Room Makeover Using Dado Rail
My daughters room was needing a new “big girl” makeover. I didn’t want to just paint the walls or use wallpaper so decided to change this up with some paint and a dado rail. I loved the panelling idea that has been so popular recently but thought it was a little too grown up for her. So this was the perfect compromise idea.
To start with I measured from the top of the ceiling to the top of the door frame and then drew a pencil like across the wall
This gave me the line that I needed to paint your to with my primary colour and then the section at the top that was white
i painted my primary colour up to the like first
Then I painted with the white. It didn’t need to be perfect as the dado rail was going to cover it
This was the dado rail I used. I got a pack of 6 from diy store. Just make sure you measure your room to find out how many you would beee depending on the length. Mine were 2.5m each and were 5cm wide
I used seriously strong wood adhesive to put up the rail.
I put the glue on in a zig zag style to cover the wood
I then placed it on the wall and held it in position for a few minutes until it was secure. I did put a panel pin at each end as well just incase.
I then painted the rail white. I do wish I had painted the rails first putting them up. So I would suggest to do this first then you can always do another coat once they are up
This was the first wall finished and I was really pleased with how it was looking. I took the look the whole way around the room. The corners were a little tricky but I just cut the wood at angle so they would slot together
This was her room done (the bed arrived before I could finish above the window so there is no rail above there on this picture but it’s done now)
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Sharon L Rabideau on Sep 30, 2021
That is gorgeous! What color are her walls?
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Our Beautiful Bellway on Sep 30, 2021
They are silk paint in the shade ivory spray from johnstones x
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Katen on Sep 29, 2022
Nice, sweet and simple. Affordable too. I’ve always referred to this cut as lath or 1x2. Not that it matters but this might help others who wish to shop the look
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C on Oct 01, 2022
If you look closely, you will see that what she used is not lath or a 1x2 but it’s common name is “chair rail molding”.
Beautiful job. Houses used to have coved ceilings that gave this effect. In the 1970’s builders realized they could save money by using drywall instead of plaster and eliminating the ceiling moldings and dropped effect. Love what you did and her room now could also be used as a beautiful guest room. Kudos to you, well done.
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Our Beautiful Bellway on Oct 01, 2022
Thank you. I’m based in the UK so perhaps I use different wording. Thanks for the help x
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Our Beautiful Bellway on Oct 01, 2022
And thank you for the lovely comments xx
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Oh goodness...........sooooooo pretty! On that same note, people are doing this to enlarge the ceiling... even though you did not paint for that reason...do you see it as larger/taller? I'm just wondering what I am missing.... It's like those cool books from the 90's 'Magic Eye'...TOOK ME FOREVER before I caught on...then like a drug, I couldn't stop looking... I would LOVE to 'see the illusion'...but have not....yet.