What is the little strip of wood seperating colors about halfway down a wall called?

Question

We just painted our living room wall and my husband wanted to paint it to where about the bottom third was one color and the top two-thirds was another. Then in the middle will be... a seperator? I don't know what it's called. My husband said it will be about a 3 1/2" long piece of a wooden or solid surface material right where the colors meet. Does anyone know what the correct terminology is for this strip of material that seperates the paint colors? Someone suggested "wainescoting" but that doesn't seem to be it either as wainscoting appears to be paneling for the whole bottom portion not just a thin 3 1/2" strip across the middle....

Answer 1

It is called a chair railing. If you go to a hardware store and tell them you are looking for somthing to use for a chair railing on your wall they will know exactly what you need. It iwll most likely be a piece of molding or somthing similar to a baseboard but with different angles.

But yes it is called a chair railing. The purpose is so that if you have a dinining table near a room, you push the chair back against the wall it hits the railing instead of putting a dent in your wall. Good luck!

Answer 2

you can use several types of moldings but the type commonly reffered to as chair rail ,,is about 28in to 36in off the floor,, and first buy it at the home depot and then ask them ,,how-to ,, but i just use a level and a chalk line to mark the line across,, finish the wood first off paint it or stain and seal it ,,in the garage or basement on a drop or sawhorses then use a stud finder to find the 2by4's in the walls and pre drill the holes through the rails in to the wood .and then use a brown or whatever matches panel nail about an 8penny to hold the things to the wall if its permanant dab on some construction adhesive at points along the rails now the ends can be cut at an angle with a regular crosscut saw or a hacksaw use the end piece as a guide or use a coping saw the edges are 45 degrees like a picture frame and then dab some color putty at depot into the holes darker is best unless its white have fun this is a good saturday or sunday project , an olde house painter and contractor 27 years

Answer 3

Wood Strip Wall

Answer 4

It's called Chair Rail, and its purpose is just that. When a chair is moved against a wall, the rail was positioned to keep the high back from scratching the wall. Some install wainscoating below this point for the same reason. To keep wall scuffing to a minimum.

Answer 5

Chair rail is the wood strip you're referring to. Wainscoting is adding paneling to the lower half (correctly applied it's less than 1/2) of the wall then finishing the upper edge with the chair railing.

Answer 6

I believe you're referring to a chair rail--a piece of moulding about halfway down the wall most commonly used in dining rooms. Wainscotting would be the paneling that one could choose to use below the chair rail.

Answer 7

it's a chair rail. originally used to protect the wall from dings caused by chairs being scooted back from the dinner table. you would most commonly see it in a dining room, but can be used anywhere. And the different colors are a matter of preference. you can go with one color for top and bottom if you so choose, wallpaper one or both, etc.

Answer 8

Its a dado rail, thats in the middle, and a picture rail that goes about a foot down from ceiling.

Answer 9

You might be referring to a chair rail.

Answer 10

Wainscoting is the correct term. I have also heard it called chair-rail.