Adding Crown Molding to Coved Ceilings

I'm so excited to share this next project with you all! And this is one item on our to-do list that we've been so anxious to scratch off. I feel like I say that for every project. But it's true. We have a very long list of to-do's around here.

Today, I'm talking specifically about crown molding. Our home had no crown when we moved in. Which wasn't common in 1950 ranches, so this doesn't come as a surprise. We love the feel crown molding adds to a room so we plan to install it throughout the house (with the exception of our family room - where we have a vaulted ceiling, and the master bathroom - which has cedar trim instead).

Here's where we are at on our "Crown Molding Install List"

• Kitchen - done
• Guest Bedroom - done
• Nursery - done (we'll share the updates soon!)
• Master Bedroom - done (we'll share more updates soon!)
• Guest Bathroom
• Sunroom
• Sitting Room - keep reading!
• Dining Room
• Foyer

Crown molding is a challenge in itself. In fact, this is one project I'm very happy to hand off to our contractor friend. I've installed crown (the fancy crown) a total of 1 time... and it was the longest installation in the history of crown installations.

Our current home has 3 rooms with coved ceilings. Which are so lovely! But, I wanted to try something different to class these rooms up a bit. See, we've been in the process of adding crown molding to each room in our house and I didn't want the dining room, sitting room, and foyer to feel left out just because they had a fabulous cove. We decided that there was no reason we couldn't use the same crown molding we've been using... and you know what? We love it!

 

Crown molding adds so much detail to a room, and I think it really adds quite a bit of modern class to that classic cove.

 

Installing crown molding can be a little tricky, especially when you don't have a wall AND a ceiling to nail it to. So we added a support brace first to give us more surface area to nail the crown into.

 

 

Like so.

 



The Christmas tree and stockings have since been removed... this just shows how long ago I wrote this post!

 

 

What do you think? Would you add crown molding to a coved ceiling?

 

My little pillow squasher wasn't willing to move for a photo shoot. So welcome to real life in our house. Where the dogs rule the roost and all pillows serve as secondary beds.