What is Shaker wainscoting?

Shaker Wainscoting Panels have simple lines but add elegance to any room. See Standard Height and Full Wall Wainscoting.

What can I use for wainscoting panels?

Choose the lumber: bathrooms, kitchens and dining rooms are all great candidates for MDF. This material is easy to work with and isn’t subject to the same weather-related expansion and shrinkage like solid wood wainscoting. Vinyl and natural wood are also go-to options depending on your budget and installation needs.

What’s the difference between wainscoting and judges paneling?

Judges paneling is often confused with wainscoting, but it’s a bit different. While wainscoting is typically at chair rail height, judges paneling can fill up either a portion of a wall or the entire wall. Some common design elements include square or rectangle panels within a frame, like the image here.

What are stiles for wainscoting?

Stiles are the vertical flat sections that separate the inner panels. The rails are horizontal and diagonal flat sections.

How do you measure a wainscoting shaker?

The traditional rule of thumb is that wainscoting height should be a third of the wall’s height, including the cap or any moldings. So if you have 9-foot walls, then 3-foot (or 36-inch) wainscoting will look great. Scale down to about 32 inches for rooms with 8-foot walls.

Should wainscoting be lighter or darker?

Painting the wainscot in the same color as the walls tones down its inherent traditional feel and makes it more contemporary. Choose a color a few shades lighter or darker than the walls, or use the exact same shade to make the molding as subtle as possible.

Can you use Shaker wainscoting on a wall?

The easiest way to add character and texture to your wall – Shaker style wainscoting, a classic wall feature with simple clean lines. Our Classic shaker wainscoting kits do not require panels, that’s what makes them so easy to install.

What are the different types of wainscoting panels?

Our Raised Panel, Classic Raised Panel, Beaded Recessed Panel and Shaker Wainscoting panels are designed with the most recent innovation that makes wonderful profiles with fresh clean corners.

What do you need for elite Shaker wainscoting kit?

Every Elite Shaker Paneled Wainscot kit comes factory primed and ready to paint. Everything you need comes in the box: a PVC shoe trim, lower and upper rails; stiles and a hardwood poplar cap trim to top it all off.

What kind of wainscoting to use on staircases?

Our wainscoting solution is MDF which is very easy to manipulate as a raw material. We are installing MDF wall panels anywhere you can think of and even fit them along staircases to create a custom look. Our solid wood and MDF panels come in different types such as wall panel wainscoting, raised panel wainscoating, flat panel wainscoting.