Help !! Need ideas on how to finish bottom half of wall in dining room.
Dining room.. measures 13' long and 10' wide. A window on one 10'wall... a entranceway to living room on other 10' wall and a doorway to kitchen on 13' wall. One 13' wall is unbroken.
There is chair rail going around the room.
The top half has been painted Sherwin Williams Soft Iris semi-gloss. Ceiling is white. It is a stepped ceiling...8'high
I'll be putting up crown molding
Floor is Pergo light cherry laminate.
I need something for the lower half of the wall. It had wallpaper which was removed.
Very unsure what to do. Need a second set of eyes.
I like wainscoting, but on a budget. Its a small room
One thought is to paint the wall, and glue those trim boxes to
the wall, then insert textured wall paper into the boxes.... but
not sure what color should be the base, what color should be
the trim moulding and what color to paint the textured wallpaper
in the boxes. Each box would be about 24" high x 16 " wide.
What are those molding boxes called ?? What type of moulding is
used ?? Can they be purchased premade or do I have to mitre
them myself ??
What colors would match a soft iris (lavender) I enjoy soft greens
and earth tones..
Are these good options ?? Are there other designs that would look good ??
Baseboard has not been painted yet... so I could do it white or
in a color to match ??? (something)..
I like the stepped ceiling and the soft iris color and the light cherry laminate floor. Wall decorations will be a gold
mirror and gold framed painting. Furniture is queen anne dark
cherry. My tastes are open and airy, but with earthtones, greens,
peaches.
The house is a 2 story colonial. Conservative. My tastes are conservative, traditional, a little classical.. i.e I have those plaster urns and plaster stands around the house. I'm a 62 y/o male
who enjoys lavenders, peaches, woodtones and soft greens.. no
blues or vibrant reds. No dark colors as the rooms are relativly
small and I enjoy rooms that are open and light and airy.. No
clutter. No children... Just me in the house... (and a bird).
But really need help with the bottom part... What would make this room look beautiful ??
Your kind help is greatly appreciated...
There is chair rail going around the room.
The top half has been painted Sherwin Williams Soft Iris semi-gloss. Ceiling is white. It is a stepped ceiling...8'high
I'll be putting up crown molding
Floor is Pergo light cherry laminate.
I need something for the lower half of the wall. It had wallpaper which was removed.
Very unsure what to do. Need a second set of eyes.
I like wainscoting, but on a budget. Its a small room
One thought is to paint the wall, and glue those trim boxes to
the wall, then insert textured wall paper into the boxes.... but
not sure what color should be the base, what color should be
the trim moulding and what color to paint the textured wallpaper
in the boxes. Each box would be about 24" high x 16 " wide.
What are those molding boxes called ?? What type of moulding is
used ?? Can they be purchased premade or do I have to mitre
them myself ??
What colors would match a soft iris (lavender) I enjoy soft greens
and earth tones..
Are these good options ?? Are there other designs that would look good ??
Baseboard has not been painted yet... so I could do it white or
in a color to match ??? (something)..
I like the stepped ceiling and the soft iris color and the light cherry laminate floor. Wall decorations will be a gold
mirror and gold framed painting. Furniture is queen anne dark
cherry. My tastes are open and airy, but with earthtones, greens,
peaches.
The house is a 2 story colonial. Conservative. My tastes are conservative, traditional, a little classical.. i.e I have those plaster urns and plaster stands around the house. I'm a 62 y/o male
who enjoys lavenders, peaches, woodtones and soft greens.. no
blues or vibrant reds. No dark colors as the rooms are relativly
small and I enjoy rooms that are open and light and airy.. No
clutter. No children... Just me in the house... (and a bird).
But really need help with the bottom part... What would make this room look beautiful ??
Your kind help is greatly appreciated...
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A classic, traditional look that can be done inexpensively is applied molding. Applied means it is glued and nailed to the wall.The name of the molding is picture frame. Here is an example.
The molding is not premade but can easily be cut and done on site by the homeowner.
The way to approach this is not by predetermining the size of the boxes, but to calculate the size of each based on wall length.
Example: first, the space between each box and the space between a box and wall corner should be no more than 4 inches. In your smaller room, it appears 3 inches is best. So for your 13 ft unbroken wall you begin with 156 inches. If you create 6 boxes on that wall you have 7 spaces.
7x3= 21
156-21=135
135 divided by 6 (number of boxes) = 22.5
22.5inches is the outer dimension of the width of each box. This way they are all equal size. Now this is not automatically, the answer to the width of each box for the whole room. Calculate the width of the boxes for each wall as we did for the unbroken wall and compare your results. Hopefully, you are getting a close result. If you are getting significantly different widths, then recalculate based on adding or subtracting the number of boxes per wall until you have achieved a close result. Basically, a happy average that will trick the eye into believing they are all equal. On the wall that has the openning to the living room, you can only fit one box per side of the openning. This will be a predetermined width and therefore will be different than the long walls. So be it.
Calculating the height of the boxes is easy, start with the overall height. This is taken from the underside of the chair rail to the top of the baseboard. Subtract 6 ( a 3 in space from the top and 3 in space from the bottom of the box. Your result is the outter dimension of the height of the box. Always keep your width and height spaces the same (3 in).
I know you like wood tones, but this look would be best served if you painted the chair rail the same as everything below; as in my example photo.
I would paint everything a soft, creamy off white such as Dover white SW 6385. This would be light and airy as you stated you wanted. If you are determined to paint the inside of the boxes you could use the upper wall color soft iris or do a deeper version of the trim (Dover) to accent it slightly. Such as, paper lantern SW 7676.
You can also wallpaper in each box, it is your prerogative. Again, I like everything from the chair rail down to be the same like the example photo.
Good luck!
I would recommend that you change the upper portion to flat paint, as opposed to a semi gloss. It will look richer and show less wall imperfections.
Also, I would go with full length drapery panels on either side of the window mounted on a decorative rod 3 - 4 inches below the crown moulding, either in the white or a couple of shades deeper than the wall.
To keep the room looking a bit wider, go with a thinner crown moulding that comes down longer on the wall. You could also do the ceiling with some of the wall colour
Good luck
Wainscoting would be a little too country for the cherry furniture I think.
I would reconsider the color and go for something more like Benjamin Moore Manchester tab or a cooler tab like Ben Moore elephant tail. Then choose the creamy ivory counterpart from the paint strip for the bottom half. IMHO. :-)
The picture frame moulding is a def !! It makes the room appear larger whereas... Bobbi I love the wainscoting and might try the wainscoting wall paper to see how it looks, but the picture
frame moulding has more bang. I definitely need to check out the textured wallpaper aisle at
Home Depot.
Dazy... your picture of light and airy with the queen anne furniture is really spot on to how it
should look...
Chroma Paint... your picture is great... same concept.. some type of moulding structure on the
bottom. Thanks for including the layout details. That pins down the perspective and ratio
for the moulding design as all the walls have different measurements.
When the moulding gets up...I can play with the different colors and box inserts to see what
is attractive. Thank goodness for paper and colored crayons !!
Ohhh, I hate to paint over stained woodwork, but you're right... keeping the same color from
the chair rail down would look more integrated and holistic. Perhaps I can use a strippable
wallpaper to cover the stained woodwork and paint over that. Might be easier to remove paste
from the woodwork rather than primer / paint.
Carolyn... I'll spend the extra couple of hours repainting in Flat... it's a good point the
walls will look smoother especially when using a high quality paint. And the draperies are
a hit with a sheer over the window for privacy. The window used to have heavy full window
drapes ( nice), but the panels opens up the room Thank you for pointing that out.
Piotr - good point... reduce the contrast and use furniture, paints and ornaments to
provide the color and personality. Time to take another look at the paint strips !!
hmschoolmom- more good points... a neutral cream on the bottom. Chroma Paint and
Carolyn showed similar concepts so I'll work with those paint strips to get a complement
to the soft iris. The Manchester Tan / Elephant Tail with creamy Ivory will work well with
another room and ties everything together !!
Wallpaper in the frames is just a thought being considered... it might work.. or as you pointed
out might be too victorian or too formal. You and Piotr brought out some good points... use ornaments for decoration.. I have plaster columns so why not add color with a mildly swirled or patterned vase or glass wear. Or use something similar on the sideboard ( candy dish) to break up the formality.
Thank you for all the great ideas.... I can see them working... and would never have thought of them myself....
You girls and guys are GREAT !!!
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Going with either a grey or white bottom half, with white chair rail and white boxes (or what ever colour you choose both the boxes and chair rail should be the same to maintain unity in the space)
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