Ceiling Kitchen Cabinet Crown Molding

Dry fit the crown molding by holding the front piece and a side piece against the front and side of the baseboard image 1.

Ceiling kitchen cabinet crown molding. Our kitchen ceiling is 10 at the highest point inside the tray. The kitchen cabinets and molding do not go to the ceiling and the wall cabinets and trim will be just below the ceiling. Make sure the pieces are together and in place snugly. It all is one continuous piece from the cabinets up to the crown molding.

Use a pin nailer to nail into the corners of the two pieces of crown molding image 2. The perimeter of the room is 9. Standard cabinets can also allow for indirect uplighting through light fixtures mounted on the tops of the cabinets. This design shows crown molding on top of 36 tall uppers and a small space between the crown and 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. Standard cabinets could go all the way to the ceiling by adding crown molding and trim in the gap between the top of the cabinets and the ceiling. Using a nail gun nail the crown to the baseboard. 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. And if your kitchen has ornate built up crown moldings they will probably need to be removed to install full rise wall cabinets and it may be impossible. Cabinets and trim go all the way to the. Any crown molding or trim will continue around the room above the cabinetry.

Here is a working drawing of a kitchen with an 8 ft ceiling. Even if the crown molding does not reach the ceiling it still gives the cabinets a finished polished look. This capability is lost when you run the cabinets fully to the ceiling. The riser molding is outlined in red.

In such cases crown molding can be affixed to the top frame of the kitchen cabinets and not raised all the way to touch the ceiling. Alternatively cabinets would extend to a dropdown drywall soffit within the kitchen. We didn t want our cabinets to go clear up to 9 so our custom cabinet maker added a soffit that matched the cabinets. For houses with exceptionally high ceilings crown molding along the top of your cabinets provides a.