Install a 1 16 inch diameter drill bit into a power.
Crown molding over stone fireplace.
Place the molding into position on the front of the fireplace hearth aligning the center of the molding with the edge of the hardwood floor.
If you run it a couple inches off the ceiling your recessed lights will leave a shadow at the top of the fireplace.
Use a hammer and drive in some nails into the edge molding.
Paint and finish your fireplace molding with whatever color or theme you want.
You can cut the stone with a really big diamond bladed saw maybe.
An optional 6th step is to add crown molding to the top of the woodwork to the 1 4 on the very top.
He has installed crown molding before and owns his own power miter box but he is unsure about applying the crown to our stone fireplace as it has many irregularities in each stone and there would be gaps between the stone and crown.
Personally i d stop the crown molding at each end of the fireplace with some compound miter end caps unless you re really good with a coping saw.
If you can see the gaps under fill with white caulk.
Cut back a couple of inches on the molding to the stone then use corner crown to the front of the stone with one piece connecting the corners in the front.
I ended up having it crowned when the rest of the room was getting crown molding.
This should provide a finishing touch that covers the space between the molding and the wall.
Use the caulk gun to fill in the gaps and put some putty over the screw heads.
You still might want to make sure it s not a fire hazard.