Crown Molding Around Fireplace

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Crown molding around fireplace.

We started by measuring the the width of the fireplace and cutting a 1 6 piece of wood to that length. 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. I didn t at first and still really loved how it looked even without the crown molding.

Install a 1 16 inch diameter drill bit into a power. Below i could have wrapped the crown molding around the brick fireplace and that would have looked nice. Attach the edge molding to the inner portion of the molding right by the fireplace opening. The fireplace is a bold accent or main focus.

Use a hammer and drive in some nails into the edge molding. Framed up pocket doors photo by jurgen frank. Simple as that to make this look like a grand fireplace. Stepped up traditional revival crown molding complements the faux old floral tile on the fireplace s cast iron propane insert.

If you can see the gaps under fill with white caulk. See more ideas about fireplace fireplace design tv over fireplace. The most elegant solution was to dissolve the crown on either side of the box as if it is passing straight through and meeting in the imagined corner. Use the caulk gun to fill in the gaps and put some putty over the screw heads.

End cap or square nose molding is often used to transition from one type of flooring to another but it can also be used where flooring meets a vertical brick fireplace such as a fireplace. Fireplace mantel designstraditional living roomliving room with fireplacefireplace designfireplace tile surroundmantel designlow ceilinghomewood fireplace surrounds. Molding built with flat fronts leaves room for custom look flourishes like the one pictured. You don t have to put up a board but we wanted to have the crown pop out more three dimensionally.

I ended up having it crowned when the rest of the room was getting crown molding. 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. There s crown molding around the room which is a big characteristic of classical interior design. You can cut the stone with a really big diamond bladed saw maybe.

This should provide a finishing touch that covers the space between the molding and the wall.