Where to cut the picture rail after opening up a wall.
I've opened up 2 rooms into one. One room has a picture rail which runs below the level of the cut in the wall. This side is an Edwardian room with lots of original period features and the other room will house the new modern kitchen. I am in a quandary as to where to end the picture rail and also where to paint similar colours.
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8 years agominnie101
8 years agoHi. An expensive option is to raise your picture rail although not ideal as your plastering has been finished or lower the arch slightly.
Or you could run some quadrant "beading" down the sides of the arch so you can have a mitred edge on the picture rail (I think!). Or a cheap option which may look ok is just paint the top of the arch in whatever paint you use.Or if you're having ŵall units either side of the arch then just continue the picture rail slightly. In terms of colour I'd treat it as one room for the primary colour but you can use feature ŵall/s and use different complementary accent colours in both rooms if wanted
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8 years agoCould the picture rail end where it meets the arch wall and maybe paint a different colour to differentiate from the rest of the room. I would paint that wall the same colour as the kitchen so that it leads into it.
We had a similar problem when trying to end the skirting board at the fireplace hearth. The carpenter mitred the skirting profile to the end. So your picture rail could end at the arch.
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