Height for Chair Rail/ Two Color Room

alliapistor · April 2011

I plan to paint the lower portion of the walls in our nursery light green, then a chair rail, then the upper portion a light blue for sort of a landscape feel. I'm just not sure where to make the break from one color to the next. And I need to decide ASAP because I'm ordering a mural that will go above the chair rail and need to determine the height.

From my research, 36 inches from the floor is the standard height for a chair rail. But when I look at pictures of nurseries, most of them do the color break around the height of the crib. The crib we have picked out is 47.5" and we have 9 foot ceilings.

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laurenharrison · April 2011

This is what we did. We used the standard chair rail height.

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laurenharrison · April 2011

Sorry the picture is so huge I dont know how to not make it do that.

atoz625 · April 2011

We did beadboard and chair rail and I had the same question, but slowly realized there actually is no standard height. I think we ended up at 42".

Heres a link to my blog with some photos:

https://design-aholic.blogspot.com/2010/10/power-of-paint-tin-stars.html

Strunella · April 2011

We did the usual 36". One day, the crib won't be there, so I didn't plan anything solely around the crib.

DidYouJustCallMe*GirlyGirl*? · April 2011

We just eyeballed it and ended up right in the middle of pps, at 39". I think it looks great! (sorry, no pics on me Tongue Tied

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HSartteach · April 2011

I think once the crib is no longer in use, the higher height will look off. We hung actual chair rail at the standard height, so when it becomes a big boy room, it won't look odd.

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