwork above the mantle fireplace. Cutting and fitting in that last piece. I ended up having it crowned later on when the rest of the room was getting crown molding.

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