DAMN YOU, FLARED CHIMNEY!!!

Here's how it looked after the first round of Crown Molding.

Here is what we ended up with after our fix today.

I can live with this. It is by no means perfect. It's not even in the same dictionary as "perfect". But we can make this work and look good.

We have closed up the gap by adding an extra piece of molding  below the crown. It allowed us to hide the imperfections and it adds a bit more substance to the overall look of the crown.

The corners are a bit rough but even here in the after picture, you can see it looks much better.

All in all, we are pleased! The crown molding portion of the living room is almost complete and now it is time to move on the the wood.....and the radiator.....and the wall papering.....and the chair rail.....check back in August.