two adjoining rooms, chair rails at different heights.
Joanne La
5 years ago
I just bought a house and the living and dining rooms a beside each other. I will be removing the wallpaper, but I will be left with chair rails at different heights that can be seen from each room. How do I paint these rooms so that they blend well from one to the other?
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5 years agoarcy_gw
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (7)Just to be clear, mine was just an "example" of a split cabinet idea. We aren't shooting for ADA standards (it's a five level town home. We'd have to move if severely disabled). The cabinet on that smaller side is a 33" section, with two 3" spice pull type pieces (one on each end) then one 27" piece. If the 27" piece were a floating drawer only it probably would work well. A similar set up with legs or thin cabinets that match your other cabinets would look nice. Frankly, the one I saw in the magazine was quite nice, with the lower cabinet on the end, but my set up would look equaly nice I think. Given that there are already differences in the design somewhat (the more built in area on the larger cabinet). I would just make sure to unify them with materials (both countertops are marble and have hammered copper vessel sinks...which don't show in the picture and wouldn't work for ADA standards unless you really lowered the counter a lot! My tub also encrouches on the turn radius of anyone in a chair. You'd want to be sure to work through that issue if you do a separate area as well. I could easily have done that by using a lower tub (it's 34" finished high on the platform, even higher than the picture) and then cutting the corner off (the tub is round, not square)....See MoreHeight of Chair Rail with 9' Ceilings
Comments (2)I always make the top at 34" like your contractor did. It is standard practice here. Although I have installed them as high as 36" to the top. Do you really think that extra 3 1/2"s is going to make the difference. If so have him pull it off and reinstall it....See MoreHelp 'framing' adjoining rooms with paint
Comments (2)I like your idea of "framing" the adjacent rooms, but I'm not really a fan of accent walls, especially with traditional architecture. I'd rather try to achieve that effect by using architectural details than just paint. Does the rectangular opening have woodwork around it? If not, could you add it? A contrasting trim would be enough to "frame" the adjacent room. I have a trimmed rectangular opening between two rooms in my antique colonial. Originally, there were French doors there, unfortunately long gone. If you have the space, you might also consider adding French doors between your rooms to give them more interest. Another option, if the opening is wide enough, would be to add columns, or built-in bookcases with columns on top, on the sides of the opening. This would help define the spaces and be in keeping with the style of the house. If you don't want to mess with carpentry, you could paint one of the rooms a lighter tone of the other. I'm planning to do that with my adjacent rooms. I probably won't replace the French doors because they wouldn't work very well with my furniture placement....See MoreHelp with floor height difference between kitchen and other rooms
Comments (16)Thanks, Sophie! We are already too far into this process to go back to the joists, so we are just trying to find a thinner stone that will work for what we want. We did manage to find a 1/2" option, which I think we will go with and just do a threshold reducer in the two doorways to compensate for about a 1" height difference between the rooms. The rot was actually due to a leaking refrigerator left on in the house by the previous owner for over a year when no one was living there. We purchased the house as-is, so we actually knew that this was going to be a problem when we got it. We are doing all the renovations DIY because we can't afford to hire anyone to do them and my father-in-law built a section of his house himself and is helping us. That is good information to know for the future though, thank you!...See Moreshadylady2u
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5 years agoLinda Kincaid
3 years agoIf it were I I would take all the wall paper down. I'd leave the chair rail in the dinning room and add picture molding to the bottom and big once to the top too. like this. paint it all one color. subtle, but beautiful.
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