Studio Workplace Cupboard Progress – How To Make Fake Crown Molding That is Very Straightforward To Reduce And Set up

Earlier than I get to that, let me again up and remind you the place I left off on this mission final week. The final I confirmed you, I had constructed the cubby bridge connecting the 2 tall cupboards (that are IKEA Sektion cupboards that I’m engaged on customizing), after which I had added all the fundamental trim to the cupboards. At that time, they appeared like this…

And now that the ornamental trim has been added, the cupboards seem like this…

Did you be aware of that faux crown molding? Would you may have ever recognized that I cheated that look with a a lot simpler course of had I not pointed it out?

So let me present you ways I created this easy-to-install fake crown molding that you simply reduce and set up identical to baseboards. In an effort to create that look, I used a very fairly case molding (case molding is used to trim doorways and home windows) and the tiniest (however not the plainest) crown molding I might discover. My Dwelling Depot had two tiny crown moldings. One was very plain and one was not. I selected the one which was not.

What I did is I used wooden glue and 5/8-inch 18-gauge brad nails in my nail gun to connect the tiny crown molding to the slender flat space on the sting of the case molding.

With these two items hooked up to one another, right here’s what that profile appeared like…

I left it alone for some time for the glue to dry, after which I used to be prepared to chop my items. In an effort to reduce, I merely turned the trim the other way up, in order that the tiny crown molding was on the backside, and I made certain that the case molding was pushed flat towards the fence on my miter noticed.

I marked the place I wanted to chop (identical to I used to be chopping baseboards), and I all the time put a tiny mark to remind me which route my angle must be reduce.

And with that case molding sitting flat towards the fence, I reduce on the mark.

After which I turned the reduce piece over, with the tiny crown molding on the high, and hooked up it to the cupboard utilizing 1.5-inch 16-gauge nails.

I imply, y’all! This might not have been simpler. This offers you the look of fancy crown molding whereas taking all the guesswork and frustration out of chopping actual crown molding.

There are two causes. First, there actually aren’t many crown moldings that I like. I are likely to seize the identical one over and over. And since I’ve already used that one on the paint swatch cabinet, I wished one thing totally different on this, however there wasn’t one I preferred.

However most significantly, I used to be afraid that an precise, giant piece of crown molding would stick out too far, inflicting the returns on the crown molding on these outdoors sections to increase previous the aspect trim of the cubby bridge an excessive amount of. So I wanted a design that may give me the look of crown molding, and provides me some type of angle, with out it protruding too far. And this labored superbly.

In my humble opinion, this appears to be like each bit as improbable as a stable piece of huge crown molding. And it was a lot simpler to chop and set up!

As soon as I used to be certain that my thought would work, I proceeded to do the fake crown molding on the cubby bridge in the very same method…

The part by the wall was the toughest as a result of I additionally needed to reduce the molding to suit beneath that angled ceiling. I used to be so happy with how exactly I reduce that angle! 😀

I simply love how this turned out. And I can’t wait to get all of it painted!

I used the identical case molding and the identical course of on the underside trim, besides as a substitute of utilizing a tiny crown molding, I hooked up quarter spherical to the molding earlier than chopping it.

I solely wrapped the underside trim across the two outdoors sections of cupboards, and I left the toekick plain to match the toekick on the mural wall cupboards. I didn’t use quarter spherical or something on the toekick space.

So on this part, I put the trim on the entrance, after which wrapped it round on that 3.5-inch return, after which stopped.

After which I repeated that on this part as nicely…

After which this backside trim on this part needed to wrap round this aspect additionally. This piece isn’t truly hooked up but as a result of I seen on the final minute that I can’t connect that till the baseboard on that part is on. However I can’t connect the baseboard till that door is trimmed out. 😀 So for now, that piece is simply sitting there, and it’ll must be reduce shorter after the baseboard is hooked up.

In order that’s it with the trim! This entire cupboard unit is now all trimmed out and prepared for wooden filler, sanding, caulk, primer, and paint. I’ve nonetheless received a technique to go, however I really feel just like the onerous half is finished!