There was already a chair rail in our Dining Room. After thinking about it a bit, we decided we wanted to add some decorative molding below the rail.We first picked up some of the pre-made moldings from Lowes.
But none of them were the right proportion, so we returned them. Mike decided they would be easy enough to make himself.
After measuring the different sizes we'd need around the room, he started cutting.
They started to slide a little bit, so I then went around with painters tape and secured them while the Liquid Nails dried a bit.
Since our plaster walls are anything but flat, there were some gaps.
So after the frames were adhered to the wall, we went around with some caulk and filled in the areas that needed it.
Once the caulking dried, my mom & I primed the bottom half of the room, and then painted with semi-gloss white (also giving the window & doorway moldings a fresh coat of paint). Meanwhile, Mike painted the ceiling with flat white paint.
For the tops of the walls, we knew the yellow had to go. We had purchased a new creamy beige color months ago, so we were all set to keep going!
(I have to look up the exact name- unfortunately I don't remember!)
The curtains are sage color- we had them from our old house.
The room feels so much bigger- I don't know if it's the white on the bottom that pushes out the edges, or if it's just because I haven't put the frames back on the walls yet!
The pictures don't really do it justice... plus it's looking really bland while I figure out what's staying or going decoratively! (Especially since three of the frames from here were used to finish up the hallway!)
If you look close at the photos above, you may notice that something else is missing...
