I had read great reviews of it and considering my love of the Kreg Jig, I figured it was worth the $30 price tag to give it a go. We already had a saw and nail gun on hand, but we did purchase the Kreg Crown-Pro. We used a miter saw like this one and a nail gun (the ones photographed in this post are no longer available, so I’ve updated these link to our current favorites). You can do both of these steps by hand, but simple power tools make it MUCH faster. Like most molding or trim installation projects, you’ll want a way to cut your molding and tools for nailing it in. I bought the standard 3 5/8″ crown from Lowe’s because it appears to be what the previous owners installed in our other rooms (every room except for the guest bedroom, playroom, and Clara’s room have crown already – so we thought finishing off those spaces would make the whole house feel equally upgraded).Įach 8ft, pre-primed piece was about $9.50 so, including a couple of extras to cover my butt, my total material cost was $72 (I ended up getting to return some, but I’ll get to that soon enough).
#EYE CANDY 7 SPECIAL INSTALLATION CRACKED#
Purchase Your Crown Molding Ahead Of Timeįirst, I purchased my materials and let them sit in our house for a week so the wood could acclimate to our home (the key is letting it expand or contract based on your home’s humidity before it’s on the wall, since if you nail it in and then it contracts or expands on the wall you’re left with cracked or bowed molding).
#EYE CANDY 7 SPECIAL INSTALLATION INSTALL#
So in the video below you can see each step in detail as we install crown molding in her big girl room. The photos in this post will show you how we installed crown in our daughter’s nursery, but it was so easy that we decided to do all of the other bedrooms too. So let me back up, tell you how I did it, and explain why crown molding went from one of my most dreaded projects to one I’ll surely be doing again. But I’m glad I didn’t because this time it went much more smoothly and the results are well worth the effort. It still turned out just fine, but a combination of factors (being tired from book shoots, being short on materials, it being my first time, etc, etc) nearly made me swear off installing crown molding ever again. My last attempt at installing crown was a bit of a rough ride. *pats self on back* And it was surprisingly cheap to pull off (less than $100!) and easy to execute (once I had the right tools). We installed crown molding in our daughter’s bedroom and I’m feeling quite proud.