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Beadboard and wainscoting add character-rich architectural details to interiors. Here’s what they are and how you can use them to amp up your style at home.
The term wainscot (UK: / ˈ w eɪ n s k ə t / WAYN-skət or US: / ˈ w eɪ n s k ɒ t / WAYN-skot) originally applied to high quality riven oak boards. Wainscot oak came from large, slow-grown forest trees, and produced boards that were knot-free, low in tannin , light in weight, and easy to work with.
White-dotted wainscot, Leucania subpunctata; White-mantled wainscot, Archanara neurica; Family Ypsolophidae Wainscot hooktip, Ypsolopha scabrella;
This area is given a decorative treatment different from that for the upper part of the wall; for example panelling, wainscoting or lincrusta.The purpose of the dado treatment to a wall is both aesthetic and functional.
A dado rail, also known as a chair rail or surbase, [1] is a type of moulding fixed horizontally to the wall around the perimeter of a room. The dado rail is traditionally part of the dado or wainscot and, although the purpose of the dado is mainly aesthetic, the dado rail may provide the wall with protection from furniture and other contact.
A water table is a projection of lower masonry on the outside of a wall, slightly above the ground, or at the top of a wainscot section of a wall (in this case also known as a sill). It is both a functional and architectural feature that consists of a projection that deflects water running down the face of a building away from lower courses or ...