Kitchen Makeover
This "Work In Progress" photo shows the right bank of cabinets with the new crown molding. A standard application of crown molding would not work on the straight wall cabinets, because its outward projection would interfere with the opening of the upper corner doors. The homeowners preferred the contours of a small crown molding over the contours of any of the flat or chair rail moldings that were presented, so I rabbeted the bottom edges of the crown molding so that it could be installed vertically and cap slightly over the top edge of the cabinets to provide a clean, consistent appearance. Installation was reinforced with gussets behind the molding that were attached to the cabinets.