What colour in my hall - include dado rail and skirting?
Hi all
we had our skirting removed to have floor fitted and it took some of the wall with it.
Our lovely plasterer has nearly finished making good (ignore the blue, that is grip coat before the plastering)
Stairs and woodwork painted wimbourne white, although clearly not finished yet
Front door will be painted the same and glazing replaced
We liked the idea of having wimbourne white on the walls above the dado rail and downpipe below the dado rail (but a colour match due to the marking of it)
We are open to ideas- we like the idea of dark, I like the way it contrasts against the white and looks 'crisp'.
We already have a colour close to hague blue in the kitchen so that is out and my partner has suggested maybe a dark green, although Im a little hesitant.
Also should we paint the dado rail and skirting (when we get it) the same colour or leave them wimbourne white.
Im not removing the dado rail as I like it.
Any advice appreciated- thanks!
Carpet will go but not for another 6 months or so
Comments (6)
Ki
5 years agoI was going to say Hague Blue (lol!). We have Hague blue in our hallway below the Dado rail, with white above and some bright framed pictures. Then a complementary wallpaper upstairs in the landing. Go dark and moody! How about a dark grey? Or if you want it less classic then a deep aubergine? Or a wine red?
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Comments (0)We are going to decorate our hall, stairs and landing which is quite dark with not a great deal of natural light. The HSL have a dado rail and a picture rail which give us 5 things to consider painting 1 ) the woodwork i.e. doorframes, skirting, dado and picture rails [the doors are pine] 2) Below the dado 3) Between dado and picture rail 4) Above picture rail 5) the ceiling The woodwork needs to be white, so my question is, what do you consider the best way of doing the wall and ceiling areas. Since it's a dark hallway, the colours have got to be on the lighter shades. Options are: 1) Darker colour under the dado, lighter shade between dado and picture rail and then white above picture rail and ceiling .... I'm not sure if this looks a bit dated and fussy these days with effectively three different colours on the wall. 2) Have the same colour above and below the dado rail and then white above picture rail and ceiling. 3) Have white under the dado rail, have a band of colour between dado and picture rail and then white above picture rail and ceiling 4) Same as 3, but having a very light off white under the dado and above picture rail and ceiling. Has anyone got any experience of having a dado and a picture rail and what did you decide to plump for? What is the modern way of looking at this? And the last question - I've been looking at some greys for this hallway, but I'm really not sure that my pine doors and grey paint make great bedfellows - again, opinions gratefully received. Many thanks....See MoreMilly Moo
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5 years agoKi
5 years agoWe’ve kept the skirting and dado white...haven’t got a good photo of it though! I’ll try and take one at home later. Photo of my upstairs landing, floors to be changed! You have such a lovely, large hallway you can be daring. Use an app to see what it would look like?
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