Studio Office Cabinet Progress – How To Make Faux Crown Molding That’s Very Easy To Cut And Install

Earlier than I get to that, let me again up and remind you the place I left off on this venture 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 the entire primary trim to the cupboards. At that time, they seemed like this…

And now that the ornamental trim has been added, the cupboards appear to be this…

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

So let me present you the way I created this easy-to-install fake crown molding that you just minimize and set up similar to baseboards. To be able 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 may discover. My House 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 seemed like…

I left it alone for some time for the glue to dry, after which I used to be prepared to chop my items. To be able to minimize, 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 (similar to I used to be chopping baseboards), and I all the time put a tiny mark to remind me which path my angle must be minimize.

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

After which I turned the minimize 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 provides you the look of fancy crown molding whereas taking the entire 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 inclined to seize the identical one again and again. And since I’ve already used that one on the paint swatch cupboard, I wished one thing completely different on this, however there wasn’t one I appreciated.

However most significantly, I used to be afraid that an precise, massive 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 will give me the look of crown molding, and provides me some sort of angle, with out it protruding too far. And this labored fantastically.

In my humble opinion, this seems each bit as incredible as a strong piece of enormous crown molding. And it was a lot simpler to chop and set up!

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

The part by the wall was the toughest as a result of I additionally needed to minimize the molding to suit beneath that angled ceiling. I used to be so pleased with how exactly I minimize 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 properly…

After which this backside trim on this part needed to wrap round this aspect additionally. This piece isn’t really hooked up but as a result of I observed 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 should be minimize shorter after the baseboard is hooked up.

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