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Do you have a room in your home that's decorated beautifully but something just seems to be missing? The furniture is in place, as are lots of lovely accessories, but the room just doesn't have the feel you had hoped it would.
Sometimes it's hard to put it into words, but you know when a room just doesn't feel finished, and another pillow or lamp is not what it needs. Perhaps you'd like the room to feel more substantial, more solid—to have more of a presence in your home.
Consider adding wainscoting. It can quickly transform a ho-hum room into a space that feels beautifully complete.
Sometimes it's hard to put it into words, but you know when a room just doesn't feel finished, and another pillow or lamp is not what it needs. Perhaps you'd like the room to feel more substantial, more solid—to have more of a presence in your home.
Consider adding wainscoting. It can quickly transform a ho-hum room into a space that feels beautifully complete.
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| Wainscoting is paneling, traditionally made of wood, applied to walls. Normally it is applied to the lower section of a wall as you see in this room. To achieve this look, vertical and horizontal sections of wood have been placed over flat wood panels. The paneling in this room creates a beautiful foil for the mural above. |
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| Wainscoting looks just as great in the formal areas of our home as it does in a study or a more casual setting. It can stop at chair rail height or run higher as shown here. |
| In this formal dining room, picture molding has been added giving it a completely different look from the dining room above. |
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Here's yet another totally different design from the dining rooms above. Instead of picture molding, vertical stiles have been added along with a wide wainscot cap/ledge. Very pretty!
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Here's another simple design created by adding vertical stiles or slats of wood every 16 inches.
Imagine how different this room would feel if the walls were just painted sheetrock.
Wainscoting, whether it's installed part way up a wall or all the way to the ceiling, gives a room a presence it wouldn't otherwise have.
Wainscoting, whether it's installed part way up a wall or all the way to the ceiling, gives a room a presence it wouldn't otherwise have.
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Wainscoting is great looking in hallways. It's also a lot easier to clean than traditional sheetrock walls.
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You see a good bit of wainscoting used on stairways. Makes a lot of sense when you consider how durable it is and how much it can add to an otherwise pretty ho-hum area.
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A raised panel was used in the design of the wainscoting on this stairway. Very elegant.
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This wainscoting is composed of a top rail, bottom rails, vertical stiles and a chair rail or wainscot cap placed at the top. Take a look at the next picture to see this effect repeated for another level.
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There are soooo many choices when designing how you want your wainscoting installed. You can go as simple or as elaborate and detailed as your heart desires. Either way, the look is classic and eternally gorgeous!
Bathrooms have traditionally been a popular room for wainscoting. Sometimes, it can be tricky telling if a wall has actual wainscoting or not. You can also get the look by adding picture molding to the wall, along with a chair rail. Then paint the lower half of the wall and molding all one color.
| Because wainscoting, especially beadboard, is so popular in bathrooms, manufacturers have come out with wainscoting made from PVC or engineered wood. It holds up beautifully in areas of high humidity. And when painted, it looks like real wood paneling. |
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I love white beadboard in a bathroom when it's paired with beautiful blue walls. It looks clean and fresh!
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Just because it's in the bathroom, don't think you have to go with beadboard. This wainscoting design beautifully complements the cabinetry chosen for this bath.
Do you have any areas in your home that could benefit from some beautiful wainscoting?
Do you have any areas in your home that could benefit from some beautiful wainscoting?
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Mary, thanks! I so agree!
Adele...that sound beautiful! You guys are making me want to go add some to my home right now!
As to using it in a semi-contemporary home...I say why not? Especially the wider planked kind...I think it would be fine. Go with what you love...I don't think you'll ever regret it!
Craftmark...wonderful examples! I wanted to include stained wainscoting in this Ideabook but just didn't get a chance. Maybe I'll do a separate Ideabook showing just stained wainscoting. Thanks for sharing those pics!
Jain...I'll have to check on that and see what I can find.
Laurel...that is really pretty...looks great with the mural.