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Fabulous New Wainscoting Design

Written by Cassity

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Submitted By: This Home Of Ours

 

New style Wainscoting Tutorial

This is our bedroom (before). We changed out the chandelier when we moved in but we love the painted ceiling and the wall color. But now we want some wall molding done in this area.  A fabulous new wainscoting design!

Fabulous New Wainscoting Design (1)

We picked a pattern to try using 4ft long by 1.5 inch wide wood. It is in the molding area at Home Depot. We cut the wood into 7, 10, and 13 inch pieces.

Here is the design we wanted. So we could make adjustment we stared in the center of the wall and us one headless nail to nail in each piece of wood. It was easy to pull off and try again if we were off measuring wise.

Fabulous New Wainscoting Design (2)

In this picture you can see how it is a square box of 10wide 13 tall with 7 inch pieces on all sides.

Fabulous New Wainscoting Design (3)

Then we added just a flat 3.5 wide 4 ft long pieces of wood also in the molding department. After everything is in place then take a nail gun and nail all the wood to the wall.

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Then really months later we got around to painting it. One coat of primer and 3 coats of white paint. Then we realized that we still have to caulk every single bit of wood on the wall. We were hoping the paint would cover a lot of the spaces between the wall and the wood but No. So with the painting and caulking it took 6 hours.

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Then I repainted the top part of the area the same color it was but just a fresh coat.

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Wood $90
paint and supplies $70

Before

Fabulous New Wainscoting Design (18)
AFTER

Fabulous New Wainscoting Design (19)

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Published: November 15, 2011Filed Under: Guest Bloggers Tagged: Black, Board and Batten, paint, Red, Tutorials, Wainscoting, Wall Finishes, White

About Cassity

Cassity started Remodelaholic with her husband, Justin, to share their love for knocking out walls together. She is an interior designer, wife, and mother of two. She and Justin have remodeled three homes from top to bottom and are working on their fourth. Making a house a home is her favorite hobby.


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  1. [email protected] says

    November 15, 2011 at 6:28 pm

    I LOVE it!!! Looks great!

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  2. [email protected] says

    November 15, 2011 at 7:19 pm

    Nice, very nice. How funny, I’m in the middle of painting out our bedroom as well.

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  3. Catherine says

    November 15, 2011 at 7:54 pm

    Love the patterning of this! A very fresh idea I would love to implement!
    Catherine

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    • Julia says

      June 10, 2013 at 6:33 am

      This was a very tedious project, be prepared for ALOT of work, even having all the necessary tools. It looks great but I don’t think I will ever do this again! Lol

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      • Cassity says

        June 10, 2013 at 1:55 pm

        Oh I cannot even tell you how many projects I’ve done that I look back on and say, I will never do THAT again! But that is the beauty of it, you don’t have to! Congrats you’re done! Enjoy it!

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  4. Jackie Toye says

    November 16, 2011 at 9:07 pm

    Great Idea!!! I was thinking about wainscotting for my bedroom. This is definitely a twist on the traditional. Awesome!!

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  5. Cynthia says

    November 16, 2011 at 10:58 pm

    I love wainscot in all it’s forms. You did a fabulous job on this!

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  6. Lina says

    November 17, 2011 at 7:39 am

    Is that chandelier from Overstock? Love it!!

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  7. Marie says

    November 9, 2013 at 7:49 am

    I love it! Very pretty!

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  8. Linda says

    January 2, 2014 at 7:22 am

    Wondering whether all those horizontal surfaces are dust catchers?

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  9. Jacqueline Morgan-Ogle says

    February 16, 2017 at 1:27 pm

    This looks stunning! Very luxe looking! I want this now!!

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  10. Andy says

    September 13, 2018 at 7:14 pm

    How did you secure the pieces to the wall? Did you use finish nails or glue? Did you nail each piece to the wall only? Or nail to each other?

    Great work.

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  11. Cleo says

    October 19, 2018 at 3:13 pm

    Really love the look of this but I’m wondering, does this hold dust in the corners?

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  12. Tracy Narag says

    November 24, 2018 at 7:06 am

    I was going to try this but got stuck right from the beginning trying to figure out measurements and spacing on the wall. Could you tell me how you figure out the layout/size of the pattern?
    Thank you!

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  13. Tom says

    February 15, 2020 at 1:08 am

    Hello,I love the look..But hate you don’t/forget to give detailed instructions…My guess is that it was a elevated level of a project… but I wish y’all well (ENJOY). Thanks

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  14. ERIk says

    May 21, 2020 at 3:25 pm

    We just did this in out bathroom. Let me make 2 recommendations, paint the wall first so you dont need to go crazy with paint after. Buy primed wood donuts already white and 1-2 light coats is all you need. No way around caulking…its terrible, hah. To make the cuts extra easy we actually did 10″ and 7″ pieces honour boxes were 10×10. It made setting the saw very simple.

    If you have molding at the bottom, factor that in when buying your wood so the depth is the same. Great project looks fantastic.

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    • Cass says

      May 27, 2020 at 7:23 am

      Thanks for the comment and tips, Erik!

      Reply

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