For many bungalow house plan homeowners, they enjoy the look of crown molding, but just aren’t sure how to go about installing it by themselves, and don’t want to pay someone to come do it for them. If you are interested in adding crown molding to add some elegance to your home, you can do it if you take your time and think about what you need to do before the next step.
The thing that makes installing crown molding so complicated is that the wood sits at an angle between the wall and the ceiling. Installing the molding along the wall is the easy part. Simply make sure you have the bottom edge of the molding lined up straight as you go. To make the cuts for the corners you can use either a coping saw or a miter saw, depending on which one you are more comfortable with.
To get started, measure the length of the wall of your bungalow home plans. We will work with a short wall to keep things simple. Once you have your measurement, cut your wood to length in a straight line at a 90 degree angle. The wood will look like it could just squeeze into the length of the wall and stay. Now you need to move your miter saw to a 45 degree angle to make the corner cut. You will also need to think hard about the next step. The way this cut works is that the molding is upside down. You will need to imagine that the saw that your wood is resting on is the ceiling. There are two different cuts for two different corners. For an inside corner, the bottom of the molding should end up being longer than the top part of the molding. The opposite goes for when the corner is an outside corner. Once you are sure about the cut orientation, make your cut at a perfect 45 degree angle.
With your wood cut at the proper length and angle, it is now time to nail it to the wall using a finishing nail gun. Finish off the look by adding caulking on the top and bottom to seal up any visible gaps. Once you get going you will find that makes more sense the more cuts you do. You might even feel extra ambitious and decide to install crown molding for your vacation house plans!
