How to Use wainscot in a Sentence

wainscot

1 of 2 noun
  • That’s white wainscot, wide door frames and deep crown molding that is oversized dentil style.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2019
  • The dining room has mahogany wainscot that rises six feet from the hardwood floors.
    — oregonlive, 17 July 2022
  • Open the pocket doors to the dining room, where under the box-beam ceiling are picture rails and wainscot.
    — oregonlive, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The room is so thoroughly trimmed with crown molding, wainscot, box molding and more that no space is left unadorned.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2020
  • This level also has a half bath with a white ceramic tile floor, a pedestal sink, and board-and-batten wainscot.
    — John Ellement, Boston.com Real Estate, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The fastest and least expensive wainscot installation is the glue-and-nail method.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 13 Feb. 2017
  • The dining room is formal and 17 feet long with a crystal chandelier and more wainscot.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Be sure the wainscot rectangles mimic the same width as those on the bench cabinet if possible.
    — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2020
  • That opens to an 11-foot foyer with a marble floor, white wainscot and countryside murals on the walls.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2019
  • The fifth floor lobby, ground level at Cactus Street, had mirrors above wainscot.
    — oregonlive, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The room has a chandelier with candle-like lights, board-and-batten wainscot, and a wide plate-glass window flanked by two smaller ones.
    — John Ellement, Boston.com Real Estate, 1 Oct. 2019
  • With a semigloss paint sheen, this board-and-batten wainscot is durable, cleans up easily, and is a nice contrast to the matte finish on the wall above.
    — Pamela Porter, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2021
  • That meant ditching the wainscot in the bedrooms and replacing the outdated moldings.
    — Stacie Stukin, ELLE Decor, 19 July 2011
  • This room also has built-ins, decorative wainscot, a wet bar, concealed viewing screen and projector.
    — Monica Lander, The Mercury News, 30 July 2019
  • In the main-level bathroom, the couple placed an antique dresser mirror over the vanity and installed a beefy top rail on the wainscot.
    — Janna Lufkin, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2021
  • The house features floors, wainscot and window frames of heart of pine, a common building material from the time that resists termites.
    — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • The décor is forest green and white wainscot paneling, with alpine modern furnishings, and printed camp blankets and rugs.
    — Everett Potter, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • Hardwood floors and glass tile were covered in linoleum, wainscot was buried by drywall and Douglas fir counters were hidden by Formica.
    — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Inside the house with 2,784 square feet of living space are updates of classic wallpaper, wainscot and crown molding.
    — oregonlive.com, 27 July 2019
  • Instructions Create the Walls On the short edge of one of the wainscot panels, mark 20 inches.
    — Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2026
  • The two-story mansion features a front courtyard, custom lighting, tile wainscot in each bathroom suite and French oak wood plank flooring throughout.
    — Ebony Day, azcentral, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Finish top of the wainscot rectangle with the window sill trim material or the 1x2 lumbar (measured, cut, and nailed in place).
    — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2020
  • Additional features include a half bathroom/mudroom with tile wainscot, a pedestal sink and convenient access to the pool, and a three-car garage with side driveway entry.
    — Monica Lander, The Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Megan also preserved most of the wood flooring as well as the abundant cypress wainscot panels and millwork, hiring local craftspeople to refurbish them.
    — Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The master bathroom offers a ceramic tile floor, tile wainscot, dual vanities, Jacuzzi bathtub, oversize shower and wood blinds on the windows.
    — Monica Lander, The Mercury News, 18 June 2019
  • Among the four second-floor bedrooms is an enormous master with a fireplace, a walk-in closet with organizers and an en suite bathroom with a bead-board wainscot and partitions, and a soaking tub with a shower head.
    — Julie Lasky, New York Times, 6 May 2020
  • The full bath offers a blue-and-white ceramic tile floor, a tub/shower combo, blue bead-board wainscot, a single vanity topped with a light gray manmade material, and a tub/shower combo with a subway tile surround.
    — John Ellement, Boston.com Real Estate, 25 Sep. 2019

wainscot

2 of 2 verb
  • There are three large bedrooms (with the third flexing as a second living area) and two full baths, one with lilac walls, wainscoting, and a charming clawfoot tub.
    — Lauren Ro, Curbed, 15 May 2018
  • The guest rooms, cheerily wallpapered and wainscoted, are small but nicely maintained.
    — Rosemary McClure, latimes.com, 30 June 2019
  • The use of wainscoting on the lower-level walls underscores the home’s overall quality.
    — Joan Walden, courant.com, 20 July 2017
  • To the right of the foyer is the dining room with Palladian windows, wainscoting and nine-foot ceilings.
    — Karen A. Avitabile, courant.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The 6,036-square-foot house is open and bright with high-end appointments such as crown molding, tray ceilings and wainscoting.
    — Karen A. Avitabile, courant.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The baseboard, molding and wainscoting mega cleaning of 2017?
    — By Sherry Kuehl, kansascity.com, 5 July 2017
  • One of two en suite bedrooms, replete with gas fireplace, wainscoting and private exterior entrance, may readily serve as a home office, au pair or in-law quarters.
    — Bang Staff and Correspondents, The Mercury News, 1 July 2019
  • The millwork through the house is lavish, notes Realtor Kay Agney — think thick dentil molding, wainscoting and door frames.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2019
  • The house has five full baths, two half-baths, a heated two-car garage, white oak floors with dark walnut stains, millwork, coffered ceilings, wainscoting, custom cabinetry and a whole-house sprinkler system.
    — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 25 July 2017
  • Replete with exterior walls, a functioning lime-green kitchen, a dining room with a table and a soda siphon, a living room with a fireplace and hardwood floors, wainscoting and whatnot.
    — chicagotribune.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Past a grey façade of stucco and concrete, the traditional-style home opens to 4,314 square feet of formal living spaces with dark hardwood floors, coffered ceilings and wainscoting.
    — Jack Flemming, Daily Pilot, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Guests check in at a reception desk decorated with Mexican Lucha Libre wrestler masks and rooms featuring chintz florals and wainscoting hand-painted with geometric designs.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2018
  • Other restrictions protect the exterior and original interior features such as flooring, windows, window surrounds, wainscoting, baseboards, door surrounds, fireplaces and their mantelpieces, and decorative plaster moldings.
    — Pamela Babcock, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2019

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