"Our cabinets are too high and the crown won't fit!" I fix that.

A talented DIY’er called me this spring after having installed their new kitchen cabinets. They did a fantastic job, but the planner dropped the ball! The refrigerator cabinet and pantry cabinets set the height of all the upper cabinets and they were too tall to allow for the crown moulding and refrigerator. This left an unsightly 2-3” gap between the top cabinets and ceiling. To make matters worse, this was right at the beginning of COVID-19 quarantine and ordering a new shipment from China just wasn’t a realistic option.

So what’s the fix? Other contractors looked at the job and wanted to lower all the cabinets, and replace the refrigerator cabinet and pantry cabinets. That would have meant several thousand dollars, a lot of disruption, weeks to months wait time, and living in a construction zone while they waited for the replacements to come. I had a better idea: custom trim. I have a sneaking suspicion that any of life’s problems can be fixed with custom trim, and this was no exception.

First, i scribe fit flat pine panels between the top of the cabinets and the ceiling. This took some doing since the ceiling was out of level 1” from on side to the other with a few humps to keep things exciting. Next, I designed a custom profile that would be attached directly to the ceiling rather than the tops of the cabinets. This created the appearance of a crown moulding and finished out the transition beautifully.

But, remember, quarantine? I had to limit on-site time as much as possible, but I used those scribed pine pieces like a template and carefully pre-assembled all the miters in my shop. Then, I brought the assembled trim pieces to my finisher and he sprayed everything after assembly and mixed me up some color-matched caulk so that it was really just a matter of nailing and gluing the trim in place and caulking the seams and nail holes. It went off without a hitch and I think the results speak for themselves!

So when I saw we solve carpentry problems, this is just one of hundreds of examples that we’ve solved over the years and an example of why your search for the best finish carpentry company in the greater Denver area is over.