Installing Crown Molding

What You Need

Materials

Learning how to install crown molding is as simple as following these steps. First, choose and collect your supplies.

• Crown molding
• Paint or sealer, stain, and varnish
• Finishing nails
• Extra blocks for practice cuts
• Caulk

Tools

Here are the tools you'll need for preparing and installing crown molding. If some are too pricey to buy, pick them up as needed at a rental center.

• Tape measure
• Paintbrushes
• Stud finder
• Pencil
• Miter box and saw
• Coping saw with spare blades
• Small flat and round files
• Fine-grit sandpaper
• Hammer
• Nail set
• Pneumatic finish nailer with air compressor (optional, but helpful substitute for a hammer and nail set)
• Drill
• Putty knife
• Caulking gun (for painted moldings only)