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.

Cut strips of straight 3 4 in x 1 1 2 in wood to fit the front and sides of each cabinet. Provide a nailing surface for crown moulding by attaching solid wood mounting strips to the top edges of the cabinets. 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. 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. Use one long strip for a row of cabinets the same depth then apply wood glue to each strip nail it in place and let dry. Make sure the pieces are together and in place snugly.

Use a pin nailer to nail into the corners of the two pieces of crown molding image 2. How does this work. 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. We have cabinets with crown molding on top in our kitchen.

Dry fit the crown molding by holding the front piece and a side piece against the front and side of the baseboard image 1. I kept trying to tell her that filling in that. Throughout the entire kitchen renovation abby kept hinting that she wanted me to fill in the gap. 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.