Kitchen crown molding help!
Hi guys,
Need your advice! I would love love to install this crown molding above my kitchen cabinets and around the entire kitchen and breakfast area:
My custom cabinet maker is willing to have knives made to replicate this crown, but since I only have this one picture to go by (no measurements etc), he's not sure that he can draw the design.
Is there someone I can hire to just draw the crown profile for me? I would love for my cabinet maker to do the actual manufacturing and installation of the crown (instead of hiring someone else to do the work) since I believe it will be a lot more cost effective.
Thanks for your help!!
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practigal
7 years agoRelated Discussions
Please help with joining crown molding with kitchen cabinet crown
Comments (5)You've got several problems. If you buy more of the same crown from your cabinet company, you'll still have to deal with the gap above the corner cabinet. If you raise the existing crown to the ceiling, it's very unlikely you'd find unpainted crown that matches it's size and profile, plus you'd then have to deal with a gap between the cabinets and the bottom of the crown. Here's what I would do. Choose the new crown mold you want for the rest of the room and measure it's height (how far down from the ceiling it comes). Make a mark on the wall at that height, then use a level to transfer that height to the stained crown and mark it. Then, trace the old, existing crown's profile onto the wall with a pencil. Now you have a mark where the bottom of the new crown will intersect the old crown, and another mark where the old crown will have to be narrowed to fit underneath the new. Carefully remove the stained crown from the corner cabinet. Next, build a frame above the corner cabinet that's the same height as the new crown, and that extends beyond the cabinet to the point at which the new crown will intersect the old. Now, install the new, painted crown around the kitchen and across the new soffit. Last, run the old crown through a table saw and cut it down so that it fits underneath the new crown. With me? This is a tough one to visualize....See Morekitchen remodel - need help - crown molding
Comments (16)There is a reason that that cabinet seller is no longer with the company. She messed up quite a bit. And I mean a LOT. That design is not acceptable. And you are a ways from needing to be concerned about crown. You need to invite the company owner to come to the job site and fix more than just the crown molding. Simply ask him, "Is this a kitchen that you could easily cook in?". If he says yes, he is lying. If he is honest and says no, ask him what he is going to do to make it right....See Morecabinet crown molding or house crown molding?
Comments (11)ffjunk, of course it's a personal choice, but thought I should add, we have a situation similar to yours, with a pass-through window between painted cabinets, as well as a pocket door between a cabinet and a cabinet pantry. Our cabinet crown molding, and our whole house crown molding are the same heights, but different cuts, so the choice was easier for us - keep the same crown molding throughout the kitchen, though it is open concept. We are using stop blocks at the pocket door crown as the pantry is a stained along with the crown molding above it, and the cabinet adjacent is painted, along with the crown above that. The trim around the door will be painted the same as the cabinet/cabinet crown molding. Our ceilings are 9'. We are also using a stop block where the whole house crown meets the kitchen cabinetry crown - it would be very difficult to both cope and scribe the crowns to match and we prefer the stop blocks. I don't have photos as we are still in the midst of remodeling and our cabinet maker has yet to bring and install the stop blocks....See MoreWavy Kitchen Ceiling and Crown Molding Help
Comments (14)Thank you everyone for your valuable comments. We have a 9 feet ceiling, and the original plan was to have stock above the cabinet and the crown on top. The contractor did not check the ceiling before ordering the cabinet, and as mentioned in the end while putting the crown it was too late. He then replaced the stock and crown with the soffit as can be seen in the picture, and it gives me the unfinished look apart from the agony of wasted material and extra expense of a drywall. @Christopher Wright the ceiling is still curved directly above the gas and if installing the crown leaves a gap of 3/8 inch at places. Originally we had floating cabinets, and I renovated the kitchen to eliminate the dust mites issues. The bulkhead has been put as the original cabinet crown could not be installed by contractor....See Morepalimpsest
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoHere are two similar ones from the Tague online catalog. See how the first one is two pieces
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7 years agopractigal
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7 years agoOk, thank you guys for bringing me back to reality!! I just really like the way the crown looks on the pic I posted (which I think is a Brooklyn brownstone?). But yeah, not appropriate for kitchen cabs, now that I think about it! We live in a brick, very colonial looking house. But it's definitely not an Italian mansion! Do you think this crown would look ok in our 2-story great room or still way out of place? Our dining room has that similar petal ceiling detail around the pendant light fixture (not sure what you call it).
Our cab style will be similar to this, but without that "X" design on the cabinet front (it will just be plain shaker). Basically it will be shaker with trim pieces on the sides for that "frameless, inset" look and also the base cabinets will look like that far white island:
What do you think about this crown molding on top of said cabinets? The molding would only be on top of the cabinets and will not go around the whole kitchen (ceilings are 9 ft by the way):
eliasgrace
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