Two questions on re-doing a house.

by Sandra
(Texas)

There is "chair railing" in every room downstairs: living room, dining room and breakfast room.

I don't know whether to "treat" them/paint them all the same way or do each room differently.

In the living room I was thinking of painting the walls (above and below the chair rail) "latte" (coffee with a lot of cream color) and the chair rail an antique white.

In the dining room I thought I would paint the bottom half (below the chair rail) latte and above would be antique white.

*In the dining room, which color should I then use on the chair rail itself.

In the breakfast area, below the chair rail is wood paneling that I want to paint.

I don't know what combination of the two colors to use here or should I just paint the whole room antique white?

What do you think of these color combinations? What do you recommend instead?

I would greatly appreciate your help!


The 2nd question regards crown molding. We want to add crown molding to all of the above rooms. I would paint it all off-white.

The living room is 20' X 16' and the ceing appears low. Will the crown molding make the ceiling look taller or lower?

What is the maximum width of the crown molding that you would recommend using?

Again, thank you so very much for your recommendations.

Sandra