If you run it a couple inches off the ceiling your recessed lights will leave a shadow at the top of the fireplace.
Crown molding over stone fireplace.
Use a hammer and drive in some nails into the edge molding.
Any ideas or expert opinions on how to do this would be most welcome.
He has installed crown molding before and owns his own power miter box but he is unsure about applying the crown to our stone fireplace as it has many irregularities in each stone and there would be gaps between the stone and crown.
Paint and finish your fireplace molding with whatever color or theme you want.
This should provide a finishing touch that covers the space between the molding and the wall.
I ended up having it crowned when the rest of the room was getting crown molding.
Use the caulk gun to fill in the gaps and put some putty over the screw heads.
If you can see the gaps under fill with white caulk.
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.
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.
Install a 1 16 inch diameter drill bit into a power.
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.
I didn t at first and still really loved how it looked even without the crown molding.
You still might want to make sure it s not a fire hazard.