The ornate chair rail with a thickness dimension at eye level height would add a surprising and dramatic design element to the room.
Wallpaper border chair rail height.
Consider how different chair rail heights look next to those features.
Lower is always better than higher.
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All the moisture to soak into the paper border for 5 minutes before measuring the height of the border from top to bottom.
Plan your starting point so that if there is a mismatched seam it ll fall in an inconspicuous place.
Allow it to expand by applying paste to the back if it is un pasted or by soaking it in water for 10 seconds if pre pasted.
Measure the height of the border.
If you re going to be hanging a border as a chair rail use a level and draw a light pencil line around the room at the right height.
Window trim fireplaces and existing wall molding can also impact the height.
Hull cautions that most people install chair rails too high on their walls.
About 28 to 32 inches is an optimum range for chair rail height says hull.
In a room with a 10 foot high ceiling the chair rail.
For me a good rule of thumb is to install chair rail molding at 25 of the height of the room.