Interior Repaint in Montgomery, OH — Greige & Board-and-Batten

Board-and-batten is a wall treatment of vertical strips applied over a flat panel, and it is slow to paint because every batten adds two more edges to cut. It should be primed and finished in a harder enamel than the wall above it, since wainscoting is at kick height. Here it was finished in a soft gray against warm greige walls, which defines it without making it a hard contrast.

Yes, and carrying one treatment across both is what makes a room feel designed rather than decorated piecemeal. In this Montgomery home the same soft gray runs across the board-and-batten wainscoting and the fireplace surround, so the two read as one architectural element rather than as two separate features that happen to share a room.

Warm greige is the dependable choice, and it is what was used here. Oak carries a lot of gold and orange, and a cool gray on the walls fights it — the floor starts to look orange. A greige with warmth in it sits alongside refinished oak comfortably, and crisp white trim keeps the whole thing from feeling muddy.