Kitchen Cabinets To Ceiling With Crown Molding

Make sure the pieces are together and in place snugly.

Kitchen cabinets to ceiling with crown molding.

Crown molding adds a special touch to kitchen cabinets giving even the most basic cabinets a custom crafted luxe look. For any cabinets with an inside corner cut the miters with the opposite 45 degree angle so that the miter angles on the crown molding cut into itself. Repeat this process with the rest of the cabinets with outside corners. If there are small gaps above the wall cabinets this can usually be easily filled with crown moldings or other decorative trim work.

Dry fit the crown molding by holding the front piece and a side piece against the front and side of the baseboard image 1. Https bit ly 2cholxk sweet new drone https amzn to 2sp3vqg the fancy glue i used. Measure and cut the crown molding front section. Here is the same kitchen with a riser molding added below the crown molding which takes the cabinets all the way to the ceiling.

Crown molding from cabinet top to ceiling many of the kitchens we work in have the ceilings up to an inch or so out of level so to simply do a crown on top would be near impossible. Place the crown molding so that it is rests upside down and at a 45 degree angle against the saw fence. We were extending the crown molding into the kitchen that we put up in the rest of our first floor and wanted to take the time to add height instead of just running the crown molding behind the cabinets. This project is easy to do.

Here is a working drawing of a kitchen with an 8 ft ceiling. It all is one continuous piece from the cabinets up to the crown molding. The riser molding is outlined in red. This design shows crown molding on top of 36 tall uppers and a small space between the crown and ceiling.

Measure and mark the front section of crown molding to the cabinet width. What we usually do in this instance is to take the cabinets up to 6 from the ceiling. Mount the crown molding to the cabinet using the brad nailer. Use a pin nailer to nail into the corners of the two pieces of crown molding image 2.

Cut at one mark then move the molding along to the next mark. Our kitchen ceiling is 10 at the highest point inside the tray. If you have unusual ceiling heights a custom cabinetry specialist can build cabinets to fit any space which may be the most practical solution if you have 10 foot high ceilings. Using a nail gun nail the crown to the baseboard.

Set the miter saw to a 45 degree angle cut.