Decoration: 8 ways to integrate and Dado Rails - Picture With a real estate boom in the cities after the Industrial Revolution, most houses in the architectural landscape of Britain are properties time built in the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras. Like thousands of people flocked to the cities, there was little space to build sprawling homes, and wealth was shown instead through the finer details.
Proportions were much more generous than they tend to be today and ceilings were much higher. Moulding was used to add decoration and interest for rooms - the most elaborate, the better. picture rails - molding strips that sit just below the ceiling - served two functions: to balance the height of the ceiling to give a room a better sense of proportion, and allow items to be hung on the walls without worry of damaging them. Dado rails - molding strips that run along the wall up to size - were originally created to protect the walls of furniture banging against them.
Period houses still have these characteristics, and people are often confused about how best to work them into their design scheme. Check out these images to guide a visual effects that can be created by painting the dado and picture rails in different ways.
Proportions were much more generous than they tend to be today and ceilings were much higher. Moulding was used to add decoration and interest for rooms - the most elaborate, the better. picture rails - molding strips that sit just below the ceiling - served two functions: to balance the height of the ceiling to give a room a better sense of proportion, and allow items to be hung on the walls without worry of damaging them. Dado rails - molding strips that run along the wall up to size - were originally created to protect the walls of furniture banging against them.
Period houses still have these characteristics, and people are often confused about how best to work them into their design scheme. Check out these images to guide a visual effects that can be created by painting the dado and picture rails in different ways.
Paul Craig Photography
Go white above
in this room, the owners decided to paint both the rail of the image and the space above the same color as the ceiling. This serves to highlight the architectural feature, and visually brings the ceiling down.
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in this room, the owners decided to paint both the rail of the image and the space above the same color as the ceiling. This serves to highlight the architectural feature, and visually brings the ceiling down.
Discover more living rooms images of the neutral palette.
Rikki Snyder
opt for contrast
If you dado rails or picture, why not make the most of the original features? Attract attention to themselves by painting in a contrasting color to the walls.
In this scheme, the white picture rail ties in the rest of the furniture in the room, and helps prevent the dark gray of mastering space. It is an unusual look, and can help create an original atmosphere in a traditional space.
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If you dado rails or picture, why not make the most of the original features? Attract attention to themselves by painting in a contrasting color to the walls.
In this scheme, the white picture rail ties in the rest of the furniture in the room, and helps prevent the dark gray of mastering space. It is an unusual look, and can help create an original atmosphere in a traditional space.
Take a tour of this Brooklyn flat
Brayer Design
Add the rail
This look is similar to painting the picture rail and the space over white, but here, the rail is painted the same color as the wall under. This allows the image of rail for part of the integrated libraries for smart finish.
This look is similar to painting the picture rail and the space over white, but here, the rail is painted the same color as the wall under. This allows the image of rail for part of the integrated libraries for smart finish.
Abigail Ahern
Stay dark
a creative way to contemporise a period property without removing or damaging any of its original features is to paint an entire wall, including the image or dado rail, board and same floor, sounding moody dark plinth. This kind of color uniformity is unusual, so lends an edgy and unique feel to a room.
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a creative way to contemporise a period property without removing or damaging any of its original features is to paint an entire wall, including the image or dado rail, board and same floor, sounding moody dark plinth. This kind of color uniformity is unusual, so lends an edgy and unique feel to a room.
See darkest colors
Eoin Lyons Interiors
Stick with similar colors
It is common to paint the walls below a picture rail in color over white. But to go two shades of the same color (you can buy a small can of paint for the area above the rail) is a great way to enable the feature stand out without too obvious.
Here, a slightly lighter shade of blue is used over the rail of the image, with a darker shade on the track itself and below to add another dimension to the piece.
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It is common to paint the walls below a picture rail in color over white. But to go two shades of the same color (you can buy a small can of paint for the area above the rail) is a great way to enable the feature stand out without too obvious.
Here, a slightly lighter shade of blue is used over the rail of the image, with a darker shade on the track itself and below to add another dimension to the piece.
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MG Interior Design
Keep it all a shade
Paint a picture rail in the same color as the walls above and below minimizes its visual impact, allowing it to add subtle details without drawing attention to it immediately. In Farrow & Ball Green Blue, it creates an elegant sobriety atmosphere in this room.
Paint a picture rail in the same color as the walls above and below minimizes its visual impact, allowing it to add subtle details without drawing attention to it immediately. In Farrow & Ball Green Blue, it creates an elegant sobriety atmosphere in this room.
Johnson + McLeod Design Consultants
Work in colored tape
Paint the area above a picture rail in a darker hue is unusual - many people use only one color on top of a picture rail if continued on the lower walls. But there is no reason why this should be the case. Painting the tape between the picture rail and the ceiling is an efficient way to bring a subtle touch of color, and it also serves to emphasize the height of the room.
Paint the area above a picture rail in a darker hue is unusual - many people use only one color on top of a picture rail if continued on the lower walls. But there is no reason why this should be the case. Painting the tape between the picture rail and the ceiling is an efficient way to bring a subtle touch of color, and it also serves to emphasize the height of the room.
Greg Natale
Create blocks of color
many rooms in the properties of the period will be a chair rail or picture rail. However, when the ceilings are particularly high, they can have both. This opens up even more opportunities for color combinations. In this room, colored blocks to help separate and define the space, to avoid the high ceilings become cavernous.
Tell us ...
Have you dado rails or image in your home? How have you decorated? Please share your thoughts and photos in the comments below.
many rooms in the properties of the period will be a chair rail or picture rail. However, when the ceilings are particularly high, they can have both. This opens up even more opportunities for color combinations. In this room, colored blocks to help separate and define the space, to avoid the high ceilings become cavernous.
Tell us ...
Have you dado rails or image in your home? How have you decorated? Please share your thoughts and photos in the comments below.