Crown Molding Over Fireplace

Cutting and fitting in that last piece.

Crown molding over fireplace. This project went quickly and came in under 60 which includes the price of paint wood nails and paint supplies. 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. You still might want to make sure it s not a fire hazard.

If you can see the gaps under fill with white caulk. Just my humble opinion. See more ideas about fireplace fireplace design tv over fireplace. 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.

Paint and finish your fireplace molding with whatever color or theme you want. There s crown molding around the room which is a big characteristic of classical interior design. Fireplace mantel designstraditional living roomliving room with fireplacefireplace designfireplace tile surroundmantel designlow ceilinghomewood fireplace surrounds. How to add woodwork above the mantle fireplace.

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. Next we added a piece of wall moulding to the bottom of the board using a brad nailer. We started by measuring the the width of the fireplace and cutting a 1 6 piece of wood to that length.

Use a hammer and drive in some nails into the edge molding. An optional 6th step is to add crown molding to the top of the woodwork to the 1 4 on the very top. Dec 28 2013 explore camilla nelson s board fireplace moulding followed by 138 people on pinterest. 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.

Jack feb 16 at 22 27. You can cut the stone with a really big diamond bladed saw maybe. Below i could have wrapped the crown molding around the brick fireplace and that would have looked nice. If you run it a couple inches off the ceiling your recessed lights will leave a shadow at the top of the fireplace.

Simple as that to make this look like a grand fireplace. Use the caulk gun to fill in the gaps and put some putty over the screw heads. With it now being september and the fall season on the brink my mind has naturally shifted to mantles and fireplaces. This should provide a finishing touch that covers the space between the molding and the wall.

We had to piece this part to make it all work but again caulk. An optional 6th step is to add crown molding to the top of the woodwork. 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. You don t have to put up a board but we wanted to have the crown pop out more three dimensionally.

Crown is done molding is done.