Crown Molding Over Fireplace

Simple as that to make this look like a grand fireplace.

Crown molding over fireplace.

Next we added a piece of wall moulding to the bottom of the board using a brad nailer. Below i could have wrapped the crown molding around the brick fireplace and that would have looked nice. Use a hammer and drive in some nails into the edge molding. 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.

Paint and finish your fireplace molding with whatever color or theme you want. Attach the edge molding to the inner portion of the molding right by the fireplace opening. You still might want to make sure it s not a fire hazard. Dec 28 2013 explore camilla nelson s board fireplace moulding followed by 138 people on pinterest.

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. We started by measuring the the width of the fireplace and cutting a 1 6 piece of wood to that length. If you can see the gaps under fill with white caulk.

Just my humble opinion. All nailed in and ready to caulk. An optional 6th step is to add crown molding to the top of the woodwork. Crown is done molding is done.

You don t have to put up a board but we wanted to have the crown pop out more three dimensionally. Adding molding all the way down the to the mantel. This should provide a finishing touch that covers the space between the molding and the wall. This project went quickly and came in under 60 which includes the price of paint wood nails and paint supplies.

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. Initially i didn t and still really loved how it looked. We had to piece this part to make it all work but again caulk. How to add woodwork above the mantle fireplace.

You can cut the stone with a really big diamond bladed saw maybe. The fireplace is a bold accent or main focus. 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. With it now being september and the fall season on the brink my mind has naturally shifted to mantles and fireplaces.

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. Fireplace mantel designstraditional living roomliving room with fireplacefireplace designfireplace tile surroundmantel designlow ceilinghomewood fireplace surrounds. See more ideas about fireplace fireplace design tv over fireplace.

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