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  • Images of Traditional Wainscot in Custom Fairfield County Homes

    When you enter a well-crafted and solidly built traditional custom home, what is it about the home that creates the warm impression you receive? We would suggest the impression is created largely by fine quality custom millwork; molding and wood trim detail you see in every room.

    As you meander throughCountry Club Homes Custom Home Builder Remodeler Fairfield County New Canaan Connecticut the home, you will eventually encounter wainscoting covering walls in both formal and informal spaces. Employed for hundreds of years to cover the lower portion of plaster walls, it is used today both for decorative purposes and functionally to protect walls. Many a high traffic mudroom, kitchen, hallway and stairway wall is covered in wainscoting.

    An excellent This Old House.com article provides interesting detail about contemporary wainscot materials, coatings, and dimensions; and includes the following comment, “A combination of decorative boards or panels and moldings that extend partway up a wall’s face, wainscoting is a centuries-old marriage of form and style. Dating to the 1300s, the Dutch used it to shield the bottom half of plaster walls from such hazards as jostled chairs, spurs on riding boots, perhaps even carelessly swung scabbards.”

    Take a look at these lovely images from the portfolio of Country Club Homes, Inc. reflecting a modern use of wainscoting in traditional custom new homes.

    Have you enjoyed seeing these images of well-crafted and solidly built traditional custom homes from the portfolio of Country Club Homes?  Country Club Homes, Inc. is an award winning Fairfield County, Connecticut custom home building company continuing the family tradition of building high-quality and sustainable homes in the New Canaan, Connecticut area since 1955.

    Country Club Homes, Inc. is located at 462 Danbury Road, Wilton, CT 06897. You may contact us by telephone at 203-762-0550 or via email at info@countryclubhomesinc.com

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  • Customize a Kitchen Island to Fit Your Lifestyle

    Whether you like to entertain, your passion is cooking or you just like a cozy spot to gather with your family, your kitchen island  can be designed to meet your lifestyle.  It can be decorative or purely functional, can have clean lines or more traditional details, can be painted or stained.  You get to choose……

  • Increase Space with These Bathroom Storage Trends

    Today’s master bathroom, or any bathroom for that matter, is no longer just functional, but also inviting and a place for refuge from our ever stressful world.  Your design style should be brought into the bathroom along with some great storage and organizational options that are available today. Install a wide built-in niche with shelves…

  • Use Traditional Decor to Create a Child’s Room

    Children’s rooms have evolved. Gone are the days of painted animals or sticking to a color palette of primary colors or pastels. Children’s rooms have become both elevated examples of your personal design style and functional spaces for your young ones to grow. There are many great ways to incorporate traditional decor in your child’s…

  • Add a Luxurious Library Retreat to Your Home

    Libraries are for book lovers!  In today’s busy world, we often don’t take enough time for ourselves or for sitting down with a good book.  Imagine a space dedicated to collecting and displaying the books you’ve collected over the years, while also providing a retreat to which to escape. Some library design ideas that you…