Dado rails, are they out of date? thinking of putting one up the stairs

just had a browse on net for modern dado rail idea.,some very smart décor about done with dados. I'm just thinking its an easy option for me on the stairs.

A friend once told me her husband was papering under the dildos in her dining room
I think you just have to do what is best for you biker. Personally, I wouldn't do this and mine is a Victorian house. I don't do 'fussy' and dado rails break up the room into separate parts which, to me, is fussy! If it makes life easier for you then go for it.

Doesn't matter if you like them biker I have them in the hallway, stairs and landing. I am not into fashion as such I just go with what I like or for practical reasons like dado rails - then just refreshing the paintwork on the bottom is sufficient to keep it looking OK. We have wallpaper on the top.

Honest opinion, if I moved into a house with paper below the dado it's the first bit of redecorating I'd do.

I cant say I am a lover of them as it will make more work and more cost....just an easy option ! I will prob go for emulsion and think of perhaps some panels/photos on the wall coming down the stairs.....I shall wait and see others ideas thanks all

then I suppose it would make a mess of the walls if I had/wanted to take them off... in the future...

I've got a dado rail in my hall/landing. I live in a square box of a house and just wanted to add a bit of interest to it. I wouldn't put one in any other room [other than possibly putting tongue and groove in the bathroom one day] because of the problem of furniture not resting flush with the walls. It's nice to be able to paint the two halves in different colours and changing the effect of the room. Also, with landing/stairs being difficult to paint, as long as the top is a neutral colour you can change the bottom half easily without having to use dangerous ladders etc.The only thing to watch out for is the wall not being completely flat; the guy who did mine put flexible filler top and bottom of the rail but it looks a bit messy in places. And he did put a tiny bit of it up the wrong way round [it's only two inches between doors] but it's fun to see who spots it...I didn't!

Tegan

Does the dado rail serve as a handrail as well? If not, is it at the same/higher/lower level? Just wondering.... I don't have a dado rail as my stairs are quite narrow so I think it would look odd. Originally they were to stop furniture knocking against the walls I believe.
My sister has them in her listed house and isn't allowed to remove them, so she paints above and papers below, it suits the house.

My flat is victorian and high-ceilinged but the dado rail in the sitting room was not original and I removed that. The hall was a bit boring so I had dado rail installed with victorian-style anaglypta under and plain toning paper above. Same colour in different shades - darkish carpet, medium shade between high skirting and dado, pale shade above. Has proved easy to keep.
Hated the sitting-room decor with bright pink below and ditsy roses above! That all had to go!

We used to have them in our other house but I must admit I find them dated now. They look ok in a certain kind of house but not in something modern, but thats just my opinion lots of people like them and if you like it go for it.

I wouldn't put in dado rails! Not in a modern mews house. Emulsion the lot in a background kind of colour, and then put up a good collection of pictures, canvases, decorative mirror or two. And leave it. Don't mess with wallpaper either.

I love wall paper. I have a collection of pictures in the hall all of places that we have visited over the years. We bring one back everywhere we go - well obviously not if it the same place, and some places we went to we couldn't get a picture - like the Maldives - the island was so tiny - no shops!!

Go for it if you like them biker. We had them in our old house. I don't think I would have them now. Extra dusting! I went right off wallpaper, and now prefer just plain painted walls. I think I am becoming boring!

Hate wallpaper. Nice clean looking emulsion for me. And not travel pics please!

Really well done modern floral pics are good. Nothing fussy though. And non-reflective glass for the non-canvas ones.

jing Got floral pics in the dining room. Landscape in the sitting room. Love wallpaper. Got a lovely subtle figured sort of sea green in the sitting room which I would have again.

Hate plain painted walls. Too clinical for me.

Good job we are all different just think how boring it would be otherwise - we would have nothing to talk about.

True.

Bikergran...if you want Dado rails...you have them.

Seriously fashion in décor is quite eclectic and any 'Home' type magazine will show you numerous themes...be it Scandi, Country house, or City loft style. Go with what you fancy and in any case modern Dados can be 'stick-on' so you will not be doing anything that cannot be undone.

I don't like wallpaper either and dividing a wall with a dado rail so one half is emulsioned and the other half papered is definitely dated but some houses suit that style.

I would always go for a good quality emulsion paint in a muted shade. A feature wall can be done in a darker shade rather than wallpaper with an ' in yer face' pattern. I don't think plain walls are clinical because you will have plenty of choice for colour when it comes to soft furnishings.

Like jingl I use pictures to show off a wall. Frames can be updated by using a chalk paint which compliments the colour of the wall then waxing them to give depth.

Another advantage of paint over paper is you can play around with sample pots until you get the effect you want and you can always change your mind without breaking the bank.

I think that I am very retro in my tastes - I also have patterned carpets - well rugs actually - did have plain cream/white in the sitting room for a few years to go with my art deco theme but now have changed to pattern.

I also have a stripped sofa and a plain chair!! That probably gives a lot of the grans the shivers

It's quite fashionable now to have chairs and sofas that don't match [at least, that's what the lady in the local furniture shop told me when she was trying to sell me a chair and sofa that didn't match ]!

More by luck than judgement on my part then tegan