Dining Room Chair Rail Wainscoting

White wainscoting and decorative molding are paired with chocolate brown walls for a sophisticated dining room.

Dining room chair rail wainscoting. See more ideas about wainscoting chair rail decor. What is chair rail the term chair rail is orginially derived from the latin root word chair which means. Jul 13 2019 explore anne long s board dining room chair rail wainscotting on pinterest. The best way to update a chair rail is to convert it into wainscoting or board and batten.

The lower it stands the higher the room will look. The chair rail can either be a horizontal piece with a specified profile or it can even be a small solid crown moulding. While these walls weren t originally chair rail alone you can see how the horizontal moulding would act as the beginning point for a gorgeous wall installation that can be as simple or as detailed as your budget skills allow. Sep 6 2013 explore destefano remodeling s board chair rail and wainscoting on pinterest.

I did the latter in my home and loved it. But they won t work on average or rather low ceilings. Measure the height of one of the dining room chairs and determine how high off the floor the chair rail should be. See more ideas about wainscoting wainscoting styles dining room wainscoting.

Some prefer the wooden tone to keep the dining room traditional. Measure up the wall in one location and use a level to mark the second horizontal line image 2. With both the base molding and chair rail lines drawn measure the length of the walls to determine the size of the panels. In such cases you need to bring the wainscoting down.

Chair rails have a practical use in the function of protecting the wall from being damaged by the backs of chairs as people move them about generally getting up and down from the dinner table. There s an image coming later of all of the mouldings i used to make our wainscoting in our old home so please hang on and no fair looking ahead.