In homes with exceptionally high ceilings crown molding along the top of your cabinets creates a decorative lip and frame.
Should kitchen crown molding match cabinets. Standard cabinets can also allow for indirect uplighting through light fixtures mounted on the tops of the cabinets. I feel it gives a more uniform look. 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. Learn how to install crown molding on your kitchen cabinets.
Learn how to add crown molding to kitchen cabinets to close that awkward gap. This may mean blocking down the uppers a couple inches and using a wider crown than a lot of cabinets get and finishing to match. Fill in all the nail holes with wood putty. Skip to primary navigation.
For any cabinets with an inside corner cut the miters with the opposite 45 degree angle so that the miter angles on the crown molding cuts into itself. You can even set knick knacks on top of the cabinets behind the crown molding frame. This capability is lost when you run the cabinets fully to the ceiling. We recently painted this entire kitchen as part of an extensive remodel and i wanted to show it to.
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. Even if the crown molding does not touch the ceiling it still provides a finished polished appearance to the cabinets. I hate to say it but it looks like your kitchen was designed by amateurs. Be advised however that a fairly extensive set of tools is necessary for this project.
But if we re painting kitchen cabinets in a new color homeowners often ask us whether their crown molding should be painted to match. How to install crown molding on kitchen cabinets crown moldings will add a degree of elegance to kitchen cabinets and can be accomplished with intermediate carpentry skills. When doing step up cabinetry the cabinet depth should be increased from 12 to 15 so the crown molding on lower cabinets will die into the upper. Cabinet and millwork installation forum from contributor r.
You do need to be careful not to create a cluttered mismatched or half finished look especially where baseboards and crown molding meet cabinets and in transitional areas where you can see cabinets from more than one room. You just have to look at the picture and position the jig on your saw accordingly. The jig itself has a nice visual guide to help when cutting. The best look i find is to run the crown continuous around the kitchen.
You make a few adjustments on the jig to match your specific crown molding and then you are set.