Beadboard w/ chair rail in daughters bedroom - wall paper entire wall?
moneymm
4 years ago
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Annie Deighnaugh
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Finished up the bead board wallpaper project
Comments (20)Thank you, ALL of you, for your thoughtful tips and great decorating advice! I tried hard to learn from you and adapt this room to suite our taste and still conform to the home's older southern Low Country style, and think I succeeded. I'm still debating about building cornices, which I would cover in white fabric, for over the window and door areas, but overall, I'm delighted with the warmth of this room. Moonkat and Oceanna, the painting of the wallpaper didn't alter it much. When the paint was wet it looked as though the shadow of the beads had receded, and I didn't like that, but once the paint dried it looked normal again. It didn't even change the textured feel of the vinyl. I used a satin finish paint, and applied it with a thicker nap roller designed for semi-smooth to rough walls, thinking that the longer nap would help get the paint into those indentations the beading makes. I used a brush at the edges to make sure that all the indented parts were covered. I'm not worried about moisture in the tub area, I had paper here before and it held up beautifully through the antics of a splashing, frolicking grandson who I raised for 12 years. I've got cherished photos of him in this tub with bubbles practically overflowing on the floor...it was his favorite play area. Those days are long over, (he graduates next year.....sigh), the tub only gets used by me, and my splashing days are over! Yayagal and Allison, thanks for mentioning my DS. This is his 4th, and hopefully last tour over there. He just got married a month before he left, and I know his wife would love to have him home, too. And Brutuses, thanks for your invitation, but I've seen the photos of your new home, and your doing a beautiful job with that, all on your own! It's stunning, I especially love your new master bath....See MoreNeed pics of painted color beadboard wallpaper in breakfast area
Comments (23)The angle of that last photo definitely shows the true size of the room....thanks for posting it! I like the blinds since they give a lighter, brighter feel. But hey, that's just my opinion. : ) And.........I have to agree with Caminnc's comment about the cushions re: color vs pattern. You have a lot going on with remodeling, so waiting on the window treatment may be wise at this point. Hanging some simple panels on each side of the window, along with the blinds, would change the whole feel of the room, but I understand you wanting to stay with the current WT. I think the white is 'glaring' at you because of all the other dark colors in the area and it appears to be the only white anywhere except for the flower stand. Finish the rest of the tear-out........and the white may grow on you!...See MoreBeadboard floor to ceiling??
Comments (12)I love floor-to-ceiling beadboard but I do have to caveat it in that I don't think it works well in some circumstances - some house styles just don't play nicely with something as vintage in flavor as beadboard. Lowes has some pretty cool wall panels that looks nothing like that ooky fake wood paneling we all grew up with, they're in the special order section by the beadboard stuff. Tena - you can do one of two things with your porch ceiling. You can order extra-long beadboard planks and trim through a good lumberyard (I think you can get 16') but I warn you they are a stone beyatch to handle and waaaaay more expensive than standard length. Or, you can simply stagger/interweave the ends of the shorter 8' planks the same way one would with hardwood-floor boards, rather than just having all the planks end in the same spot. That's the way it was done on my 100+ year old porch. If you're planning on painting the beadboard rather than staining it, you can fill the butt joints with an exterior-grade wood putty before painting and they won't even show. Remember to back-prime or back-seal the boards before installing....See MoreNeed help with beadboard height on end wall
Comments (39)I love the "stream of conciousness" thought process, lol! I definitely have to sort of design-on-fly with this, since I jumped into it so quickly. Re: above the fridge: I scored a super-cool antique wooden soapbox with a hinged lid, with a beautiful patina! I am going to use that above the fridge to draw in more wood, but beadboard up there would not be a bad idea anyway. Would love to see a pic. I have totally put off doing much at all in the kitchen today for chewing on this end wall thing, but I have had a lot of Other Stuff going on, too. I think I have to break out the Lowe's planner again and see of I can do some mock-ups. I can visualize all options, but no one thing over another seems outstandingly like the right thing to do....See More
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Holly Stockley
4 years ago
We're doing wainscoting up about 5' on 8' walls. (This is to protect the walls. My kids are special needs and lets just say there have been previous incidents.) Wallpaper is going above the wainscoting.I had the same wallpaper in my bedroom from age 5 until I was... 19? At which point I pulled it down with the intent of painting, discovered that Dad had used paste on prepasted vinyl paper and that there was so MUCH paste that it was going to be a major issue to wash it off thoroughly for paint. I ended up hanging a different paper instead. Upside, a 19 year old learned how to hang wallpaper. :-) Useful life skill for someone who still likes wallpaper.
And I, for one, like wallpaper and wainscoting together. DO give careful thought to the height of the wainscoting or beadboard. Usually either 1/3 the height of the wall or 2/3 the height of the wall look better than 1/2.
So, if it were me, I'd to the beadboard all the way around and wallpaper above it.
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