Every accent wall we are asked to fix has the same fault: the trim was put up before anyone did the math. Boxes that land half on a window. A batten that dies into a light switch. A pattern that is centred on the wall but not on the bed. The material was fine. The layout was never drawn.
So we draw it. Before a single piece of moulding is cut, you get a layout of each wall with every box, batten or slat placed, and you approve it. The install then follows the drawing, and what you saw on paper is what you get on the wall. That is the whole difference between a feature wall that looks designed and one that looks like a weekend project.
These are the six we are asked for most, in roughly the order Central Florida asks for them. Each one is drawn below so you can put a name to the look you have in mind.
Vertical battens at an even spacing with a top rail, over a smooth painted field. The most requested wall in Orlando bedrooms and entries. Full height or stopped at a chair-rail line.
Best for: bedroom, entry, hallway, nurseryRectangular boxes of panel moulding, one or two tiers, painted the wall colour so the shadow lines do the work. Often called wainscoting or wall moulding. Reads traditional or modern depending on the box proportions. Full picture frame molding guide, calculator and FAQ here.
Best for: living room, dining room, stairwell, primary bedroomVertical wood strips over a dark backer, decorative or with acoustic felt. Warm, linear, and the one that hides a TV mount best. Full slat wall page here.
Best for: home office, TV wall, media roomFine vertical grooves, usually painted, sometimes in a wood veneer. Finer scale than slats, so it suits smaller walls and bathrooms where slats would feel heavy.
Best for: powder room, bar wall, headboard wallDiamonds, chevrons or an asymmetric grid of flat stock, painted a single deep colour. All of the effect is in the layout, which is why it is the one style we will not install without a drawing you have approved.
Best for: office, playroom, a single statement wallAny of the above, planned around the screen: a wide centre panel with matching sides, blocking set behind the mount before the trim goes on, cables routed inside. Pairs with a built-in below if you want storage.
Best for: family room, bonus roomNot sure which one? Send us a photo of the wall and tell us the room. Half the time the answer is obvious from the ceiling height and the windows, and we will tell you which style will fight the room before you fall in love with it.
None of this is secret. It is just work that gets skipped.
The headboard wall, full height. Board and batten or two-tier picture frames. The most common request we get, and the highest-impact one per dollar.
The TV wall or the fireplace wall. Picture-frame moulding wrapping the fireplace, or a slat wall carrying the screen.
Chair-rail-height wainscoting on all four walls, or one full-height wall behind the sideboard. This is where traditional proportions still win.
A long blank wall is the cheapest place in the house to make look expensive. Board and batten with a ledge for hooks, or boxes stepping up the stairs.
The wall behind you on calls. Slats or fluted panels, often with acoustic backing so the room stops echoing.
Board and batten to chair-rail height, painted a colour, with a plain field above that can be repainted as they grow.
Primed finger-joint moulding. Our default for painted picture frames, board and batten and geometric trim. Straight, stable in air-conditioned Florida homes, and it takes paint without telegraphing grain.
MDF panel moulding and flat stock. Dead flat and cheaper per foot. Fine for boxes and battens on interior walls. Not for anywhere that gets wet.
Veneered and solid wood. For slat walls and any natural-wood look. Solid wood is acclimated in the house before it is fastened, so it does not move after the fact.
PVC. Bathrooms, lanais, anywhere with moisture. It does not warp and it does not rot. Up close it reads as plastic, and we will say that plainly rather than let you find out later.
An accent wall is only finished when the trim and the wall read as one surface. Our painting partner comes in after installation and prep: primer on all new moulding, then two finish coats over the trim and the field inside and around the boxes, in one pass, in the colour you chose. If you would rather use your own painter, we hand the wall over filled, caulked and sanded, ready for primer, and painting simply drops off the estimate as its own line.
We quote per wall. What moves the number is the style (a two-tier picture-frame wall has many more joints than board and batten), the wall height, how many windows, doors and outlets the layout has to work around, whether painting is included, and whether the drywall is flat enough to start on. Rather than publish a range that will not match your wall, we look at a photo and give you the real number, free, usually the same day.
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We quote per wall, not per square foot. What moves the number is the style (a two-tier picture-frame layout has far more joints than board and batten), the wall height, how many windows, doors and outlets the layout has to work around, whether painting is included, and whether the drywall is flat enough to start on. Send a photo of the wall and its rough width and we can usually give you a real number the same day, free.
In Central Florida the requests split three ways: board and batten for bedrooms and entries, picture-frame moulding (often called wainscoting) for living and dining rooms, and wood slat walls for offices and TV walls. Fluted panels and geometric trim are the newer looks. The right one depends more on the room and the ceiling height than on trends.
Yes. We install, fill, caulk and sand so the wall is ready for paint, and our painting partner primes the new trim and applies two finish coats to the trim and the wall in one pass, so the whole thing reads as a single surface. You can also take the wall paint-ready and use your own painter; the estimate shows painting as its own line either way.
A single board and batten or slat wall is usually one day of installation. Picture-frame moulding on several walls runs two to three days. Painting adds cure time, so a painted feature wall is typically finished over two visits within the same week.
That is most of the job. The layout is drawn so the boxes or battens align to the window casing, the TV sits in a wide centre panel with matching side panels, and the fireplace surround becomes part of the grid instead of an interruption. For a TV wall we set solid blocking before the trim goes on so the mount lands in wood.
For painted trim we use primed finger-joint or MDF moulding, which is stable in Central Florida homes and takes paint cleanly. For stained or natural-wood looks we use veneered panels or acclimate solid wood in the house before fastening. Bathrooms and lanais point to PVC trim, and we will say so rather than install something that fails in a year.
No. Decorative trim, panelling and moulding fixed to an existing wall is finish carpentry and does not need a permit in Orange County or the surrounding counties. If the project also moves an outlet or adds new wiring behind the wall, that electrical part is separate licensed work and we coordinate it.
A photo of the wall and its rough width is usually enough. No obligation.
Send a photo of the wall and roughly how wide it is. That is usually enough for a real number and a first drawing.
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