Nothing at all wrong with the “modern” way in a fairly recent issue, but here’s some of the real stuff. Only concession is MDF for the panels as everything will be painted. For a dining room in a long-standing renovation. It’s lying on the floor–casing at left is unstripped. Hard to see the shadows, but in casing stands above the wainscott. The “cap” is two piece–first piece flush with casing and the second “returns” onto the casing.
The pattern in the top rail is called guilloche and it’s in true bas relief. LOTS of work to make about 40′.
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what the different bewteen wainscot and B board
Edited 4/24/2006 8:42 pm by brownbagg
Traditional wainscotting is frame-and-panel construction that's usually shop-built in sections. Beadboard and similar are usually just applied on a wall and built on site.
Looks nice. I do the same thing for my wainscoting except for your top detail.
Good job.