You dont do anything. You demand the contractor come and resolve the issue.

Never heard from him again. That’s the second guy he tried to fix it and made it worse

If it was that easy. I could of said that. I wanted real advice on how to fix it

Caulk and paint.

Yes but there’s way too many nails

I wanna order new parts but it’s insane

I need a cabinet professional look at it. I need a phone number please?

I understand caulk and paint. Thanks

Take the crown molding down, its upside down anyway. Order either a larger starter molding, baseboard, or 6"x96" fillers. Use the larger molding and create a reveal on top of the doors, then install new crown on top of it

Of course, you'll have to find someone that knows how, and cares about what they are doing.

The moldings aren’t upside down

"Take the crown molding down, its upside down anyway."

Looking at it now it certainly does appear to be upside down. The small "cove" is typically at the bottom from all I have ever seen.

Crown molding is always installed in the reverse way of base molding, profile down and convex side up unless it was requested otherwise.

Crown build-up stock should be mitered at the outer corners.

They toed-nailed crown build-up stock through the face frame of the cabinet which is a "hack job" (even fly-by-night-contractors know better not to do that) the person who did this is definitely never done this before.

The good thing is, it looks like everything was painted on site so with some tweaking and proper surface prep work using filler and calking you can still make it look decent...

I hope you didn't pay them too much and I wouldn't get the same people to fix it.

Good luck.

Yes, it does seem to be upside down. Did you request this?

There are a few ways to use crown molding in a kitchen.

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@Stephanie suggested: "You don't do anything. You demand the contractor come and resolve the issue."

This is how it was initially. I wanted it to go to the top of the ceiling like it was supposed to do. So I found someone that took it off and supposedly tried to do it right. How much would it cost to repair the correct way? Thanks everyone

You found someone (not associated with the original contractor) who did this to the crown molding? I’m not understanding this at all.

You can tell the original kitchen installation was done by a professional, everything is nice and clean...

I just cannot believe someone would come in knowing they don't know anything about

finish- carpentry and taking on the job and ruining a beautiful kitchen.

As the cost goes it's hard to tell, 1st of all not many pros want to own what someone already screwed up... plus you have to take everything off and since they nailed build-up stock through face frames (you already see the frame is cracked in the last picture) taking it off most likely it will cause a bit more damage here and there... Therefore you will need to re-order new materials,i.e new crown, and new build-up stock because when you start adjusting miters on the existing crown, etc the molding will be short.

If you want to save money and cover everything up and try to make it look OK...the only thing you can do is use fillers and caulk, and repaint everything, that you would need an experienced painter if you cannot DIY.

Just get a few estimates and make sure they know what they doing.

Good luck

Did your cabinets come with a color matched filler crayon? That could be used on nail holes and between wood seams then use caulk between crown and ceiling.

Our cabinet crown didn't reach the ceiling either so I put in bracing screwed into the cabinet face frame from behind and attached leftover matching veneer up to ceiling and then crown stood upright below to the bracing.

This is not the conventional way but we are happy with it and because we overlapped the veneer with the crown the seam had an intentional look without needing scribing skills I don't possess!

That crown molding was installed upside down both times.

I wish I had that advice from the beginning that’s the best idea yet