Design Guidance

Design Guidance for New England Classic ArchitecturalPanel Systems

The Forest and the Trees Metaphor - When viewing a wood panel, stile and rail wall system installation, the human eye perceives the installation in its entirety, not the individual components.

• Unconsciously the eye senses the wall panel systems' rhythm, balance and proportional relationships
• Through history the finest wood panel installations have been composed of a range of proportionally related components - the New England Classic system design embraces these age old design axioms, or rules.

Imagination combined with our modular "kit of parts" equals a distinctive "custom-configured" design

• Select from a wide array of panel components, and add a custom size for a special situation, and remember the grain direction may run in either the horizontal or vertical direction, as per your preference.
• 3", 4" and 8" wide rails can be used together or separately to create up to a 16" tall base, usually the wider rail is used in conjunction with larger panel designs. Our base cap, crown and shoe accessories can be applied step-up the level of ornamental expression
• Five cap designs are available; caps may be located at any height, but are usually positioned at chair rail level above the floor; 36" to 42" is typical.
• Our team of designers are available to assist you at any time with our Free Design Service.

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