The Investment
Turn-key total
Start to finish, on site.
What drove the cost
- Full-scale layout and four to five on-site mockups with the homeowner
- 86 linear feet of assembled, glued, biscuit-jointed flat-panel wainscoting with a pediment crown and cap
- Paneled wraps on three entry columns, plus faux columns on the front window wall
- On-site fabrication and installation, 4.5 days of carpentry
- Three days of painting in Sherwin-Williams Emerald Urethane Trim Enamel, Satin, Pure White (SW 7005)
- Not included: repair of an abandoned outlet from a prior remodel (handled separately by an electrician), custom window treatments, and lighting or decor; no permit required for this scope
The price is all-inclusive: design, materials, build, paint, and final detailing.
The story
How this project came together.
86 linear feet of paint-grade flat-panel wainscoting with a pediment crown and cap, plus paneled wraps on three entry columns, giving a 20-foot-ceiling Rancho Cucamonga dining room the finished base it was missing.
This home sits in a tucked-away Rancho Cucamonga neighborhood of large houses on big lots. The homeowner had already remodeled nearly every room. One was left: a huge formal dining room with 20-foot ceilings, three columns opening to the entry hall, big windows on two walls, and bare drywall running from the ceiling straight down to the floor.
She wanted this room to be the showstopper. Wainscoting was step one: give the walls a finished base, so the large chandelier, artwork, and custom window treatments she had planned next have something to stand on.
Brian tried a 3D workflow with an outside interior designer, and the homeowner approved the renderings. Laid out full-scale on the real walls, it didn't work, because every window in the room is a different size. So Brian and the homeowner spent about half a day in the room working through four or five full-scale mockups until every stile ended clean at its own window.
Every section was built as one piece before it went on the wall: a paint-grade pine frame and MDF field and backing, glued and biscuit-jointed. Hauling 16-foot pre-assembled panels that far wasn't worth the risk, so the crew fabricated on site, through a seven-day heat wave that hit 107 degrees.
One surprise turned up: an abandoned electrical outlet left from a prior remodel. The electrician handled it as separate work, so the wainscoting schedule kept moving.
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