White Crown Molding Over Oak Cabinets
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Dora Vann Snider
16 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (1)You can attack it from a couple of different angles... If the crown is all the same, then you can consider it all "room crown", and you can then paint it all creamy white. I have seen instances where the crown is all the same and the color simply transitions to blue at the soffit-to-cabinet crown miters. Your choice. I prefer to make the two crowns different though, making the cabinet crown smaller than the room crown. With the cabinet crown minor to the more major room crown, cope the cabinet crown to butt into the room crown. Paint the room crown white and the cabinet crown blue. Much depends on the size and styles of the crowns, etc, how they meet up, how they relate, etc. But it really boils down to your personal preference. The good news? It's only paint. Easy to change if you decide to change your mind....See Morecrown moulding, white or same color as cabinets?
Comments (6)How about a really dark color? Or else cherry on top (whipped cream optional LOL) and make transition to white back at the walls (same profile)? Someone else has thread about transitioning CM color but I haven't seen any replies to that....See MoreCrown molding over painted cabinets
Comments (3)Is there a clean break between the kitchen and breakfast room? Maybe a beam or soffit or other barrier at the ceiling level? If so, and if it were mine, I'd paint it to keep it consistent with your cabinets. To me, a dark stripe at the ceiling, especially at 8', would be jarring. Always drawing the eye to it. In my current house, I have painted crown molding in my living/dining room, but just across the center hall is an ash paneled study. There's a natural break between the rooms. The study has the same profile crown molding, so it blends but doesn't match. I hope that makes sense. If you have a picture, that might help to visualize your space. Kathe...See MoreCrown molding over cabinet molding
Comments (5)Thanks. The challenge is I want the crown for the living room, so basically trying to determine if cabinet reality is a deal breaker (vs just less than ideal) since I’ve never like how “unfinished” the living room looks. I would not create a soffit. I’ve found a few pictures of homes with my situation with crown but not many so it is hard to visualize since mine seems thicker. I may be out of luck in living room I guess...See More
meg711
16 years agototallyblessed
16 years agoduffy0401
16 years agoTexas,
We just did the same thing that you want to do last week. Before I did it I had the same concerns that you did. Here is a picture. I hope this was what you were talking about.
mavs_fan
16 years agoMy cabinetry isn't oak, but they are stained and we have painted white crown molding throughout. This is a new construction, so these pics are taken at different phases. If you are interested in more detailed photos, just let me know and I will take some better ones.
Before staining and painting completed:
Dora Vann Snider
16 years agomeg711
16 years ago
nhb22
16 years agomavs_fan - Tell me about the faux brick corner I see in your beautiful kitchen?
Like mavs_fan, my kitchen is cherry, but we have the drop down cabinets and white crown.
mavs_fan
16 years agoNewhomebuilder,
Thanks for the kind words :-) The tape and bed/texture guy added sand to the texture compound and after taping the brick pattern on the walls, used the sanded texture to make the "bricks". He also made the surrounding texture appear to be breaking away from the brick. The faux finisher then painted the brick to mimic our exterior brick and therefore a full masonary wall with the plaster cracking away. Here's are a couple of close-up shots in a different area of the kitchen....
This one was taken before any of the surrounding area was glazed:
Here is a link that might be useful: Our Progress So Far
sweeterthanhoney
16 years agonhb22
16 years agomavs_fan
16 years ago
meg711