We've been finishing up the trim (headers, mouldings, picture rail) for the study, and we've now got it all installed. The picture rail was an opportunistic addition to the room - we got it from friends J&R who put some in their house - but received much more than they ordered. So they sold it to us for a song. We've still got some left - so maybe we'll re-re-sell it. As Jason says, it really makes the wallpaper border work (I'm paraphrasing; I'm too pressed for time to dig around & find that comment!)
One end of the room, pre-picture rail:
And post picture-rail:
And the other end, picture rail in concert with other trim:
I had another photo of that whole end of the room, but the window looked FILTHY! Time from spring cleaning - ick. Wait - forget it - we still have to strip & reglaze those windows. We can put off cleaning again!
And, I managed to install it all: a) only hitting my thumb with the hammer once, and b) not messing up my mani-pedi from the spa weekend that just occurred. Yay!
And post picture-rail:
I had another photo of that whole end of the room, but the window looked FILTHY! Time from spring cleaning - ick. Wait - forget it - we still have to strip & reglaze those windows. We can put off cleaning again!
9 comments:
The picture rail is awesome! It makes the whole room so much more polished! Great job on it.
I think maybe trim/finish carpenters are my heros! I had no idea how important the trim and its details (the caulking, the puttying, etc.) are to how finished a room looks. Your picture rail looks great!!
Wow, the picture rail is super!
Nice job! I know all about dirty windows and Spring cleaning. Warm weather ahead means no excuses. Ugh!
Hey... I haven't cleaned my windows because of that.
I mean really WHY?
Your room looks great.
What was your source for the ceiling?
Jenni - we got the ceiling on ebay - someone had salvaged it from an old department store. It was a bit of a mess, but we cleaned, repainted, and it looks pretty authentic! Price was right, too.
Great job on the railing!
This looks fabulous together. You two rock. Seriously.
That looks superb - the lower trim really does seal the deal for me!
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