If you go below the tile line, plan ahead especially if you have decoratinve borders or design work in the tile. You don't want that box to fall on a goofy spot and create a design eyesore. For example, this outlet will be over the vanity, and I spent a lot of time measuring and calculating to ensure that it was high enough to clear the vanity top but still under the chair rail. The pencil liner came into play too and I made sure that it didn't fall right on the edge of the cover plate which would have looked strange. A simple tiled wall has fewer considerations, but as Bill stated, make sure it's either all on or all off the tile. Joe

For the most part, my furniture is casual and neutral. The room next to the dining room (but not visible from the dining room) is the family room and it will hold a brown leather Ethan Allen sectional, muted orange wingback-ish chairs, and a rug with muted green, brown, gold, and orange squares. However, the orange chairs are in storage and due to some issues we had with the storage unit, they may not come out in usable shape. So the rug and orange chairs might be replaced with any variety of items in any variety of colors. Regarding metallic paint - that's not really in keeping with our style preferences. DH wants the dining room to be a dark room but I agree with johnatemp that I won't want to walk by a cave all the time. DH also had the same suggestion as creekylis -- to have the wall under the chair rail painted with the white trim paint to give the illusion of wainscoting. And I'm open to that. The walls are flat so I think that would look okay. As Les917 suggested, I think we need a rug to lighten the room a bit. I've been going through magazines and catalogs in an attempt to find a great room I can mimic but haven't stumbled upon anything that I love. But I think that we'll have a good result if we use the trim below the chair rail, chocolate brown above the chair rail, a sparkly chandelier, mirrors and lamps to create some light, and a good rug, we should be okay. Thank you, everyone, for your advice! try_hard ...

You could still install wainscoting below that rail. Pre-construct the base and vertical "stile" sections and then pocket screw the vertical pieces into the rail. Fill the pocket screw holes in the top rail, sand, paint. wainscoting layout there are several wainscoting layout calculators on the Internet.

Rebel Yell Hello Sdakntv! Not to be a too loud and proud dissenter, but — Fabulous! Fabulous! This is your one room where you may gloss it up! Tack or Goo the papers on a wall, ponder, then, big breath, Google enormous and very red (any bright color, I note the chairs and chose red, but any big and detailed set prints in a warm color. Love any coral red with silver) English or French botanical prints! Stripes are a classic we inherit from Georgian (used until Regency) England. In silver? With color and a sideboard or long floating shelf? That is a CLEAN reinvention of the slightly dimmer, happily dirty lol at times, Georgian style. The English discarded it and, having a renaissance of their own atm, just now revive it. It remained an American tradition in finer homes in the dining room, especially on the Coasts. The Jacobean papers shown above are lovely, and if you go that route, understandable, but? Those were originally designed to be kitchen prints or draperies, crewel work pillows, hanging bed draperies. They are in use now in dining rooms to make the atmosphere more relaxed. The chinoiserie would be a better fit perhaps for a formal dining room. But formal dining rooms are a true wow, and rare these days — you have the right dining set for this! And there can be no prints, gallery style (i break with tradition a little, here) over eye-catching print. Dark dining rooms are not in keeping with American Georgian, as Colonials liked light or bright colors! Dark interiors were for taverns. Please just go with what you love! Your first instinct was right. I am now inspired lol …. googling giant botanicals! And, you get to take an Accessorizing Grand Tour! Forgive the bias everyone everyone! i ❤️ stripes! Should you choose with your original pick (fingers crossed!) one more suggestion, and crash helmet here! If you carry the mocha in all other rooms, or whatever color in in the kitchen? paint the molding (I know! Courage!) in same or similiar. Matting for your prints makes a stable rhythm for flow, and you can use asymmetry in a hanging light fixture to break up the static feel, if you like. Trust yourself! It looked right to you because it IS right! Have a wonderful decor adventure!