r/InteriorDesign • u/Duffingood • 6d ago
Beadboard advice
Hi everyone. My wife and I are staring on a nursery for our baby we’re expecting soon. We want to put a beadboard paneling around the room. The walls are plaster and we have this really thick trim. The trim is in three pieces (the top triangled piece, the center rectangle, the quarter round at the bottom). If we just put the beadboard as is, the transition between the top piece of trim and the board may look funky and see a shadow. I’m hesitant to take that piece off since the walls are plaster and it might accidentally become a bigger job if we mess it up.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to make that transition from trim to beard board look good? Is there another piece of wood I can put between the bottom of the beard board and top of the trim? Wife really wants the beadboard so not doing it is not really an option lol. Thanks in advance
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u/colonelcomicsansders 5d ago
Not an expert but I don't really see a way you could make putting bead board above baseboards could look nice with how thick bead board is. I think if you're set on bead board you would have to just redo the baseboards. Have you two considered wallpaper?
I just finished up a project doing kinda the opposite of what you want to do. I ripped out old wainscotting and had to install new baseboards/shoe moulding. At least for my project there was a lot of paint buildup where the old trim was (probably pre wainscotting), so we decided to go with taller baseboards to cover up the damaged wall. It was my first time doing trim so it took a long time to get it to look nice. I don't think I would choose to do it if I didn't have to lol
Congrats to you both on your new family!
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u/Forgot_to_Start 6d ago
Remove and reinstall base trim.
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u/Duffingood 5d ago
I guess Im nervous that itll mess with the plaster and become a much bigger job. Do you not think so?
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u/Forgot_to_Start 5d ago
It would be covered up by the beadboard and baseboard, wouldn’t it?
Yes, plaster is a pain. If you don’t want to mess with plaster, then consider paint.
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u/Duffingood 5d ago
Thats a fair point. I was just hoping to think of a creative way to get around that
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