Flat Panel Wainscot Kits, customized at no cost!  Available with factory finishes, all shown at delivered prices!

The Classic American® DIY Flat Panel systems celebrate the distinctly American Arts and Crafts, Mission, and Shaker architectrual styles, sold here in an 8-running-foot kit.  The Classic American flat panel system embodies the simple and honest design elements found in theses historical styles.  Once you place your order and submit a Design Request Form, we'll choose from among our 37 sizes of Flat Panels and corresponding stiles and other frame moldings to create a perfectly designed system for your project.  We will  confirm the entire design with you by sending a drawing and a bill of material listing all the necessary components for your review and approval before any charge to you card, and before we send an order to our production department.  For help with your design, all orders or quote requests should print, complete and submit our Design Request Form.

By using select grade-A sliced veneer or decorative film laminated to a stable engineered wood core, our panel system is more stable than solid wood and less susceptible to shrinkage, splitting, warpage and twisting.  Our real wood veneers include oak, maple and cherry, either ready-to-finish, or professionally stained in our factory. If you plan to paint your panels, our factory primed paintable surface is the way to go and is offered at a very economical cost. We'll paint it, if you like, before it is shipped for a nominal charge.  For an upcharge, we will even match a stain color if you send us a stain sample.

A variety of panel sizes fit with precision-machined rails and stiles to create a fully integrated assembly system that reduces installation time and costs. Overall finished heights using these kits range from 32" to 44" wainscoting.  Custom panel widths and heights may also be ordered, up to full wall height and flat panel systems for stairways and landings is also available!

The Classic American® Flat Panel System is the perfect way to achieve the high quality look and feel of custom millwork at a fraction of the cost. Click here to view our general wainscot paneling installation videos.  Wainscot Panel finishing and maintenance tips.

History

Classic American flat or "recessed" panel style originated in the 19th century and grtew to popularity in the 20th century in Shaker, Mission, Praire and Arts and Craft styles. 

Applications

Classic American Flat Paneling is most often used in the major gathering spaces of a home such as the dining room, living room, foyer and den.  It provides a slighlty "simpler" alternative to reaised panels that are generally considered more formal, classic or traditional.  

Easy Order and Review process

We sell this flat panel system in 8-running-feet kits, complete with baseboard, panels, stiles, top rail and top cap, enough for 8 running feet.  To order, select the finished height you want, enter the panel width desired (or let our designer make this determination,) select the wood type, a finish option, and if you have ordered more than 2 kits, select the appropriate quantity discount. After measuring the length of your wall(s) in feet, divide your total wall length by 8, and order that many kits (rounding up.) Click "Add to Cart."  Review the Related Items at the bottom of the page to see if you want to order any accessories, such as window or door casing paks, or other trim moldings.

IMPORTANT STEP ... after placing your order for Classic American paneling:

Print, completely fill out and forward our Design Request Form for our designer's review. Watch your email inbox (normally within 24 to 48 business hours) for a communication from us including a drawing of your wall paneling system and a bill of material for your order. We will need your written email/fax approval before we charge your card and before we send your order to production.

Just want an estimate? 

If you simply want an estimate (rather than placing an order) all you need to do is print, completely fill out and submit our DESIGN REQUEST FORM  (or submit our Stairway and Landing Design Request Form ) for your stairway wainscoting project.  We'll send you a price estimate normally within 72 hours.  You may also use our convenient paneling price estimator.

Another way to get an estimate is for you to determine the length of the walls to be covered, in feet, then divide by 8.  The result is close to the number of kits you will need for your job.  With the number of kits needed figured, then go to the top of this page, enter your selection of 48" or 56" Finished Height, Flat or Raised Panels, your Wood and Finish choices, and then enter the number of kits you think you will need, and click Add to Cart.  The price in your cart will be a good estimate of the price for your project. You can also use our Wainscot Paneling Price Estimator.