Use the caulk gun to fill in the gaps and put some putty over the screw heads.
Crown molding over stone fireplace.
I didn t at first and still really loved how it looked even without the crown molding.
If you can see the gaps under fill with white caulk.
I ended up having it crowned when the rest of the room was getting crown molding.
Personally i d stop the crown molding at each end of the fireplace with some compound miter end caps unless you re really good with a coping saw.
Any ideas or expert opinions on how to do this would be most welcome.
You still might want to make sure it s not a fire hazard.
Place the molding into position on the front of the fireplace hearth aligning the center of the molding with the edge of the hardwood floor.
If you run it a couple inches off the ceiling your recessed lights will leave a shadow at the top of the fireplace.
Paint and finish your fireplace molding with whatever color or theme you want.
He has installed crown molding before and owns his own power miter box but he is unsure about applying the crown to our stone fireplace as it has many irregularities in each stone and there would be gaps between the stone and crown.
Use a hammer and drive in some nails into the edge molding.
An optional 6th step is to add crown molding to the top of the woodwork to the 1 4 on the very top.
This should provide a finishing touch that covers the space between the molding and the wall.
Install a 1 16 inch diameter drill bit into a power.