Help with nursery design!?! Chair rail???

kelbel2440 · January 2014

We are doing a baseball themed nursery. I want one wall white with baseball threads on it. The other walls i want to do top half white, bottom half blue, which either a white or red chair rail (although red, white, and blue are cubbies colors and we are brewers fans!). Question is, will I regret putting up a hair rail in a few years when baby boy is climbing all over things? I forswe it being perfect leverage for climbing, or a nice drawing board :-) am I overthinking this?

Twirple · January 2014

Well, it will depend on your child, but I don't think it will be climbing apparatus. At least it wouldn't for my DS. As for drawing on it, washable markers are great early on, as they are easy to clean off of walls (yes, I know this from experience). You can also teach your child what it is OK to draw on, and what is not. I would not let that hamper my nursery design. Your ideas sound really cute!

Twirple · January 2014

Edit: Bump Burp!

Rachnan · January 2014

We thought hard about putting a chair rail up and decided to go simple but with the idea in mind and just do a stripe (had the same desired effect for us) see pic below

Rachnan · January 2014

Pic fail

KHendy27 · January 2014

We put up chair rail in dd1s room. Now way sue can climb up on it. Don't worry about it.

KHendy27 · January 2014

*no way she.... jeeze!

rlmanning · January 2014

We put up a chair rail in DD's room. She is 2 1/2, I dont think she even realizes it is there. We ONLY allow washable markers and crayons (these are a god sent), and I am constantly telling her what she can and cannot draw on. Do it if you want.

It is a nice classy look.

baileymama3 · January 2014

You can select what style chair rails you want....they typically are flat with a decorative accent. You can always just do a 1" half bullnose which will architecturally separate the wall, but no way even little fingers can grip! I think its nice that way you don't have to worry about painting a perfect line!

<-------simple bullnose

KatieGummow · January 2014

We did chair rails as well!

baileymama3 · January 2014

KatieGummow is your dog on a piece of furniture or just enormous?! soooo cute!

Smores730 · January 2014

we had a chair rail in my DD's nursery. It wasn't climbable and I don't think she ever colored on it but you just never know what they're going to do. We had a highlighter incident at one point.. someone had been "shopping" in the office while we weren't aware.

KatieGummow · January 2014

baileymama3 said:

KatieGummow is your dog on a piece of furniture or just enormous?! soooo cute!

Hahaha, he is standing on the bed in the middle of the room to get a better view of outside! Thank you

kelbel2440 · January 2014

Thanks for the advice ladies!!! Now to convince hubby to add chair rails to the list :-)

Alana526 · January 2014

I wouldn't worry about it. We are putting up a chair rail as well. I would be more worried about your LO writing on the wall with crayons haha

speechie517 · January 2014

Chair rail is cute, but I also like the idea of a stripe maybe RedBlueRed?

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