Contemporary wainscoting: Large-format flat panels

A contemporary wainscoting. The method is not traditional solid wood frames with inset panels, but rather a division created by simple flat lines on a smooth wall: strip-shaped wooden lines are affixed to the wall at fixed intervals, forming large-scale rectangular frames, with the interior of the frames being a flat surface in the same color as the wall. The lines have a simple rectangular cross-section, approximately four centimeters wide and one centimeter thick, with precise mitered corners. The entire wall—including the lines, the interior of the frames, and the baseboard—is painted exactly the same color with an eggshell finish, so that the layers are revealed only by shadow, not by color. The wainscoting terminates thirty centimeters below the ceiling. Avoid: using complex classical moldings, painting the interior of the frames a contrasting color, making the frame divisions dense and fine, using wood veneer instead of paint finish.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一面當代做法的護牆板。做法不是傳統的實木框架加嵌板,而是在平整的牆面上以簡潔的平板線條做出分割:條狀的木線以固定間距貼在牆上,構成大尺度的長方形框格,框內是與牆同色的平面。線條的斷面是簡單的矩形,寬約四公分、厚約一公分,轉角是精確的斜接。整面牆——包含線條、框內、踢腳板——漆成完全相同的一個顏色與蛋殼光,因此不靠顏色而只靠陰影顯現層次。護牆板做到天花下方三十公分處收頭。避免:使用複合的古典線腳、把框內漆成對比色、讓框格分割得細密、使用木紋貼皮而非塗裝。