Adding Crown Molding To Top Of Kitchen Cabinets

Learn how to add crown molding to kitchen cabinets to close that awkward gap.

Adding crown molding to top of kitchen cabinets.

Provide a nailing surface for crown moulding by attaching solid wood mounting strips to the top edges of the cabinets. Make sure the pieces are together and in place snugly. In this video we will go over some tips and tricks that might help when. Cut strips of straight 3 4 in x 1 1 2 in wood to fit the front and sides of each cabinet.

Crown molding adds a special touch to kitchen cabinets giving even the most basic cabinets a custom crafted luxe look. 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. Check out our video review and demo of adding crown molding to your kitchen cabinets. Using a nail gun nail the crown to the baseboard.

My husband then put a string of rope lights above the cabinet hidden by the crown molding. 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. How does this work. Use a pin nailer to nail into the corners of the two pieces of crown molding image 2.

We have cabinets with crown molding on top in our kitchen. Throughout the entire kitchen renovation abby kept hinting that she wanted me to fill in the gap. 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. 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.