Serving Oakland, Macomb, and St Clair counties, as well as Grosse Pointe in Wayne county
Richmond, Macomb County, MI
Beadboard is the Richmond answer. Where a Victorian in a river town would have had a panelled dado, farmhouse interiors of this era used narrow vertical beadboard in the rooms that took wear — back halls, kitchens, pantries, stair walls and porches.
Putting it back, or putting it where it should have been, is one of the most convincing things you can do in a house like this, because it is period-correct rather than period-flavoured. We run beadboard as a proper dado with a plain square cap and a matching base, which is how it was originally done, rather than as a sheet product with a moulded rail on top. In the back hall and boot room it also earns its keep practically: it takes knocks that would dent drywall, and it can be repainted rather than patched. Front rooms take a different treatment. A plain flat-panel wainscot with square stiles suits a farmhouse parlor or dining room where beadboard would read too utilitarian, and board and batten works across the whole house because its plainness matches the original trim register. In the newer subdivisions on the edge of town we build the same range as anywhere, with the taller wainscots and stairwell paneling those ceiling heights carry. Layout is set out on site so the boards or panels finish evenly at both corners.
We mill the beadboard and the panel components at our Chesterfield shop, match the cap and base to your existing trim register, and set the layout against the actual wall before installing.
Richmond is a straight run north from our Chesterfield shop up M-19, close enough that we work there regularly.
Our own work, photographed on site. Not every job shown is in Richmond — we do not label a photograph with a city we cannot verify it was taken in.
Wainscoted Great Room & Wet Bar
Full-height recessed-panel wainscoting through a great room and dining area, carried around into a wet bar with a stone-veneer surround and a polished wood bar top.
Raked Stairwell Wainscot Paneling
Wainscot paneling raked to follow a stair run, laid out so the panels climb with the stringer beneath white balusters and an oak handrail.
Curved-Wall Wainscot Paneling
Recessed-panel wainscoting following a curved wall, with the chair rail and baseboard bent to the same radius. Shown primed, before finish paint.
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