Crown Molding Over Fireplace

How to add woodwork above the mantle fireplace.

Crown molding over fireplace.

If you can see the gaps under fill with white caulk. 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. Jack feb 16 at 22 27. 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.

See more ideas about fireplace fireplace design tv over fireplace. 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. I ended up having it crowned later on when the rest of the room was getting crown molding.

Dec 28 2013 explore camilla nelson s board fireplace moulding followed by 138 people on pinterest. All nailed in and ready to caulk. Use a hammer and drive in some nails into the edge 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.

An optional 6th step is to add crown molding to the top of the woodwork to the 1 4 on the very top. This project went quickly and came in under 60 which includes the price of paint wood nails and paint supplies. Fireplace mantel designstraditional living roomliving room with fireplacefireplace designfireplace tile surroundmantel designlow ceilinghomewood fireplace surrounds. You can cut the stone with a really big diamond bladed saw maybe.

We started by measuring the the width of the fireplace and cutting a 1 6 piece of wood to that length. There s crown molding around the room which is a big characteristic of classical interior design. Below i could have wrapped the crown molding around the brick fireplace and that would have looked nice. We had to piece this part to make it all work but again caulk.

Use the caulk gun to fill in the gaps and put some putty over the screw heads. The fireplace is a bold accent or main focus. 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. Simple as that to make this look like a grand fireplace.

You still might want to make sure it s not a fire hazard. Just my humble opinion. Initially i didn t and still really loved how it looked. Cutting and fitting in that last piece.

With it now being september and the fall season on the brink my mind has naturally shifted to mantles and fireplaces. Next we added a piece of wall moulding to the bottom of the board using a brad nailer. You don t have to put up a board but we wanted to have the crown pop out more three dimensionally. If you run it a couple inches off the ceiling your recessed lights will leave a shadow at the top of the fireplace.

Crown is done molding is done.