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I’m planning on adding wainscotting and window trim to a 70’s ranch. My question is which should come first. My instict tells me the wainscotting should, so that the window apron would go over it, but I’m not sure. Any suggestions?? Thanks.
Todd
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I’m planning on adding wainscotting and window trim to a 70’s ranch. My question is which should come first. My instict tells me the wainscotting should, so that the window apron would go over it, but I’m not sure. Any suggestions?? Thanks.
Todd
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sill... wainscote.... apron..
you're on your own if the wainscote goes above the sill.....
if this is a ranch... the other requirement is that you have to reframe the roof in keeping with the wainscote..
sorry to have to tell you that....
oh, yeah.... todd.. you should delete your other post of this thread..
otherwise there will be no continuity.. and this could easily descend into drivel....
*Either /or- Todd- the important thing is where they meet. It should look like it belongs...think about it- cut some scraps and give it a trial run...
*Why are you adding wainscoting to a 70's ranch? Do you think someone will confuse it with a victorian?Ever consider trying a design element that might work with the house instead of against it? Oops, that's right, 70's ranches didn't have design elements. Never mind.Seriously, it all depends of what type of trim you're putting around the window. You will end up with some huge molding around the window to go over the wainscot, which will be completely wrong for your house. If you have to do this, then at least do it subtly.SHG
*This is a great question. I am having the samedilemma after I installed some new windowsand window trims. The real problem is how to merge the wainscoting with the window trims. The simplest scenario is if the bottom of thewindow trim falls ABOVE the wainscoting thenthere is no problem. But most likely this is notthe case. My current thinking is that insteadof installing full blown wainscoting I shouldinstall what I call cheesy wainscoting. I got thatidea when I visited a molding show room recently.They just cut pieces of molding and chair rail andglue/nail them on the dry wall and paint them white.The moldings form typical rectangular shapes thatlocate between the chair rail and the base board.Then they paint the dry wall a contrasting color.This approach lends itself much better to mixingtraditional features ( such as wainscoting )to ewerhomes with more modern construction styles.The other advantage is that it is much easier todeal with windows or any other opening on the wall.It will cost you alot less and it is much easier toinstall. If done right with a proper paint job iteven looks better than full wainscoting.In the case of merging the window casing with thechair rail you would have the option of running thechair rail under the window trim with some creative pattern or simply butt up the chair rail against the window trim as long as you can follow the trim's contour on the end of chair rail. Then installthe "rectangles" under the window to match window size.Sorry for the lack of technical terminology here.I am just an amateur carpenter. Good luck.
*Todd, this i not a great photo, but it addresses your question, one which made me scratch my head many years ago. I wouldn't use the same styles of molding if given a choice, but money was non-existent then.The frame-and-panel came from Eastlake doors that were kaput as doors. I used flat stock of the same thickness around the bottom part of the window, placed the stool (the sill is technically the canted portion on the outside of the window), the apron (not shown) went over the flat stock. I did returns on the moldings at the top of the wainscot. All this was sprayed with an HVLP sprayer (hardly any overspray: the walls were already wall-papered, masked about three feet up and the floor three feet out), then i installed the pre-painted wide window trim.This trim would look strange in a ranch, but there are worse things you could do to it.
*Here's another variation...This was easier, as the room was designed to have the window stool be a continuous part of the cap on the wainscotting chair rail.Were the window bottom to project lower than the wainscotting, I'd trim the window w stool and run the top rail for the raised panel wainscotting under the stool. The apron would be installed over the wainscotting top rail, with both ends of the apron mitered and returned into the top rail of the wainscotting. I'd have the cap of the chair rail (to the left and right of the window, which is higher than the window stool) overlap the side casing of the window by a small amount, then miter and return the chair rail cap into the casing.All said, it's tough to diagnose...I know what kind of moldings I like to use and how their profiles will overlap or build upon one another. Not knowing what you want to use makes it a bit more difficult.
*Here's a drawing of what I was trying to describe...unfortunately, I'm just as bad with a pencil as I am with the written word...
*Mongo, looks like our solutions for having a stool below the waiscot cap are very similar. I really enjoy the bold use of color shown in the photo and in the one you posted of the kid's bed elsewhere.
*Thanks!I can't take credit for that color...my daughter picked it out...then eight years old...well, maybe I gave her a little paternal nudge. Most kids her age collect Pokemon or whatever...she collects sample color cards from the paint shop. My supplier finally surrendered and for the holidays presented her with a couple of paint color fandecks from a few of the paint companies. Vat haf I kreeyated!The color is Earth Rose by either Pitt or P&L. I'm not a fan of "painting (beige, beige, and beige) for resale."
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I'm planning on adding wainscotting and window trim to a 70's ranch. My question is which should come first. My instict tells me the wainscotting should, so that the window apron would go over it, but I'm not sure. Any suggestions?? Thanks.
Todd