I ended up having it crowned when the rest of the room was getting crown molding.
Crown molding over stone fireplace.
Use the caulk gun to fill in the gaps and put some putty over the screw heads.
Use a hammer and drive in some nails into the edge molding.
Attach the edge molding to the inner portion of the molding right by the fireplace opening.
This should provide a finishing touch that covers the space between the molding and the wall.
If you run it a couple inches off the ceiling your recessed lights will leave a shadow at the top of the fireplace.
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.
Paint and finish your fireplace molding with whatever color or theme you want.
An optional 6th step is to add crown molding to the top of the woodwork to the 1 4 on the very top.
If you can see the gaps under fill with white caulk.
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.
You can cut the stone with a really big diamond bladed saw maybe.
Any ideas or expert opinions on how to do this would be most welcome.
You still might want to make sure it s not a fire hazard.