I have wainscoting (beaded board) in my kitchen and back entry. It's very inexpensive. Mine goes to chair-rail height, but I've seen it installed where it goes very high (leaving only about a foot of wall at the top) as well as all the way to the ceiling. Sorry I can't comment on the textured walls except that the wainscoting would cover it.

Karezz, what a pretty room!

We also put beadboard wainscoting into our kitchen. Very inexpensive, and it looks great once it's painted.

We have nice chairrail and baseboard in the dining room, and we will be adding trim and paint to make some faux wainscoting. This is, I think, the next lil project on DH's list.

I have a few different kinds but they do sell a cheaper version just likepaneling.It comes in sheets.Mine are all single boards mine are vertical ,and hoorizontal.I have one various widths going horizontal and some beaded vertical.

Wainscoting IS paneling. In other words it is wood applied to the lower part of the wall over sheetrock. Beadboard is the cheapest way to go. You wouldn't need to remove any texture you have on the walls now. You could just put up chairrail and paint two different colors. Here is mine in the kitchen. Sorry about the pumpkin, it's the only pic I have.

We have beadboard about 2/3 of the way up on our kitchen walls - just the top third had to be sanded down. We really love the look of beadboard and will be putting it in our bathroom and guest bedroom when we remodel them this winter.

Karezz, I'm so glad you posted those pictures because I've been meaning to ask you about your valances -- did you sew them and if yes, they're not just a straight strip, are they? Did you use a pattern? They look wonderful. The piping gives them such a nice finished touch.

I love beadboard and you make such charming use of it here. How did you do the antiquing look?

That room is like a big warm welcoming hug -- just beautifully done. You should be so proud of yourself! I'll bet your guests get real relaxed and chatty in there, don't they?

Send more pictures, please! I'd love to see what you did with the rest of your house, you clever one, you. :-)

Mclarke and Bulldinkie, can you post pictures? I'd love to see what you've done. Mclarke, I'm eager to see what you'll do in your dining room. Can you tell us more about how you're going to do it?

You're quite right; I was redundant in my title, wasn't I? I did something similar to beadboard panelling in my last house. The tricky part was cutting out for the electrical outlets. I was so scared I'd measure it wrong. Then they stuck out farther from the wall, of course, and I had to hunt for the right longer screws.

I'm glad you posted the picture, thanks, and that is just elegant. That is the type of treatment I would like to do in my LR and DR and up the staircase at the entry. I figured the staircase would be really hard as I don't know what angles to cut for the trim. Now this is what I was wondering if it could be faked by sanding the wall flat, then putting on the chair rail and the other trim. How was yours done? Is there a flat sheet attached to the lower wall first, then the trim added? Did you do it yourself? Any tips?

That's beautiful. I love wall sconces too, especially on a dimmer switch. Is that pic in your kitchen? I really like the look of beadboard going 2/3 of the way up, especially in bathrooms. I'd like to do that in my hall bath.