Crown Molding Rope Light

Coped corners require a special technique so that the rope lighting can make the turn.

Crown molding rope light.

Rope lights are an excellent choice for crown molding lighting in rooms where you desire a soft gentle glow of accent lighting such as home theaters and media rooms. Add accent lighting to your home with our diy crown moulding lighting ideas. More work on our home. This time we installed crown molding and dropped in led ropes to create accent lighting for our living dining and kitchen.

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. How to build the molding. Hitlights ul listed cool white high output 2835 led light strip 5000k 180 leds 10 feet 12v dc 1100lumens m 3 watts foot kitchens cabinets displays crown molding more 3 9 out of 5 stars 7. Our cove is built from crown molding and set 2 in.

Proceed with the installation of the crown molding butting its backside against the strip and nailing it in place. 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. To provide sufficient space behind and conceal the lights a 1x2 board is added to the back and the crown is hung upside down. 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.

With the crown molding close to the ceiling the light from the rope light bounces off the wall and spreads onto the ceiling a short ways. Our cove lighting design. Standard 52 crown molding is used in this project.