Chocolate brown decorating dilema

17 years ago

OK ladies, put your heads together and let's see what we can come up with. LOLI have a brown decorating dilema as well. When you walk into my house from the front door, you walk into a creamy tan living room with a smokey blue couch. Directly behind that couch is my dining room, painted chocolate brown with a glazed maple dining room set. The two rooms are divided by two pillars at either end of the room, in the creamy tan color. I really like the chocolate wall looks as the backdrop for the blue couch. However, I wanted to put up a chair rail in the dining room and was torn between staining it the color of the dining room set, or painting it white. (all of the mouldings are white and we plan on installing crown at some point). So, I was then not sure if I should leave the walls in the dining room entirely chocolate, or add blue to the top or bottom of the chair rail. The dining room only has two walls, the back and one on the right. The right wall has a window that is 54Ã54, so it lets in a lot of light. Also, I wanted to add a smokey blue window treatment to that window, as it only has white blinds currently. I am open to all suggestions. Thanks

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andee_gw
17 years ago
I would paint the chair rail the same as the other trim and mouldings. At this point, though, I need to see a picture as I have trouble visualizing the space.
justretired
17 years ago
White. I did it and it looks fab! Same brown above and below the chair rail. White crown, working on painting trim. Love it.

JR
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justretired
17 years ago
Forgot to add that your rooms sound very pretty.
minniemom
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks! I wish I could post a pic, I have one, just can't figure out how to do it!
mcps
17 years ago
minniemom -
You can go to photobucket.com and set up a free account. Then you go to where it says "upload images" and click on "choose files", then you browse and double click to select your photo. Once it is uploaded, you can copy and paste the html code into your GardenWeb message. Hope that helps!
les917
17 years ago
I would do the chair rail in the same color as your trim (white), and leave the wall all in the brown.

However, I am wondering why you are adding chair rail in the first place. With only two walls in the room to begin with, I don't think I would be inclined to visually chop the room up more. Adding crown later would be enough detail to add to limited wall space.

I would also think about painting the columns in the same trim color, rather than in the tan, to make them more of an architectural detail that contrasts with the wall color and coordinates with the trim.
patches_02
17 years ago
She can also go to tinypic.com and you don't have to register. Up load your picture and copy the the html code and paste it here in your gardenweb message.
ronbre
17 years ago
creamy white always looks good on chocolate brown and light blues always look great with it as well..sounds pretty
megradek
17 years ago
I know this isn't a perfect example for you, but it might give you an idea about what it might look like if you did 1/2 brown 1/2 blue with chair rail. It's my daughter's room in chocolate brown and lilac, the rail is supposed to be white to match our trim - they will be coming back to fix that! I agree to make the rail white, especially if you are planning on adding crown in the future. I also included a pic of my dining room, just to show you the sharp contrast of the dark purple against the white trim. HTH

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