With the sage green built-ins on the right making such a statement, the rest of the room was looking a tad boring for us.
How to Add Chair Rail to a Bare Wall
1 Material
$300
2 Days
Medium
We're working on our baby girl's nursery and wanted to add some interest to her bare walls. I always love a quick woodworking project, so we decided to go with chair rail and picture frame molding on the bottom portion in the room.
I love DIY projects like this because they're fast and satisfying! You can read all the tips (and watch a video with all of the steps) over in this blog post.
Blank Walls in the Nursery
Add Chair Rail Horizontally Around the Room
We decided to go 45″ off the ground for our chair rail installing it with liquid nails and a brad nailer. Traditionally, chair rail is hung much lower, but we liked this height as it works well with the furniture we have planned for the room.
Install Picture Frame Molding Below
Below the chair rail, we added picture frame molding to make even more of a statement. We used PVC base cap for this, cutting each end at a 45-degree angle on the miter saw. This too was attached with a brad nailer and liquid nails.
Painting It Sage Green
Before painting, we had to fill nail holes, caulk, and prime everything. Then we used our paint sprayer to add two coats of paint.
Our Finished Chair Rail
It turned out awesome and we love the character it brings to our baby girl's nursery.
For the complete step-by-step tutorial, head to this blog post.
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Carol de la Fuenteon May 22, 2020Very, very lovely!!!
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Connie Ring Cebanon Jun 1, 2020Beautiful! You used a paint sprayer indoors? Didn’t it create a fine mist in the room to land on all other surfaces?
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What is a PVC base cap? Any simple way to add crowning molding to a small bedroom?
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Thank you. Many years ago I hot glued coastal rope below the ceiling around the whole bedroom. I cannot get it off. I want to cover it up. Any suggestions besides crown molding?
Thank you
Paulette
What color is the paint? Love it!
Hi Jean! It's a custom color that I had color matched to the built-ins in the room. However, if you want to recreate the color I have a picture of the formula in the blog post.
https://thediyplaybook.com/how-to-add-chair-rail/
Is there a simple way to add ceiling crown molding ?
Yes Paulette .... most all major home improvement stores ie. LOWES & HOME DEPO ... have pre made ready to install Crown moulding kits... also you can get unfinished crown moulding in the lumber / millings dept. and finish as you choose, stain ..paint.. clear coat.... Hope this helps