How to paint wainscoting?
We are going to install wainscoting in our living room, and using the 1/3 method for height, are putting the wainscoting up to not quite a third of the way up around the windows in the room. So, my question is probably more of a personal choice, but I'm wanting opinions/advice! Do you paint the window trim the same color of the wainscoting or the same color of the walls? Thanks you.
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I would.
It depends on the look you’re going for. I would type wainscotting into Pinterest and see what you like best. In general painting it the wall color is a bit more sophisticated and painting it a constrasting color is more casual. But it truly depends on what else is going on In The room.
Wainscoting is basically an architectural detail just as door and window trim. Since the wainscoting will be butting up to door and window trim they should all be be the same color. Painting the window trim same color as the walls will lose the windows, look unfinished, and look flat.
Example
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/741200/wainscoting-and-trim-color-help
I wouldn't paint it the same color as the rest of the wall, you want your hard work to stand out not blend in. I'm with William, do the wainscoting in the same color as the trim.
Yes I would. Otherwise the windows get lost. I would want the windows and wainscoting to make a statement and stand out from the wall color. Love your choice of colors for the walls. Get some sample jars and paint them around the room and see what they look like at different light and times of the day.
Thanks William! I'm a senior, doing all this remodel on my own!!! It takes me awhile, but I do as good as work as hiring someone. I have 100 plus year old wooden oak doors, and I have spent hours sanding, cleaning and treating the wood … NO PAINT ON THEM, that would be a sin in my opinion. As a female, I seek out a lot of advice, too!!! I even pulled out windows and entry doors, reinsulated, reinstalled and put up new trim. Unfortunately, I don't have tools other than a skill saw (yep, a trip to the ED one evening!) but oh well. Thanks, again, for your advice.
I was going to say paint the window and door trim same as the wainscoting but if you aren't painting the doors now I'm thinking the trim should match the doors. It definitely puts a new spin on it.