Wainscoting

Step-By-Step Guide to Installing Wainscoting

This Old House — Lay out the panels and stiles from the kit, starting at the room center, to establish the final sequence and determine if you have to move any electrical outlets. Use a power sprayer to expedite the task of painting all the wainscoting parts. A ...More…

How to Install Beadboard Wainscoting: Overview

This Old House — There are hundreds of cuts to make and boards to join together, but the work is pleasant and it moves along relatively quickly. Wainscoting has protected walls since the 1600s, when it consisted of wood panels framed by stiles and rails. With the ...More…

Sisal Wainscoting

DIYnet — DIY Decorating & Design host Nancy Golden tops off wainscoting made of sisal rugs with a chair rail of cap molding. A sisal wainscoting is a perfect finishing touch for a rustic home's dining room or sitting room. DIY Decorating & Design host ...More…

Tongue-and-Groove Wainscoting

DIYnet — Warm up a wall in a weekend with a wainscoting made of tongue-and-groove paneling. Warm up a room with easy-to-install tongue-and-groove wainscoting topped by chair-rail molding. Beverly DeJulio, host of HGTV's Homewise, gives tips for installing ...More…

Wood-Panel Wainscoting

DIYnet — If you'd like to protect the lower section of your wall, or if you simply want a different look, you might consider installing tongue-in-groove wood-panel wainscoting ( Begin the project by cutting the panels to size. Store them in the room where ...More…

New England Classic wainscoting

DIYnet — Begin by installing the baseboard, which is the most critical piece for ensuring that all of the other pieces line up properly. Use a level to make certain that the baseboard is installed perfectly level and parallel to the floor ( Once you've ...More…

How to Install Wall Frames: Overview

This Old House — Calculating the frames' sizes may be a head-scratcher at first, but building them is simple. We'll let you in on a little secret: A lot of the fancy woodwork you see inside old houses is nothing more than deft layering, bits of simple molding ...More…

How to Install a Beadboard Porch Ceiling: Overview

This Old House — Standing on a step-ladder with your head cocked sideways and working overhead will leave you sore the next morning, but technically, this is of moderate difficulty. Picture a warm spring afternoon-you, on the front porch glider, lemonade in hand, ...More…

Windows and doors

This Old House — The shape launched a design motif that was integrated into nearly every room, even the entryway, which has an archedtop Dutch door. Pinecraft interior shutters provide privacy while allowing light to filter in. When the homeowners saw an arched ...More…

Installing & Painting Wood Beadboard

This Old House — If you're a traditionalist who only wants to use beadboard made from strips milled out of wood, keep these precautions in mind: 1. Do the work in spring or fall, if possible. Wood trim is best installed before moist summer air makes it swell or ...More…

Pressed-Tin Wall

DIYnet — Pressed tin, topped with a chair rail, makes a great old-fashioned-looking wainscoting. Leave it as is or paint it, making sure to use oil-based paint so the tin won't rust. Pressed tin is usually applied to ceilings, but it can be applied to ...More…

Large miter saw

DIYnet — Wainscoting is a lower-wall treatment that gives an upscale, formal look to a room. Wainscoting consists of three components: chair-rail molding, base molding and a series of design pieces in between, usually stock molding cut to resemble picture ...More…

Wainscoting

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