Paneling & Wainscoting for Old Houses
Bare but for a thin skin of paint, modern walls are a stylistic aberration. For most of our history, the lower wall has been decently dressed in decorative paneling and various wainscoting styles.
Wainscoting, paneling & trim ideas for old house interiors, including beadboard, custom moldings and wood panels.
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Bare but for a thin skin of paint, modern walls are a stylistic aberration. For most of our history, the lower wall has been decently dressed in decorative paneling and various wainscoting styles.
More on Marlite and other early laminates for walls.
Plank walls, paneling, dadoes, batten paneling and beadboard—we delve into five old-house wainscot & wall paneling styles.
A vocabulary of exterior and interior ornament in wood.
The ubiquitous, all-purpose paneling of the Victorian era is still versatile today.
Various styles of moulding have been utilized across many styles of architecture.
Plain-spoken wainscot treatments create architectural interest for farmhouse walls.
Some older homes possess showier charms than others: decorative ornament in the form of plaster, composition molding, or wood paneling.
A century ago, builders, craftsmen, architects, and designers knew something that’s been mostly forgotten today: the rules of classical design.
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A central heating and cooling system using "aspiration" technology to warm and cool homes evenly and quietly with flexible small ducts that weave through ceilings, walls, and even floors.
Authentic Designs makes reproductions of colonial and early American lighting fixtures. We began by researching the originals which we found in historic New England inns, museums and private collections, and now recreate them in perfect detail.