Installing Tin Wainscoting Step By Step - Step 1: Measuring

To determine the material quantities for your project, measure the length of the area. Because tin panels are 2' x 2', each panel will cover two feet of linear space. Divide the linear feet by 2 to determine the number of panels needed to cover the length span. The standard wainscoting height is 36", therefore 1-1/2 panels will cover the height span. Length ÷ 2 x 1.5 = total quantity. We recommend ordering extra material to accomodate for cutting errors and other unexpected shortages.

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Why are Tin Ceilings so popular today?

Tin Ceilings remind us of a different time in our country's history. Tin Ceilings stir memories of gentler days when elegance and beauty reigned. A slower paced era where style and grace were the watchwords in home decor. Old time victorian homes, formal parlors, farmhouses with wood burning stoves and other historic architecture we've seen in literature and film or remember from our childhood.

It is said that "Everything Old Becomes New Again". It reinvents itself and becomes fashionable again, perhaps because it was so fashionable in the first place. Fashion goes in and out of style as modern ideas are introduced to the market. But the popular styling's of the past always cycle back into modern contemporary culture. The Tin Ceiling exemplifies this concept.