How to Install Wainscoting | This Old House

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Senior technical editor Mark Powers layers stock lumber and moldings to produce this classic architectural element. (See below for a shopping list and tools.) SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse We're the first to say all you need is a can of paint. But for a room revamp that brings dimension and lasting value to plain walls, nothing beats a traditional wainscot of richly layered wood panels. How they're put together may seem inscrutable to the average DIYer, but once you peel back the layers of this architectural onion, you'll find that each step is plenty doable, if a bit tricky at times. See for yourself, as This Old House senior technical editor Mark Powers assembles this paneled wainscot piece by piece—moving a pro-worthy project onto a can-do list for you. Shopping List for How to Install Wainscoting: - Painter's tape - 1/4 inch plywood. Get enough to cover the entire area of your wainscoting with the grain running vertically. - 1x4, for the stiles - 1x5, for the corner stiles - 1x6, for the bottom rail. - 1x8, for the top rail and baseboard. Get enough to cover each wall twice. - Stool, for the chair-rail cap. Choose a profile deep enough to extend beyond the layered depth of the plywood, rail, and apron. - Casing, for the apron - Panel molding, to trim the panels - Base-cap molding - Shoe molding - Panel adhesive - 2 1/2-inch finishing nails, to install the stiles, rails, baseboard, apron, and chair rail - 1 1/2-inch finishing nails, t

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