Recessed panel wainscoting installation in Richmond Virginia.

Over the weekend I began work on some recessed panel wainscoting on the outside of this downstairs half bath (see pic left). It already had three member (piece) crown molding on the wall and ceiling and I knew this would compliment the recessed panel wainscoting beautifully. I decided I was going to use a 1x4 poplar for the styles and rails of the wainscoting and a large base cap molding for the inside of the panels. I purchased the poplar, baseboard, and base cap at http://www.siewers.com/ of Richmond Virginia.

I began by preparing my corners. I cut down the poplar to size then put a 45 degree bevel (miter) on one side using a table saw . Then I glued and clamped each side together with mitre clamps and let it set over night. This will ensure a tight bond that will never come a part.

I removed the baseboard and was going to remove the door casing and install a new thicker door casing so the wainscoting material would not protrude past it but decided that adding a back band molding would achieve the same result without having to remove the door casing. It would also save on material cost.