I ended up having it crowned when the rest of the room was getting crown molding.
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.
Install a 1 16 inch diameter drill bit into a power.
Paint and finish your fireplace molding with whatever color or theme you want.
You still might want to make sure it s not a fire hazard.
Attach the edge molding to the inner portion of the molding right by the fireplace opening.
Use the caulk gun to fill in the gaps and put some putty over the screw heads.
I didn t at first and still really loved how it looked even without the crown molding.
You can cut the stone with a really big diamond bladed saw maybe.
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 run it a couple inches off the ceiling your recessed lights will leave a shadow at the top of the fireplace.
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.
This should provide a finishing touch that covers the space between the molding and the wall.
Any ideas or expert opinions on how to do this would be most welcome.
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.