Installing chair rails and installing crown moldings will increase the value of your home by almost 30% according to recent real estate studies. These are two of the most popular DIY home improvement project because they are fairly easy to do and do wonders to the perceived value of your home. For design inspirations, there are many online resources for pictures for dining rooms with chair rails. Browsing through these pictures will give you an idea on the look you want to achieve for your dining room. Here are some tips on how to make these DIY home improvement projects successful;
· Carefully measure the entire area where you want to install the chair rails and crown moldings. If you have a period style home, then decorative chair rails and crown moldings are the perfect moldings material you will need for your project. Make sure that the design of the chair rails and crown moldings complements each other.
· Used as a decorating accent, using chair rails to frame a wall mural will add a design centerpiece for your dining room. Murals with landscape, gardens and other outdoor sceneries are great for dining rooms. Chair rails can also be used to make a faux window. A garden scenery wall mural when framed with chair rails will give your kitchen or dining room a countryside ambience. For best results, add curtains or draperies behind the faux window to make it look real.
· Crown moldings cover the gap between the walls and the ceilings. Rooms with higher ceilings needs wider crown moldings, usually with 4 inches up wider and rooms with lower moldings need moldings with 2-3 inches wide.
