Adding Crown Molding To Top Of Kitchen Cabinets

Crown molding adds a special touch to kitchen cabinets giving even the most basic cabinets a custom crafted luxe look.

Adding crown molding to top of kitchen cabinets.

A few years ago when we had an electrician in to do some work in our house i had them put an outlet above the cabinet with a switch down below. How does this work. Using a nail gun nail the crown to the baseboard. Use a pin nailer to nail into the corners of the two pieces of crown molding image 2.

In this video we will go over some tips and tricks that might help when. Provide a nailing surface for crown moulding by attaching solid wood mounting strips to the top edges of the cabinets. Cut strips of straight 3 4 in x 1 1 2 in wood to fit the front and sides of each cabinet. The crown molding is not nailed directly to the wall cabinets the trick that makes this project so simple is with the addition of wooden nailing strips at the top of the wall cabinets these strips help you accurately position the crown molding and provide a place to nail onto other than the cabinet face.

My husband then put a string of rope lights above the cabinet hidden by the crown molding. I kept trying to tell her that filling in that. Learn how to add crown molding to kitchen cabinets to close that awkward gap. Check out our video review and demo of adding crown molding to your kitchen cabinets.

If our ceiling was lower we wouldn t have had a 5 1 2 gap between the top of our cabinets and the kitchen ceiling. The molding also comes in handy for closing the gap between the top of the cabinets and the ceiling and for creating a unified appearance and style along the sight line near the ceiling. Dry fit the crown molding by holding the front piece and a side piece against the front and side of the baseboard image 1. Throughout the entire kitchen renovation abby kept hinting that she wanted me to fill in the gap.