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Help Should I Paint Chair Rail and Trim same as board and batten?

9 months ago

Confused if a) does color or board and batten go with silverfish faux paint, and should chair rail and baseboard be painted the same color as board and batten trim?

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Kendrah

9 months ago

Keep it all one color. I'd prefer all matte if you can afford a really good cleanable matte paint. (Farrow and Ball dead flat is incredible.) If you need to go for cleanability, then all one color with just the baseboard with a higher sheen.

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HALLETT & Co.
9 months ago
To me all trim should be one color.
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Laura Myers
Original Author
9 months ago
Thank you for your response. But with it being one color would you not put semi-gloss on the baseboard, but keep it the matte finish? Thank you again
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
9 months ago
What is silverfish faux paint? I do agree all trim the same color.
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kandrewspa
9 months ago
It doesn't look right to me the way it is. This is the way panels (whether faux or not) usually look. Are you wanting both sections over and under the chairrail to be the same color?
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ptreckel
9 months ago
You don’t have board and batten trim. You have molding panels, sometimes called Bishop panels. Yes, the chair rail (top piece of molding) all the way down to the floor molding (baseboard) should be the same paint color and type of paint. It is usually painted the same color AND the same type of paint as all the rest of the trim in your room. Your panels between the chair rail and the baseboard appear to be painted a different color than the chair rail and the baseboard. This is not the typical way of doing this. See the above photo posted by kendrewspa.
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Sabrina Alfin Interiors
9 months ago
Paneling and trim should be the same color. Paint the chair rail the same as your wainscot.
Laura Myers
Original Author
9 months ago
Thank you
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Laura Myers
Original Author
9 months ago
Thank you all for your invaluable help.
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