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.

Crown molding around fireplace.

Use a hammer and drive in some nails into the edge molding. I didn t at first and still really loved how it looked even without the 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. Install a 1 16 inch diameter drill bit into a power.

Next we added a piece of wall moulding to the bottom of the board using a brad nailer. Place the molding into position on the front of the fireplace hearth aligning the center of the molding with the edge of the hardwood floor. Attach the edge molding to the inner portion of the molding right by the fireplace opening. Framed up pocket doors photo by jurgen frank.

You don t have to put up a board but we wanted to have the crown pop out more three dimensionally. Simple as that to make this look like a grand fireplace. If you can see the gaps under fill with white caulk. You still might want to make sure it s not a fire hazard.

See more ideas about fireplace fireplace design tv over fireplace. 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. 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. Stepped up traditional revival crown molding complements the faux old floral tile on the fireplace s cast iron propane insert.

Use the caulk gun to fill in the gaps and put some putty over the screw heads. I ended up having it crowned when the rest of the room was getting crown molding. Fireplace mantel designstraditional living roomliving room with fireplacefireplace designfireplace tile surroundmantel designlow ceilinghomewood fireplace surrounds. Dissolves are a great way to start and stop a crown molding.

Molding built with flat fronts leaves room for custom look flourishes like the one pictured. You can cut the stone with a really big diamond bladed saw maybe. 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. Below i could have wrapped the crown molding around the brick fireplace and that would have looked nice.

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