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Beadboard and wainscoting add character-rich architectural details to interiors. Here’s what they are and how you can use them to amp up your style at home.
The term wainscot (UK: / ˈ w eɪ n s k ə t / WAYN-skət or US: / ˈ w eɪ n s k ɒ t / WAYN-skot) originally applied to high quality riven oak boards. Wainscot oak came from large, slow-grown forest trees, and produced boards that were knot-free, low in tannin , light in weight, and easy to work with.
Wainscoting pairs beautifully with patterned wallpaper, a monochromic color scheme (hint: paint walls, trim and wainscoting the same hue) and neutral paint colors. While the general rule is to ...
A water table is a projection of lower masonry on the outside of a wall, slightly above the ground, or at the top of a wainscot section of a wall (in this case also known as a sill). It is both a functional and architectural feature that consists of a projection that deflects water running down the face of a building away from lower courses or ...
Parts of a five-piece frame and panel door. Frame and panel construction, also called rail and stile, is a woodworking technique often used in the making of coffered doors, ceilings, wainscoting, and decorative panels for cabinets, furniture, and home interiors.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Beadboard may refer to: A rigid panel made from ...
Shiplap is either rough-sawn 25 mm (1 in) or milled 19 mm (3 ⁄ 4 in) pine or similarly inexpensive wood between 76 and 254 mm (3 and 10 in) wide with a 9.5–12.7 mm (3 ⁄ 8 – 1 ⁄ 2 in) rabbet on opposite sides of each edge. [1]
A dado rail, also known as a chair rail or surbase, [1] is a type of moulding fixed horizontally to the wall around the perimeter of a room. The dado rail is traditionally part of the dado or wainscot and, although the purpose of the dado is mainly aesthetic, the dado rail may provide the wall with protection from furniture and other contact.