Hallway Colours Above And Below Dado Rail
Keep all trims and wall above dado rail in the existing colours.
Hallway colours above and below dado rail. The next job was to paint all the woodwork in dulux white undercoat and gloss after preparation this took 2 5 litres of undercoat and gloss. If the stronger colour is used on the top area it can feel as if the walls are closing in on you. The worse thing to do will be to test out paint patches on the wall. Here a very slightly lighter shade of blue is used above the picture rail with a darker hue on.
However as you have quite a big landing you could go darker below dado and lighter above. All fine except the chimney breast has an old fireplace in it which is black and no dado rail. Or you could go one colour all over with dado in white last pic. Dado extends all the way round rest of room just not chimney breast.
If a small room features a dado rail use a strong colour below the rail and the lighter colour above. Wanting to paint my bedroom teal below dado and a neutral above. The first job was to install the dado rail. Don t be afraid to try it.
Its a dark and small area so i kept it simple. I have a dado rail in my tiny hall stairs and landing. Apr 20 2013 explore karen s board dado rails and colour on pinterest. Actually expanding the space and making the hallway appear wider.
The reason behind the dado rail was that the client wanted wallpaper below the dado rail and painted above. This gives the impression of the room opening out and appearing larger than it is. Stick with similar hues it s common to paint the walls below a picture rail in a colour and above in white. I painted the walls above and below dado in egyptian cotton and the dado rail is white.