And no molding does this job better than chair rail because it visually divides the room and instantly allows you to read the size and scale of the space. “Their purpose is to establish the scale and proportion of a space. “Moldings are sending you messages,” says Brent Hull, an author and molding expert. You can read more tips about this topic and offer your own suggestions here.Chair rail molding is a nice touch that adds a sense of refinement and proportion to rooms, especially if you’re planning to add crown molding, too.īut many folks make the mistake of putting the chair rail at the wrong height - a mistake that can make a room feel lopsided and out of proportion.
Your style looks a bit Hollywood Regency which is also a MC thing … look at high end decor in movie sets from ‘50s.” It’s weird that they put a chair rail across the door. “ Someday when you can afford it get a new door which will help a lot.Anyway, I’d avoid anything that looks like a flesh tone. “ Our last two houses we got cheap in part because they were painted a fleshy looking peach color that was apparently popular at some point.To kind of make it disappear onto the wall.” “I would suggest that whatever you choose, that you paint over the chair rail in that same color as the wall.If your architraves and skirtings are white, I’d paint the door white too – it would reduce the strangeness of the rail going across the middle of it.“ So odd that they painted the doors two colors like the walls. “The pink will look lovely if you end up with cushions and maybe a rug, pictures, lampshades etc that start to bring it all together.Sunflower yellow, powder pink, sand beige, moss green, petrol blue.“ “ I’d paint the lower half white like the trims and then just about every color will do on the top half.I would definitely do the whole door in one color, including the weird rail across it.“ I am not a fan of the pink shades… kind of ‘meh’ to me.
If you truly cannot take it off the walls, I would strongly suggest painting the full wall and the chair rail one color, to make it less conspicuous, instead of the 2 tones and white, which bring attention to it. Are you sure it would ruin the cement walls if you carefully try to take it down? (maybe try in an inconspicuous area to test it out). It breaks up the plane of the space and is not MC or MCM.
Right now it’s accentuated with the top and bottom contrasting colors then the white chair rail.” (Note: how much available natural light there is in the room is crucial to choosing the best paint color & depth.) Since you hate the chair rail, paint it & everything pink so it fades away. “Pink is certainly a fifties color and all of those are pleasing.If you own a midcentury house and are not already a member, join us now! These are only a few of the thousands of tips that are shared in our exclusive Facebook Group dedicated to midcentury modern home owners. Members of our facebook group for midcentury home owners were happy to help.īelow are some examples of members thoughts on the topic.