[korr44]

Hi.
We have cased out the opening to our kitchen (to the left in the first photo) with a decorative header, and want to duplicate the look on two other nearby openings on either side of a stone fireplace. Unfortunately, the profile of the crown is more substantial than the stone, so we are faced with having to do returns (pictured) or some other solution (blocks?) to terminate at the stone. The upper crown at the ceiling is older and no longer available, so continuing across the stone unfortunately doesn't seem to be an option. We're not thrilled with the look of the hanging returns here. Please pay no attention to the left side of the header...I left it long while we experiment. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks.
Kevin

 

[korr44]

Thanks very much, everyone. These are extremely useful suggestions. I neglected to mention in my post...I DO intend to case out the left side of the opening (and right side of the opening on the opposite side of the fireplace) to match the kitchen opening. Since my post, I may have found a matching crown for the top, in which case I'm thinking I'll just carry it across the stone. I would terminate the header into the stone, as Tim suggests. Thanks, again.