Learn Wainscoting - Proper Reveals, Corners, Windows, and Doors 

I save all of my “Finish Carpentry TV” videos for Saturday mornings. Can’t wait to sit by the computer with a cup of coffee to study this video. I truly love them.

I seriously wait for these to post every day lol

Putting that newish table saw to good use! Love this series - keep it going!

All of your explanations make complete sense. Nice video!

I'm ready enjoying your videos on wainscoting! Putting the design on the wall first helps me! THANKS Richard! I'm ready for the next one

Thanks Richard, very informative. Look forward to the next one.

Thank you Richard! Happy new year !

Very informative and instructional. The stairs look amazing. Thank you. Cheers, Jeff 👍😀🎄

I like the way you explain little details which are important. great stuff. love it.

Thanks for putting this series together. Very interesting and important information.

Love your vids. They have really made me want to step up my carpentry skill and not just good enough and caulk the rest.

You’re a natural instructor. Thank you for sharing and being so detailed in the hidden issues. I’m in Houston and I work for the largest door company around that includes installs, so I take great joy in your detail!

Love what you did with the stairway Rich, just beautiful brother.

Enjoying your series. Thank u

I appreciate the time and skill you put into your videos Richard. This follows the work ethic you appear to apply with each job and task within that you edit and post. This is a project to follow along with and observe the panelized approach. -Bob... PS: The blue icicle lighting add a nice touch to a well build set of railings!

This is a real master class. There is nothing this detailed out there. I have been following you for years. I watch all of you videos. Excellent.

Thank you for putting together such a detailed video! This helped move our project forward. We were stuck with how to finish the corners and you answered it perfectly.

What a great channel this is. You are very thorough and great at explaining your thought process. Thanks for making such a great channel!

Love your work Mr.

Keep rolling these out, they are great learning Videos...

Thank you, for showing the process of your work!

Your one of my favourite youtubers A genuine nice fella. You have that calm demeanour. Perfect for your trade. Thanks for taking the time to provide useful tips. I'm a house basher but I'd like to specialise in trim one day. Your videos are most helpful

I really enjoy watching your videos. Very good explanations and I love the subtle humour. However, what I really appreciate the most is the respect you have for others. Thank you for reminding people that OCD isn’t a term to be thrown around as people genuinely do suffer if they have OCD. For this alone I will continue to support your channel. Well done!

Thank you for the OCD call out.

This series is a great idea. Thanks a lot.

I like this very much. You go through all the steps and explain it in real time. Can't wait for the other parts. Let's GETTER DONE. ;)

Your Finish Carpentry skills are great. As a detail man where I have to see it and do it. Just making these videos teach me a lot. I know you've learned by your mistakes and I thank you a lot.

Thank you for being a great human being!

Your voice and your explanations are so pleasant, I could listen to you talk just about anything. And when you see what kind of art you create at the end, satisfaction is complete. I love your work and your personality.

Going back through older videos as they pop up. I'm really feeling better about going after some small trim and custom carpentry jobs. Shoot, I already have just about all the tools. I wish I had more projects I can do at home to use in a portfolio. Conceptually, this stuff justakes so much sense to me. I just want to be sure I can translate it to an actual project. Working up a bid is my real sticking point. But thanks for all these videos. Your generosity and enthusiasm are terrific 👍

Thank you for calling out that OCD is a serious thing. As someone who's had OCD for 11 years, it's surprising and refreshing to hear someone say what you just said. Good man. :)

I am so glad you covered the walls being out of plumb in the corners. My 1950 house is a wee bit off so this really helped me resolve the issue. Thanks again.

Thanks for providing all these information.

Looking good man can't wait to see it

Been watching your videos for a while. Love your trim work and the way you explain things. Keep it up!

Really nice explanations. Thanks for taking the time to share.

Love all of your videos they are very helpful for the work I do

Wow, this is a great step by step video.

I'm a professional carpenter and really appreciate your videos. Nothing like a new perspective! Thanks!

Great series here! Im not a pro by any means but I’ve done a lot of finish work. When I have a tight space trimming out a door, most times it makes sense just to make the entire door trim wider or narrower (within an inch or so) to take up the awkward corner space. By the time it’s all painted the same color, the fullness of the trim usually looks better than slivers of trim tucked in the corner. In the end, it’s all personal preference as you describe well in your videos.

Those railings look great. 👌👍

Thank you for addressing the plum question I brought up, I was thinking of scribing a wider board but to shim is a far better idea, cheers.

Nice video im glad u take the time to explain. The stairs look very good. You are very talented

I feel so professional because I've learned so much from your videos. I love to go back and reference to confirm what I learned. Thank you for taking the time to teach those out there like me who are inspired by you.

"jamb simulator" sounds pretty high-tech! i'm looking forward to trying this out in my new-to-me home.

very good points I have learned a lot from you. thanks for teaching us how to do this and make beautiful homes.

Great video. You are the best.

Thanks for this class. So many of your videos over the years have been so helpful for me. I appreciate your channel a lot. And thanks for what you said about OCD. I greatly dislike how people misuse it all the time... I have OCD and it sucks. Plus it is super varied and not just about germs and organization, sigh. But yeah, I appreciate people with followings mentioning it to get that education out there. Thanks so much.

I noticed the channel had 399k subscribers. I couldn't resist and subscribed hoping it would jump to 400k. It didn't work, but at least we tried. Thank you for the content. Excellent craftsmanship!

Why does this entertain me? I love it

Cant wait for the next video!!!!

Looking forward to the next ones let's GO

Love your videos man, you do great work brother!!

Great skills. Thanks for sharing.

Great info... thanks for sharing!

Hey Richard. U did a wonderful job on Ur railing, looks Fantastic. Keep up the Gr8 work with Ur & John’s woodworking skills.I see sometimes the Wifey also comes to Ur aid.

Great video Richard ,have you ever thought of becoming a teacher / lecturer in carpentry ? You make things very simple and easy to understand... Also when i do panelling here in the UK , when the stiles come to a external corner , I keep them back 3/4” and use a 3/4 dowel to close the corner , looks really good and simple & quick

I'm intrigued about this process. I especially like learning even at my advanced age.

Richard, I was one of those who voted for the metal balusters, but I’m happy to say that I was completely wrong! Those square wooden balusters look fantastic! They were clearly the correct decision. It goes very well (perfetly) with the shiplap walls, the stained handrails, and the beautiful posts you made. The spacing between them, really made it look amazing. I’m very impressed.

Great tips! Thanks

Awesome video

Those railings look awesome. But that's not surprising. Thanks for this series, I'm learning a lot.

Good work man 👍

Thanks Richard Semper Fi.

I love that shiplap on the stair way walls

Just perfect

You should number the videos in the future like wainscoting 1, 2, 3 etc... make it easier to follow in sequence. Best finish videos on RU-vid.

I’m 57 years old, and I have been a trim carpenter for 40 years. I hope that my history brings weight to my comment. I respect what you do and Ottis awesome to see your passion. My comment is “nice work brother”

I love watching your videos and have for years. You have taught me alot. I am actually doing the trim in my basement and have 2 windows to do. When you are doing the casing could you specify the size of board you are using along the bottom of the window? I'm not sure if there is a standard width or if it's preference.

Dude that trim gauge.....how come I have never heard of this haha....so basic yet so smart

Thank you so much

Thank You.

Nice man 👍

The railings and balusters look amazing, excellent job as always Richard.

PLEASSSSSSE DO NOT EVER STOP DOING VIDEOS. I came across your videos 6 hours ago and I’m a female with no previous experience only passion. I never comment on RU-vid but your effort in your craftsmanship and generosity in doing these inspiring helpful videos made me do it. You deserve an award for the tinniest bit of informative information you pass on. Thank you!!!!!!

Really appreciate the time you take to teach. Question: any considerations to the electrical outlets to the layout?

A few panel layout questions: 1. When determining panel layout for a room do you make the panels the exact same size all around and then have a partial width panel as a remainder for a few of the walls (because of the different size runs on the walls) or do you adjust the panel width for each run: just trying to have approximately the same width? 2. Do you ever end a rail straight into a piece of casing (either door or window) without having a stile beneath it also butting against the casing? Are there any cases where the stile and casing together will look too wide? Really appreciate your advice on the corners in this video and thank you for posting these!

Thanks!

I would reset that closet door and set it closer to the latch side of the rough opening, try to match that inside corner detail with the 2 sides of the other door. Best way to do it I think. Good luck, you'll figure it out.

Love all your videos. You're giving me the confidence to attempt this myself What do you do if you run into a 135 degree angled wall where you're installing wainscoting? What reveal do you recommend on the stiles?

Great video ....good job

I’d also like to point out that I’m beyond excited to see that finished window casing with the wainscoting surrounding it. I’m curious as to what you’ll do for window treatments. Those standard blinds won’t do that room justice. Linen Roman shade, perhaps?

Can't wait to see how you build the wainscoting

Thanks

For the final door, my idea is to have the top cap return that terminates in the 1/8 reveal before the cove moulding. This would maintain a the vertical strength of the door casing and I feel might be less choppy than a half height cove piece. I'm not there to see or measure it though. 🙂

You live in the best place to do finishing carpentry.....weatherwise...lol...since you brought up the nature scene....lol

great stuff as always, what options do you prefer when deciding on a cap molding for the wainscot?

Hello first off outstanding job with everything that you do and all of your videos. You’re probably my top trusted woodworking RU-vid site that I referenced! In this video it looks like you’re using either poplar or pine for the wood. Is there anything wrong with going with MDF for the rails and sales?

Love all the thought that you put into your work. Trying to duplicate that process with my kitchen remodel. Moving away from small bead wainscoting and going with judges panel. No trim on doorway in which to end and if I case in that doorway the new cabinets won’t fit through. 😳. Any thoughts?

Richard, I very much enjoy all your videos but, don't laugh when I saw I get gitty like a little school girl when I know you're about to lay down some killer trim videos!! So excited to see this all come together. Hoping all is well, Dirty Jersey out!!!

Excellent videos, thanks. How do you handle HVAC returns on the wall at floor level?

This got a like even before I viewed it because I already know it’s a great video.

Thank you for all the videos. Quick question, when you want to add casing to your windows. Do you break off the drywall?

Great video, excellent information and thought process of what works. Although anyone can build it as they please, one should always follow what our ancestors have established. The Greek, Roman, colonial, and Victorian style all have rules that make them architecturally pleasing. So even if you do a modern style the rules still must be followed. Otherwise, fail.

nice

Great series of videos, as usual! Doesn't look like you have a stairway in this room, but how would I end wainscoting at a stairway. Stop it at the last full height 40", or run it under the stairs?

Such good videos ! Motivated me to do it myself. Have you ever seen a corner that is square on the bottom to accommodate the baseboard but bull nosed from there on up? Not sure how I am going to handle this, thoughts?

I make a temp window extension marking tool too. But I mark a reveal on the window and hold the window extension template to the reveal so its the same all the way around the window.

I will be installing wainscoting on the three walls at one end of a long room to set apart the area that will be dedicated as a dining area. Can you talk about how you would finish out the vertical end piece that does not end in a corner? Thanks in advance!

I hope you can show some detail tips on how to locate and router out the electrical boxes on the waynescotting panel