Crown Molding Rope Lighting Installation

Once i decided to install crown molding with rope lighting i measured the room and went to the store to buy rope lighting.

Crown molding rope lighting installation.

This is part 3 of my daughter s pole barn art studio. Follow along to learn how to install lighted crown moulding to your rooms. This time we installed crown molding and dropped in led ropes to create accent lighting for our living dining and kitchen. Proceed with the installation of the crown molding butting its backside against the strip and nailing it in place.

Our cove is built from crown molding and set 2 in. Add accent lighting to your home with our diy crown moulding lighting ideas. I took the easy road and bought rope lighting at a factory determined length with a wall plug. I think i spent 40 00 on the lights.

An appropriate length of led rope light or strip light tape light equivalent to the length of your molding. Down from the ceiling. Standard 52 crown molding is used in this project. Design fabricate and install low cost led indirect lighting behind crown molding.

Our cove lighting design. An appropriately rated receptacle i e. How to build the molding. More work on our home.

Hold the coped piece against the piece butted against the wall and run a pencil along the back side of the coped molding to mark a cutline. We installed the crown on top of a baseboard to create a wider space for the light and tacked a small cove molding onto the bottom of the base to finish it figure a we fastened a led light strip to the wall so the lights would rake across the ceiling and in order to maximize the light we. The crown is installed in reverse so the thicker ceiling edge can hold the weight of the floating molding. To provide sufficient space behind and conceal the lights a 1x2 board is added to the back and the crown is hung upside down.

Orac decor c380 high density polyurethane crown moulding primed white 2 1 2in face x 78in long for indirect lighting and hiding wires cornice molding 4 4 out of 5 stars 14 29 99 29. Coped corners require a special technique so that the rope lighting can make the turn.