Wainscoting – stile spacing around toilet and sink
Hello!
I am hoping to add wainscoting in my powder room… I was thinking of rail and stiles with quarter-round or base cap inside the “panel” and using the drywall as the back “panel.”
The stickler is that the toilet and pedestal sink share one of the long walls (99.5″). The toilet is about 18.5″ in from the left corner, the sink is about 18″ in from the right. (Toilet is 19″ wide, sink is 24″.) Clearly, the layout doesn’t lend itself to even spacing. Should I just “eyeball” it around the obstacles and frame them (as in the illustration below)?
I think the parallel wall will have 5 sections with the stiles roughly 15″ apart. Will it matter if they don’t align with the plumbing wall? Or, once wallpaper is added above does the eye make its own adjustments?
Then again. maybe this kind of molding just isn’t right for weirdo layouts. (I’ve also considered beadboard, but really like the look of the rail and stile if I can make it work.)
THANKS for any suggestions!
PLEASE NOTE: You have to click on the image to see the whole shebang. Otherwise the thumbnail only shows part of it.
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If your drawing and the distances are correct and its feet shown on the top……..
Would you think of only the same three panel sizes on the opposite wall? So they’re the same mirror image.
Or
Maybe 4 instead of 5?
Someone sitting down might have the best guess.
The easiest guess would be 2 equal sections, both walls. Don’t use the items as the decider.
Make sure your top pc doesn’t interfere with the faucets or spout.
Edit. Your link picture above in the post shows 3 panels, while the link itself shows 5….. now I’m cornfused……
Hi, Calvin...
Thanks for taking a crack at my conundrum! Sorry about the photo; the website resized it. You definitely have to click the image to see the whole smash, so I edited my original post to note that accordingly.
I appreciate the suggestion on the faucet area...most of the photos I've looked at show the rail well above the faucet...and actually, quite a few made it a solid piece above the sinkline and continued the stiles below...which was interesting.
I edited the mock up to try the two large panels... (again, you would have to click on it to see the whole image).
And then, tried another one where I finessed the sink area and, per your suggestion, ignored the toilet....that one is kind of working for me.
Thanks for the suggestions!
50 yrs of being faced with a whole lot of “design” problems as a dumb carpenter and I’ve come to realize there are a few instances where I’ve come across some real horrible taste.
Do the best you can and realize it’s a bathroom. Most often used and left without much “looking”.
Be sure to show us the finished product!
oof, wait! If you think I'm demonstrating bad taste I am TOTALLY open to other options! I am grateful for your suggestions!!!
The wallpaper is super cool...and will be where most people are looking. But I do want to get the bottom as "right" as possible....
I thought that Beadboard might be a little pricy, but maybe that would be the better option.
No sir, not by any means do I think that your plan sucks!
I’d tell you if it did, politely.
In all the years of building and a bunch more looking…..
I’ve seen some really bogus designs and finishes.
Yours is not in that ballpark.
Your advanced drawings are a good way to “see it” before you do it.