transformation with wainscoting

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good morning. As I wait for the rain and freezing rain to settle so I can get back to this trim project I am working on at Ellen's this week I thought I would share it with you as well as most of my trim projects I have completed over the years. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see I have been adding an applied wainscoting with an extra little trim detail. So far I am 17.5 hours into the installation. It's not always a quick process but what a difference it makes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nothing transforms or elevates a space like trim. I really believe to get the best result in decorating , the way I like to , is to start with beautiful bones. I think that rooms should be beautiful empty, you will start off the decorating process ahead of the game and get a better layered and finished end result.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Ql8Z7G1ChuPUClUbh8k-MnkxThW5U9mMja9nvk6KUhMoN-bOfaL2ClVjT7upbw8oyhvPUj-3lskYRS9HfFjwluW59HTQwr3gYRCsBa8NUS6pTvaA588D1OtVhCARnL2mKtNbtBVLyPiX/s1600/72160_10151471176484865_1229592257_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Ql8Z7G1ChuPUClUbh8k-MnkxThW5U9mMja9nvk6KUhMoN-bOfaL2ClVjT7upbw8oyhvPUj-3lskYRS9HfFjwluW59HTQwr3gYRCsBa8NUS6pTvaA588D1OtVhCARnL2mKtNbtBVLyPiX/s640/72160_10151471176484865_1229592257_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ubggKW2sVdisnqQKDhqTUZi7N12bmaJTa3YNSlVICcBrZJ6ZXfeBvfffeo47ox_9z4ErWd8KQebnfiH4-wPCVcSmdEzqw3L72kczqXsZt9PUy6iKR9UEeo0nwYI0oAI7pu690Nt40WWA/s1600/541427_10151471176384865_773433160_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ubggKW2sVdisnqQKDhqTUZi7N12bmaJTa3YNSlVICcBrZJ6ZXfeBvfffeo47ox_9z4ErWd8KQebnfiH4-wPCVcSmdEzqw3L72kczqXsZt9PUy6iKR9UEeo0nwYI0oAI7pu690Nt40WWA/s640/541427_10151471176384865_773433160_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpmBJ0EQYSdcNpsr4fzL_y4A8oaf4CfBhkNkMaLe5FKtE64getaZcMGIsyGAuk-9RguPr808gnDrJe2z3B6FxXm_RXQuKOKVazkk8VRa21Fkgvu-Qqs5NxHRsUlM4g45acpVYEMqL6Pz1t/s1600/551553_10151563958745295_1970389930_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpmBJ0EQYSdcNpsr4fzL_y4A8oaf4CfBhkNkMaLe5FKtE64getaZcMGIsyGAuk-9RguPr808gnDrJe2z3B6FxXm_RXQuKOKVazkk8VRa21Fkgvu-Qqs5NxHRsUlM4g45acpVYEMqL6Pz1t/s640/551553_10151563958745295_1970389930_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> This is my favorite new chair rail .<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4yU8YL3mO0jdSZtCdbIux3jgo2uhLW9OrnCQd5rRjcGxthAleIu1wn4Riuls6CFIN35cKwuKbwGrShin_iF9B1NEnxdBbyd8u2iiL59BatcToGzBAWCaQ6YT3jJJoWjAkV86rFKRRbBV/s1600/625620_10151561789665295_1991565481_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4yU8YL3mO0jdSZtCdbIux3jgo2uhLW9OrnCQd5rRjcGxthAleIu1wn4Riuls6CFIN35cKwuKbwGrShin_iF9B1NEnxdBbyd8u2iiL59BatcToGzBAWCaQ6YT3jJJoWjAkV86rFKRRbBV/s640/625620_10151561789665295_1991565481_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Varied panels add interest to a blank bit of wall and create a feature.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVssSU-CU25s44D6xJ8kZtUIHRvfA-o1hhaCl2AOqt8rQkFdwE_QzFAfEtxHAFg1ocONZc0A2bTTG3l6MO0Px6kc_WZvDxT9g-Q74zGcasMRpIdtKQe3BtGLKtH_aWDtsNuiQQTo7nr7ai/s1600/59130_10151308013310295_1825612021_n+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVssSU-CU25s44D6xJ8kZtUIHRvfA-o1hhaCl2AOqt8rQkFdwE_QzFAfEtxHAFg1ocONZc0A2bTTG3l6MO0Px6kc_WZvDxT9g-Q74zGcasMRpIdtKQe3BtGLKtH_aWDtsNuiQQTo7nr7ai/s640/59130_10151308013310295_1825612021_n+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> Here is another recent project I completed, it was the finishing touch , it was a bit backwards ending with the trim , but as long as it got done it was all worth it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3i-1KE_nDLEuroGtx2NGGYAlDq0Fz5jNxUcX92hw95qLdNYMUaVBZd1Z1o7F6eMq-hX6qnZhxrzt6-qjbh3T7pkXUxv183ryM0D3q2x01nFYUi9pEiwWJR4OBiVFHIxiZSKyC1A1VVd8/s1600/DSC05857v.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3i-1KE_nDLEuroGtx2NGGYAlDq0Fz5jNxUcX92hw95qLdNYMUaVBZd1Z1o7F6eMq-hX6qnZhxrzt6-qjbh3T7pkXUxv183ryM0D3q2x01nFYUi9pEiwWJR4OBiVFHIxiZSKyC1A1VVd8/s640/DSC05857v.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> My last house where I learned all of my carpentry skills, I can't remember if I started on this trim or on the applied mouldings in the family room. Either way I loved them both. White moulding makes my hear sing.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvMzyai_gFCH7ka18bo_wm6gmCndDWlYQS3z5Vm2YAVDG0lkifM-E8yDj3znWAPBZZ6M-39MRSnEht5qDriah-oQW0HSLxGrlaYeDvZp4DyNfW_A6WLwK4JSK4LTH2RglnEmqa2e4WsQi/s1600/dscn0739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvMzyai_gFCH7ka18bo_wm6gmCndDWlYQS3z5Vm2YAVDG0lkifM-E8yDj3znWAPBZZ6M-39MRSnEht5qDriah-oQW0HSLxGrlaYeDvZp4DyNfW_A6WLwK4JSK4LTH2RglnEmqa2e4WsQi/s640/dscn0739.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> More of my last house.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RtjNaZGHWf44_Gb9HQDcDVpEh3qPUf7fKHvWY_Cf0q4XNA7654nk54-Ao-QcJvuZ3KM6xO5yXem_ZfJvekFD3j4BL5FhVREzjDIgAjvq4q7KST_e_4dOFO-k9B4RZI83dePmYdS6RATr/s1600/dscn1204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RtjNaZGHWf44_Gb9HQDcDVpEh3qPUf7fKHvWY_Cf0q4XNA7654nk54-Ao-QcJvuZ3KM6xO5yXem_ZfJvekFD3j4BL5FhVREzjDIgAjvq4q7KST_e_4dOFO-k9B4RZI83dePmYdS6RATr/s640/dscn1204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> I adore and miss this panelled wall from my last house and the vaulted ceilings , I loved that house.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiXnbVmeXRP221Y5BMZer6r1p2w2O6t1n2F2dxOqBj06Ewg5vNTPa3HZu1yhsRFLv99E4VmuxrIWCZa2A9IzL_94YYUewdyUGoPoiAffLZ5MumxPtktmL1a4Oh2qEraSi47MW7u659nD6/s1600/dscf8288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiXnbVmeXRP221Y5BMZer6r1p2w2O6t1n2F2dxOqBj06Ewg5vNTPa3HZu1yhsRFLv99E4VmuxrIWCZa2A9IzL_94YYUewdyUGoPoiAffLZ5MumxPtktmL1a4Oh2qEraSi47MW7u659nD6/s640/dscf8288.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> This is the house where I am working now , Ellen's house . Do you remember her entry/mudroom. I love seeing how it functions over the years.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBTBdJLepXbnv4lVLsUils1NXcpkA8KjrnWtLnmsUX5v7PJf_CDE8gCWP8BKaZ8oawgBh4Heaygbe4g4AjCQh8CXlD6b8irpvtS-jvtTJMGvapXXNhs4ThVVPcdVHdYDozYm44YXMFt3J/s1600/DSC02539.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBTBdJLepXbnv4lVLsUils1NXcpkA8KjrnWtLnmsUX5v7PJf_CDE8gCWP8BKaZ8oawgBh4Heaygbe4g4AjCQh8CXlD6b8irpvtS-jvtTJMGvapXXNhs4ThVVPcdVHdYDozYm44YXMFt3J/s640/DSC02539.JPG" width="480" /></a></div> How can I forget my beachy bedroom and the board and batten, it was so cottagey.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxI0fgUTo0l8egf35zg7kXsPim36eErAgqW-1gzajxMMT9CdooPiH8bx02VQ3hMplcrA4PLCXkfuPKSPc4bV2XbQSTw6GvFkY3KMInKBQZaPRp0FDOSMy3eOJ29YZje_oddaQ0VeHcgjk/s1600/559017_10151547417815295_714541214_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxI0fgUTo0l8egf35zg7kXsPim36eErAgqW-1gzajxMMT9CdooPiH8bx02VQ3hMplcrA4PLCXkfuPKSPc4bV2XbQSTw6GvFkY3KMInKBQZaPRp0FDOSMy3eOJ29YZje_oddaQ0VeHcgjk/s640/559017_10151547417815295_714541214_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> My current homes main hall wainscotting still in progress.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4roib0-ovkwJCs4ti66g4-VVtpTGD4oBFJvu4EaBW3yLFB2rb3L0f9Z-Fbo84tHwbPhz2rJWaUolzjZ-IIztfPnodkqMO2a4b8l6-zivpXsT7RSrb_AT1pXJ5R3X5NyM3Soq8tzHYlGR/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4roib0-ovkwJCs4ti66g4-VVtpTGD4oBFJvu4EaBW3yLFB2rb3L0f9Z-Fbo84tHwbPhz2rJWaUolzjZ-IIztfPnodkqMO2a4b8l6-zivpXsT7RSrb_AT1pXJ5R3X5NyM3Soq8tzHYlGR/s640/006.JPG" width="480" /></a></div> More of my current home.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinr_VH-bjB0AtQCqtwuGAK926hxj-gPBSwxJj2Ke5tKngejM9NcLFc1vlHj9szdoe50WTP_TWozMBDY7vIWNwVaC643YmsIkqDpxpEVplzP8w1uYDvzhWgw2pm-rYWlkTXimOpp5OMVvWk/s1600/64176_10150697015295295_521994091_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinr_VH-bjB0AtQCqtwuGAK926hxj-gPBSwxJj2Ke5tKngejM9NcLFc1vlHj9szdoe50WTP_TWozMBDY7vIWNwVaC643YmsIkqDpxpEVplzP8w1uYDvzhWgw2pm-rYWlkTXimOpp5OMVvWk/s640/64176_10150697015295295_521994091_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> This image I captured on our moving day , it was a good bye old girl shot, such a pretty space.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_za0tKZrKQ16fMec4lHvsd8oFmw2i7GezV637iYj_a5aDTlQafHLd5MvB4hf2uOV16eFSbydYZaZjSAvFXSwazYb_KwvwoMJ4Yz64L4GKDVg91iDw0Hy9SRN9h6YsgjdJP8Cdcn9FV9h/s1600/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_za0tKZrKQ16fMec4lHvsd8oFmw2i7GezV637iYj_a5aDTlQafHLd5MvB4hf2uOV16eFSbydYZaZjSAvFXSwazYb_KwvwoMJ4Yz64L4GKDVg91iDw0Hy9SRN9h6YsgjdJP8Cdcn9FV9h/s640/035.JPG" width="480" /></a></div> My laundry room, I used shoe moulding to create the panels and flipped a large baseboard to create a generous trim for lots of hooks.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZ62xw54oR4-NI3B0djAsshTIuleRYUEDlno6xZjRREgiff_eKogtA39BL0MGDm68DEj39-bbcc2FP-wiLl37VOlwKd2Frue-enEa9axn_l9yVDnvpAMI8UpeDCyZEBiuuDrStIPhQVBK/s1600/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZ62xw54oR4-NI3B0djAsshTIuleRYUEDlno6xZjRREgiff_eKogtA39BL0MGDm68DEj39-bbcc2FP-wiLl37VOlwKd2Frue-enEa9axn_l9yVDnvpAMI8UpeDCyZEBiuuDrStIPhQVBK/s640/042.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My stair wainscoting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TyUmHrnRsNyLJr4jDkcRIqH9iBVf_NxLkTb8IbNGRjfxc7ddrEiA2f6Cp6Jetblkwx7IN2dkayggBkvu3twef1Q743gS1FTjFzlil8af70rp4NLeMtKkF_TMYfupWs_pLZEmeDPN47j8/s1600/DSC05851c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TyUmHrnRsNyLJr4jDkcRIqH9iBVf_NxLkTb8IbNGRjfxc7ddrEiA2f6Cp6Jetblkwx7IN2dkayggBkvu3twef1Q743gS1FTjFzlil8af70rp4NLeMtKkF_TMYfupWs_pLZEmeDPN47j8/s640/DSC05851c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> One of my first projects I tackled while my husband was out of town on a business trip.Applied wainscoting. How cute was little Sophie , this was taken three years ago or so when we had our first magazine photo shoot , what a cute shot.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMsE6yR813D6W3rOFZ_oM1Xm9web1CGd4FVTmW2gNdw2tyPraUTeQZLysxaVaOqHYnONCpJaK_P9wUxCmHUVwv7gfMuWQBu2oYFc7dcqnIU0-OaKkQ-HiZTaWuUlNYcAFk5eKq9Autdwjw/s1600/DSC05891v.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMsE6yR813D6W3rOFZ_oM1Xm9web1CGd4FVTmW2gNdw2tyPraUTeQZLysxaVaOqHYnONCpJaK_P9wUxCmHUVwv7gfMuWQBu2oYFc7dcqnIU0-OaKkQ-HiZTaWuUlNYcAFk5eKq9Autdwjw/s640/DSC05891v.jpg" width="584" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>So what do you think ? Do you love trim like I do ? Would you tackle this type of project yourself ? Would you love a ladies only carpentry 101 class to go to learn these skills? Just wondering...

transformation with wainscoting

Good morning. As I wait for the rain and freezing rain to settle so I can get back to this trim project I am working on at Ellen's this ...

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