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Installing Chair Rail Trim Question

March 10, 2012 Written by Robert Robillard Leave a Comment
Installing Chair Rail Trim

Chair Rail Molding Installation: Dear Concord Carpenter, I have a question on installing chair rail trim. We have a formal dining room that I would like to install chair rail trim to the walls.  I've been  looking at molding styles and decided on a two piece, painted,  chair rail.  the top will be a 3/4" x 1-2/2"  half round and the bottom a decorative flat window casing molding profile. I have two questions:   1.  How can … [Read more...]

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Installing Beadboard

November 6, 2010 Written by Robert Robillard 3 Comments
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Bead board is a type of paneling which has a series of distinctive vertical beaded grooves. Traditionally bead board is installed so that the grooves run vertically, creating a striped or paneled effect.  Historically bead board was installed along a horizontal axis to protect walls from chairs.  This is a look that was often found in farmhouses. Bead board is milled with a tongue on one side and a groove on the other side so … [Read more...]

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How To layout And Install Wall Molding

August 8, 2010 Written by Robert Robillard 1 Comment

I recently installed some faux wainscoting to a wall in a bathroom using astragal molding.The first step is to lay out the equal number of panels on the wall. A construction calculator makes easy work of this but I did not have mine with me so I used a regular calculator.To calculate the wainscoting panel layout I began with an estimate of the panel size. I used 10" for my width.The wall was 65 1/2" long. In order to figure out the panels exact … [Read more...]

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Installing Molding To A Curved Wall

July 18, 2010 Written by Robert Robillard 3 Comments

  Adding Wainscoting Molding to a Curved Wall The picture below is a front entryway of a friend of mine. She wanted to dress up her front entry way by Installing Molding To A Curved Wall.  the molding applied to the wall will basically be a faux wainscoting.  New paint and wallpaper will dress it up once finished. I was asked to install the faux wainscoting. This basically entailed attaching moldings to the wall to create the effect … [Read more...]

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Faux Wainscoting – Applied Moldings

June 23, 2010 Written by Robert Robillard 2 Comments

Applying wainscoting to most houses adds instant architectural detail and interest to a room.Wainscoting functions to give formality and balance to a room.It's a very affordable and interesting solution to blank walls. When placed at the right level, wainscoting can also give height and presence to a room by elongating the look of the wall or tying in a height ceiling. It can also give a room a textural interest that ordinary, flat painted walls … [Read more...]

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Remodeling a Mudroom

August 30, 2009 Written by Robert Robillard Leave a Comment

Today is the last day on this project.The slate had received two coats of sealer and grout was installed on a prior day. Today we are here to install the wood wainscoting and storm door.OK, one thing that needs to be said here is that these slate tiles are unique. Sandra Stout from Creative Designs Solutions had the 12 x 12 slate tiles cut in half and then tumbled to create this custom look. Very cool Sandra!If you remember from a few days ago, I … [Read more...]

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Remodeling a Mudroom

August 30, 2009 Written by Robert Robillard Leave a Comment

Today is the last day on this project. The slate had received two coats of sealer and grout was installed on a prior day. Today we are here to install the wood wainscoting and storm door. OK, one thing that needs to be said here is that these slate tiles are unique. Sandra Stout from Creative Designs Solutions had the 12 x 12 slate tiles cut in half and then tumbled to create this custom look. Very cool Sandra! If you remember from a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flooring Tips, Past Projects, Remodeling, Wainscoting Trim

Remodeling A Mudroom

August 29, 2009 Written by Robert Robillard Leave a Comment

Day 2 actually started the night before in the shop gluing up poplar to make plinth blocks. A plinth block is a decorative block of wood often used at the bottom of door casings where the baseboard meets the doorSandra Stout from Creative Design Solutions, the designer we were working with decided to add plinth blocks to the bottom of the door casings. I agreed with this decision because the addition of 1/2" wainscoting bead board and a 3/4" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Flooring Tips, Past Projects, Remodeling, Wainscoting Trim