How To Put Crown Molding Around Kitchen Cabinets

How to install crown molding on kitchen cabinets use a straight edge to mark where the bottom of the crown moulding will sit on the cabinet face frame.

How to put crown molding around kitchen cabinets. Mark all sides of the cabinet onto which you will be attaching crown moulding. Dave also shows the best tools to use. House flipping brothers dave and rich show how to install kitchen cabinet crown molding and trim with tips. Crown molding that sits atop kitchen cabinets gives them a solid finished look.

Dry fit the crown molding by holding the front piece and a side piece against the front and side of the baseboard image 1. Dave shows every step for installing crown molding on a cabinet with straight cuts. Then total the two figures. Cut strips of straight 3 4 in x 1 1 2 in wood to fit the front and sides of each cabinet.

You may need to cut an inside corner if your cabinets wrap around an inside corner of your walls. This corner is cut in the same manner as it would be for crown molding on your ceilings. Watch this video and even your first crown molding installation will look neat and professional. Cut any inside corners in the molding.

One piece should be cut into a butt joint. 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. Provide a nailing surface for crown moulding by attaching solid wood mounting strips to the top edges of the cabinets. Both measurements are necessary because the crown molding will wrap around the cabinets.

Using a nail gun nail the crown to the baseboard. For example for a standard 36 inch wide wall cabinet with a depth of 12 inches the total figure would be 60 inches. This video covers all aspects of cabinet molding installation including side molding toe kick and crown molding. This video teaches you how to install crown molding on cabinets with clever tricks and tips it would take you years to learn on your own.

Make sure the pieces are together and in place snugly. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva installs crown molding on kitchen cabinets with full overlay doors subscribe to this old house.