How to Use wainscot in a Sentence

wainscot

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• The mildewed rugs, wainscot walls with paper pasted on them to keep out the cold.
  — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2021
• The updated kitchen and butler’s pantry are dressed in wainscot.
  — oregonlive, 6 Nov. 2019
• Open the pocket doors to the dining room, where under the box-beam ceiling are picture rails and wainscot.
  — oregonlive, 22 Jan. 2020
• Past this space is a tiled mudroom with a wood wainscot and a rear exterior door.
  — Julie Lasky, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2020
• 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 foyer is elegant — an oval room with an oval-domed ceiling and oak wainscot that’s chest-high.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2017
• The fastest and least expensive wainscot installation is the glue-and-nail method.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 13 Feb. 2017
• 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 dining room is formal and 17 feet long with a crystal chandelier and more wainscot.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• That meant ditching the wainscot in the bedrooms and replacing the outdated moldings.
  — Stacie Stukin, ELLE Decor, 19 July 2011
• Be sure the wainscot rectangles mimic the same width as those on the bench cabinet if possible.
  — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2020
• 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 formal dining room has original wainscot and walls painted sky blue with a pattern of gold stenciled fleur-de-lis.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 24 Apr. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• It’s two stories high and vaulted with elaborate woodwork and wainscot.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 16 Dec. 2017
• 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
• This room also has built-ins, decorative wainscot, a wet bar, concealed viewing screen and projector.
  — Monica Lander, The Mercury News, 30 July 2019
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• The mildewed rugs, wainscot walls with paper pasted on them to keep out the cold.
  — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2021
• The updated kitchen and butler’s pantry are dressed in wainscot.
  — oregonlive, 6 Nov. 2019

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wainscot

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• 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
• 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 baseboard, molding and wainscoting mega cleaning of 2017?
  — By Sherry Kuehl, kansascity.com, 5 July 2017
• Beyond the Dutch door, the open floor plan features light hardwood floors, wainscoting and an updated kitchen with a farmhouse-style sink.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2019
• 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 entire restaurant — the tin wainscoted dining room, the semi-open kitchen, the door to the bathroom — is visible from our corner table.
  — Brett Anderson, NOLA.com, 7 June 2017
• A rooftop deck and balconies look out on the Pacific from the three-story residence, with its hardwood floors, wainscoting and beamed ceilings.
  — Marilyn Kalfus, Orange County Register, 28 Apr. 2017
• The use of wainscoting on the lower-level walls underscores the home’s overall quality.
  — Joan Walden, courant.com, 20 July 2017
• 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
• Wide-plank oak floors, wainscoting and fabric wall treatments are among design details of note. Beamed ceilings top two office/dens and the family room.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 July 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
• The guest rooms, cheerily wallpapered and wainscoted, are small but nicely maintained.
  — Rosemary McClure, latimes.com, 30 June 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
• 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
• All of the original detail was there: molding, doors, hinges, wainscoting, horsehair plaster with split lathe, wide pine floors and raised paneling in addition to four original fireplaces and rare gunstock posts on the second level.
  — Elizabeth Finkelstein, Country Living, 30 Oct. 2017
• Cabinets: Randy took a farm-friendly approach by replacing the cabinet doors with wainscoting panels.
  — Jessica Dodell-Feder, Country Living, 19 Sep. 2014
• Appliances: To minimize expenses, all the working appliances stayed put, including the 10-year-old dishwasher, which was resurfaced in wainscoting for a fresh look.
  — Jessica Dodell-Feder, Country Living, 19 Sep. 2014
• Despite the controversy, Kislyak is frequently described as an affable, even jovial, envoy who has made friends from the halls of university think tanks to Washington’s wainscoted salons.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, The Seattle Times, 27 June 2017
• 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
• Crystal chandeliers, beamed ceilings, wainscoting and crown molding are among interior details.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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 baseboard, molding and wainscoting mega cleaning of 2017?
  — By Sherry Kuehl, kansascity.com, 5 July 2017
• Beyond the Dutch door, the open floor plan features light hardwood floors, wainscoting and an updated kitchen with a farmhouse-style sink.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2019
• 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 entire restaurant — the tin wainscoted dining room, the semi-open kitchen, the door to the bathroom — is visible from our corner table.
  — Brett Anderson, NOLA.com, 7 June 2017
• A rooftop deck and balconies look out on the Pacific from the three-story residence, with its hardwood floors, wainscoting and beamed ceilings.
  — Marilyn Kalfus, Orange County Register, 28 Apr. 2017
• The use of wainscoting on the lower-level walls underscores the home’s overall quality.
  — Joan Walden, courant.com, 20 July 2017

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