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Good taste lives in the details of a home and, for hundreds of years, one of the indications of fine abodes has been the use of architectural moulding. When you consider of decorative architectural moulding, perhaps the very first object that is evoked is crown moulding, baseboard, or casing. Interestingly though, wall treatments though often are overlooked, offer the house owner with countless design opportunities. Wall ornamentation is a crucial component of interior design. Picking the appropriate wall treatment can significantly make a contribution to the final design of any room in your house.
The three wall design treatments that you might want to consider adding are chair rail, wall panels, and wainscoting. Crown Moulding also plays a significant part.
Chair rail was initially designed to protect the wall from the chair's back. Today it is largely used to give the room with a horizontal part that divides the wall, allowing for decorative spatial divorcement. Affixing chair rail is a simple application; you can paint the chair rail white and paint the walls above and below a similar cast or you are able to add contrasting colours to the walls whether over or under the chair rail.
Chair rail is available in a variety of technique and sizes ranging from one " to three " and can be ramped up by employing a chair rail backer. The addition of the backer deepens both depth and the width of the moulding, giving a more arresting design. Classic wall placement for chair rail lies between 34" and 42" above the floor.

Just slightly more difficult than furnishing chair rail is the addition of wall frames. Wall frame trim works phenomenally well in rooms where you might want a little extra drama. The dining room, living room, staircase, and even the master suite are all good decisions for this kind of trim. The frames supply a raised pattern look of moulding on a single color wall. One can often increase another dimension by applying a contrasting hue inside each frame as an underscore to the main wall hue, creating a more concentrated 3 dimensional scene. Wall frames are made of panel mould typically measuring from 3/4" up to 2". Wall frames along with chair rail raise the class of the wall treatment. They can also be used above and below the chair rail to augment a room's elegance. Crown mouldings in Portland appear to employ this effect also.
For a more substantial treatment, consider wainscoting. Positioned on the lower half the wall, wainscoting has been applied since colonial times because it was thought the base of the wall might need more protection. Wainscoting can be made from tile or mar­ble but the most normal material is wood. The wood can be built in tongue and groove boards but your options with wood are limitless. Wainscoting can provide a formal look to dining or living rooms, an old style look to libraries and places of work, a expensive rustic design to kitchens and family rooms, or a Maine look to a bath.
One would install the Boston wainscoting up to a chair rail about 1/3 of the room's height, or extend it to two thirds up the wall and top it with a plate rail. Just as it provides elegance in a living room, wainscoting is also perfect for serious traffic areas and business deliberation like club houses, lobbies, and gymnasium rooms. Thru New England and neighborhoods in Greater Boston, an inordinate amount of homes include standard wainscoting in their foyers.
Bead board wainscoting is made with tongue and grove panels that come in many widths and wood types. Impressed by the traditional theme of tongue and groove, one should buy 4' x 8' bead board that should be cut to the acceptable height for the wainscot.
Flat panel wainscoting is sometimes used in the American Mission, Shaker, and Craftsman styles. Flat-panel wainscot differentiates itself aesthetically from raised panel in that its edges are completely flat. This style starts at the floor with the baseboard, which can be a plain piece or built up with shoe and cap moudings. Afterwards comes the bottom rail (the horizontal piece of the panel frame), followed by the stiles (vertical pieces of the frame ) and panels, which slip into grooves cut into the perimeters of the stiles and rails. The top rail finishes the panel frames and the whole assembly is crowned with a chair or cap rail or a wider plate rail to provide a platform for decorative objects.
Raised Boston panel wainscot is created by beveling the perimeters of the panel. The rails, stiles, and panels fit together the same way as in normal flat-panel assemblies. Raised panel is a style often seen in formal home environments like living rooms, studies, or libraries.
Whether you opt to put chair rail, wall frames, or to wainscot your house, the change shall be dramatic and add new dimension to your decor.