Browse Forums Finishing Touch Re: Picture rails.......paint before or after the walls? 9Sep 17, 2009 12:13 am virginia8586 We have picture rails throughout our house except for the kitchen and back room. We have just finished painting the whole house and we chose to paint the rails the same colour as the wall. Initially we thought we kind of had to paint it white because that seemed to be the norm...but our painter suggested that we keep it all the same because our house is old and the rails might actually be a bit crooked it would stand out with it a separate colour. Anyway we're really happy we decided to take his advise and have it all the one colour. Here's a pic so you can see how it looks. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hope this helps. Thanks so much for your feedback! The picture rails do seem to look much better painted the same colour as the walls in your picture. I would have loved to do the same, however I have a feature wall in the lounge area, as well as one in each bedroom. So I dont think in such a circumstance painting the picture rail the same colour as the wall will look to good. However I could be wrong and hence my confusion Thanks for info, yes met with Power Utility, Builder's Site Supervisor and Electrician on site and aligned on the mains connection. Seems like the builder and Electrician… 2 9993 Been in a similar position and we decided to let the builder go. Some of the PSA money goes to engineering so we at least got those documents and they actually refunded us… 2 4542 I am in the same situation, would you be able to give some insights in to this? I am in SA 8 12757 |