Sometimes the simplest updates make the most impact in a room—and chair rail molding is no exception. More than an easy way to add architectural interest and classic style to bare and basic walls, ...

Like hardwood floors, formal dining rooms and wallpaper, custom molding has fallen in and out of fashion with home builders and owners throughout the decades. These days, it’s easier and more ...

Q–I am going to install a wood chair-rail molding around the walls of my dining room, using an attractive molding with a contour similar to that of a baseboard molding. My problem is trying to get a ...

Chair rail molding has grown from having a purely functional purpose to a largely decorative one. Originally designed to protect walls from the marring of chairs placed against them, today chair rail ...

Chair rails or dado rails are moldings that run horizontally along the walls. While centuries ago these were designed as a functional element to protect walls from potential damage by chairs, today ...

Try one of two approaches for two very different results. If you paint the chair rail the colour of the trim, you will get a horizontal band 30 inches or so above the floor. Putting a darker colour ...

Q–I am installing a chair rail molding along the walls in my dining room and a long adjoining hall. Since some walls are longer than any single length of available molding, I will have to join some ...