Rope Lights Install Crown Molding

A string of small lights like the rope lights pictured here can be placed behind a strip of crown molding to add instant warmth to any room.

Rope lights install crown molding.

Our cove is built from crown molding and set 2 in. Incandescent rope lights with the room lights off. Coped corners require a special technique so that the rope lighting can make the turn. The lights in this project are plugged into an electrical receptacle located behind the crown molding.

No brackets clips fasteners or connectors are needed. Follow along to learn how to install lighted crown moulding to your rooms. 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.

Creative crown foam crown moldings shown with incandescent and led lighting sources. Once i decided to install crown molding with rope lighting i measured the room and went to the store to buy rope lighting. Our foam crown moldings just install to the wall with painters caulk in minutes. Down from the ceiling.

I think i spent 40 00 on the lights. Proceed with the installation of the crown molding butting its backside against the strip and nailing it in place. So if you install a linear led product such as tape light hybrid light rope light or light bars that emits 80 lumens per foot and the overall linear run length of the crown molding around your room is 50 feet that means the cove lighting will be giving off 4 000 lumens in total. 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.