Ditto. No wallpaper. I you love wallpaper, then I would at least remove the wallpaper borders. Wallpaper borders pop me back to the 1980's.

I agree with auntthelma - either wainscot or not, but not both.

I hope the walls were prepped correctly before the wallpaper was applied, so it comes off reasonably well. You don't want to wallpaper or paint over existing wallpaper.

Mark. No Mark. Tell me this isn't the same house from your other post. :-!

Please overrule your dad and hire a designer. You can tell him s/he is your SO's friend from work who has a good design eye. He never needs to know you've hired this "friend." !!

Seriously though, no wallpaper. Definitely not kitchy wallpaper from the 90s. And no wallpapered accent wall. Get rid of it, all of it. A nice grey would be pretty above the wainscoting (which should be finished around the room). Or blue; most people like or can live with blue.

For the floor, go with a mid-tone brown wood. Through the *whole house*. Maybe not grey which won't be in fashion long enough to warrant the cost.

Get rid of all the paper. All walls should be the same,so either continue the wainscot or lose it. No grey wood floor. Pick a neutral wood floor that someone might like to see in all the bottom story. Consider it a hint for your prospective buyers. Must admit I am curious as to what paper you were thinking of using to cover all that. Liner first?

So odd that the wainscotting is not on all the walls - I'm curious to the previous owners thought process on that. MUST REMOVE WALLPAPER! All of it. If you like wallpaper, by all means, pick out new wallpaper, but the current paper is dated. I'd add wainscotting to the remaining wall. What flooring is in the hallway? I'd replicate that in the dining room.

Is this an older home that you are trying to restore? And it used to have wallpaper?

if it’s a modern home, I wouldn’t do wallpaper.

This looks like a nice old house. Please remove the wallpaper and border. Keep the wainscoting. Are you looking for a modern look? That chandelier is quite modern, it's nice. What is your end goal in decorating, traditional, modern or something in-between? Unfortunately the paper looks very dated (c 1979). Please get a professional to assist you, I wish you lots of good luck and happiness always!

lol. I think some people misunderstood me. I didn't put the wall paper in. There was pretty much wallpaper in every room when we bought the house. This is the last room left to be addressed. We did grey in most of the rooms already..

So no alternating apples and half-apples ;D ... but what about this:

and gray on the rest??

Reason being is that I really like the wainscot but don't think I can easily replicate it. I've seen some dining rooms with accent walls. I thought maybe that could be the excuse (after the fact) to interrupt the wainscot. So you all are saying "no way" ... right?

haha yeah next project I'm going to consult some designers for sure

Right,no way. Mark,I feel your pain. Just keep trudging forward...here's hoping there be $$$$$ at the end for you and Dad.

ps- you've been such a good sport,I'd bet there are Pros here who would love to do a consult on your next project.

The wainscoting is a really nice touch. But it has to be consistent. So all or nothing. Do a quick google search; I think it won't be too hard to replicate the design with some molding strips.

The wallpaper you are looking at is very beautiful, but not not everyone in your target market is a wallpaper person. It's better to have it the same grey as the foyer, or you could do one shade darker for drama and interest.

All of nothing on the wainscoting. A millwork shop can duplicate it if you can't find an exact match. Or remove it.

I adore wallpaper, but am not a fan of it as an "accent wall" - just a bit too HGTV for me.

If it were me, I'd remove the existing wainscoting and find a nice wallpaper in gray. Give the papers at Farrow & Ball a look.

Ixnay on the allpaper-way.

And don't put up new wallpaper either. It's just not versatile enough. If you want to change around your artwork, you are left with holes in your wallpaper, or huge fade marks.

I just can't image why one wall is missing wainscoting. Was this a DIY job and someone ran out of steam or money?

Accent walls are ridiculous. Period.

When you can afford to put up the matching wainscoting on the remaining wall, please do so.

Meanwhile please strip that awful wall paper and please be careful to not damage the wall underneath. Old wallpaper is not at all easy to remove, I've done it, and you want to be very slow and careful or you will have to do a ton of work repairing damage to the walls.

If you paint the walls grey, please do a very light grey.

Wood floors is a lovely idea, but not grey wood. That's too trendy and will be out of fashion in the blink of an eye. Pick wood that is warm in color that looks like wood with a warm color stain that goes with the wood in the rest of the house.

If there is wallpaper on one room you actually like, keep it but add wainscoting to the bottom part of the wall below a chair rail.

Two kinds of wallpaper in the same room would likely be too busy -- or an outright visual nightmare.

If you are considering adding wallpaper ... nope. Wouldn't.