Wainscoting Floor To Ceiling

Floor to ceiling light gray wainscoting in master bathroom adds a classic finish to the walls completed with a modern freestanding tub paired with a floor mount chrome tub filler.

Wainscoting floor to ceiling. Typically wainscoting should be one third the height of your walls. Nearly any type of wainscoting that can be used on walls can be used on. It s important to note that higher wainscoting may be a preferred option in spaces like your laundry room or mud room.

How to update a ceiling with wainscoting mark ceiling. Traditionally wainscoting is applied a little less than half way up the wall and finished with a decorative baseboard and chair rail. The salvaged wood farmhouse table is the perfect gathering spot for their family and a nice contrast to the more formal touches like the silk window treatments and subdued color palette.

For example if you have nine foot walls for floor to ceiling 36 inch wainscoting is an excellent choice. However the effect is multiplied exponentially if you choose to take the look three quarters of the way up the wall or even the whole way. Installing wainscoting on the ceiling can transform the look of the entire room by adding dimension and depth to the space.

This 36 inch height should include any moldings you use. Standing on ladder use a tape measure to determine the length and width of the ceiling. The wainscoting on the walls and coffered ceilings are new but constructed to look original.

Of course we don t want to see dinky in a room with a 12 ceiling but we need to be careful with 8 feet and lower. Locate the ceiling joists with a stud finder and then mark each joist with a spirit level and. Vertical installations are the norm but we like a horizontal application too.

Wainscoting very similar to our old house in my opinion when in doubt with mouldings go smaller not larger.