Furniture, Wood and Cabinetry Finishing - Installing Crown Molding on Cabinets

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jaspers95
09-12-08, 07:04 PM
I have crown molding that I plan to install on my almost full overlay face framed cabinets. There is about 3/8" reveal between top of cabinet door and top of cabinet face frame. That certainly doesn't seem like enough space to nail the crown to. Is the crown normally installed directly on the face frame of the cabinet?

I have not installed the wall cabinets yet, and I'm wondering if I need to put anything on the cabinets to install crown to. Should I put a 1x nailer on top of the face frame? If so, does this need to be put on before the cabinets are installed? The cabinets are only 36" tall so there is about 6" between top of cabinet and ceiling. Should the nailer be flush with the face frame? Or should I miter it 45 deg and overhang to follow the crown? Should the bottom of the crown overhang the face frame at all? Or just low enough to cover nailer?

Wirepuller38
09-13-08, 01:42 PM
Be sure to adjust the doors downward as much as possible to equalize the reveal at top and bottom.

I would install nailer blocks flush with front of face frame. Good luck with your project.