Easy Crown-look Molding

[Old Guy]

My wife wanted me to put up crown molding in a bathroom she was remodeling.  Here's what she said to do (and I did it)

buy some window/door molding and some vinyl cove molding.

Cut window molding to length mitering the corners and nail flat to the ceiling.

Do the same with the cove molding.

 

See the results in the attached photos.

 

[Tortuga]

Nice. I did something similar to that when I put in crown molding in my house. I used a wood base board that had a decorative edge and I attached it to the walls upside down. That made it much easier to install the crown molding. 

[Old Guy]

Looks like you have high ceilings.  I live in an older mobile home and have restricted height but I think a smaller baseboard would have worked in my case.

What other ingenious cost saving things have you done? 

[Tortuga]

We have standard 8ft ceilings but using the baseboard added a different look to the crown molding. I used a smaller baseboard and crown molding in my bathroom. 

[Tortuga]

I'm in the process of repainting the bathroom.