hello all,
what’s the convention?
i’m building sort of a shaker wainscott in my dining room….3 walls in the shape of a “U” ending on the right wall coming at the viewer(as you look into the room) at a stub wall. i am able to stagger the verticals so that they go essentially consistent from the left wall to the end wall. the right wall has a length that is not divisible in terms of spacing and i get about a 1/2 space. do i bury that in the intersection of the end/rt wall or do i put it closest to the viewer on the stub end of the rt wall.
is there a rule for this?
my house…the never ending conundrum.
thanks all
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Greetings m,
This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again.
Perhaps it will catch someones attention that can help you with advice.
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thank you
Rule of thumb is do a couple of mock-ups before making a decision
I recently laid out and installed a wainscote project and had the same issues in the planning stages.
I will try to post some helpful info in the morning.
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Probably won't make sence to either of us right now.
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Can you not play with the spacing? "Cheat" it a bit?
The human eye will immediately pick up the uneven portion, regardless of where you bury it. Whereas shrinking the spacing of one or increasing the spacing of another isn't likely to be noticable, so long as the variation isn't too great.
J. D. Reynolds
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if i divide the walls into even (full panel) spacing, first wall (set of panels) spacing is 12.5", the second would be 11.5", and the third would be 13.25"the alternative is to make all the walls panels size 12.5", but the third wall has a panel that is only 8"..thanks for the help
my 2ct
12.5" - 11.5" - go with what fits the wall - few eyes would pick up on the difference - and what does it matter? where does it say all panels should be the same size? a pleasing composition is more important than mathmatical consistancy -
- third wall, what happens if instead of 13.25" you increase by one full panel? does that calcualate out to 11" or so?
"there's enough for everyone"
just about....thanks for the tips.i'll post some pix when i finish.
Try minimizing your panel widths to a point where the eye won't pick up the differences. This will also make your room look taller.
TRIGGER
General rule would be to start in the middle of the wall that is first seen and work to the ends