Help decorate a Victorian Hallway

[Twiglett]

OK this morning my DD ripped off a piece of wallpaper bigger than her .. and shredded it

It was inherited from previous owner so am not too sad .. its pink with a green leafy border at dado height... eek

it has a picture rail about 2.5metres up .. the ceiling is about 3.5 metres up

what colours??

oh oak flooring .. stair carpet is a runner .. natural colours .. banister is oak and sweeping (reason we bought house)

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I have a deep red at the bottom and a cream at the top. Mine's not victorian though!

i hate two toned generally
you bought a hosue for some stairs?

You can't go wrong with some pale Farrow and Ball (drool), but not very good for a hallway as not easy to keep clean. What sort of light does it get?

My hallway (do come and see!! - I don't have your email any more as all was deleted with new computer - aargh) is a soft Farrow & Ball green blue under dado rail and white above. It's inherited from previous owner and we really love it - very light and airy but not cold.

there a a rrange called Heritage at B+Q not sure of make but we used it in our hall was lovely all clours go together well and look "appropriate" we have a deep red below and pale ggreen above with cream wood and ceiling... looked very dramtic and suited the space...

have since painted it all cream and it looks pants!!

not fair I'd love a Victorian house - but until we win lottery or such like I'll have to out up with our 1930's semi! so can't help really just

actually we bought the house because of the curvy sweep of the bannister

I love the duck-egg blue / greens I must admit .. but that would mean we'd need to install a dado rail .. can you have a dado and a picture rail or would that look daft?

johnstones do farrow and ball colour range at much cheaper prices

hallways need something that isnt goiung to show up dirt from kids scuffs and wet dogs

you can have dado and picture rail if your ceilings are high enough to take it. Typically victorian houses had both if you were well to do, dado to stop the chair backs scuffing the walls and picture rail for the obvious

Fio, can you go to any Johnstones supplier and they'll know the 'number' to mix the right colour?

I dont know chonky. our hardware shop just do their colour range (they dont have a mixer there) and it is exactly the same as the farrow and ball range HTH

Thanks, will put FIL on the case (he's a painter and decorator and swears by Johnstones, you won't catch him using any of this fancy F & B muck )

A proper Victorian Hallway should have Lincrusta below the dado rail. (Protects the whole wall - v hardwearing - just the thing for energetic toddlers!) A snip at £82.99 a roll

crikey janh

One roll would cover a lot of dado though, fio!

Our house is Edwardian - high ceilings, picture rail and you can still see where the dado rails were in the sitting room (ripped off by previous owners).

Someone down the road has everything still in situ, and has used 3 slightly different shades of duck egg blue for a) the woodwork b) underneath dado c) above dado. Looks v stylish.

I think the F&B finish is very different because they use a lot of dense pigment. I am using both atm (!) and there is a difference IMO.

aloha - that's the argument for getting F&B I always use with my dh and FIL F&B changes with the light, whereas more contempary paints can be very flat.

Lincrusta ?? that's like posh anaglypta isn't it?

I couldn't, I just couldn't

love Farrow and Ball. We have Green Blue in the sitting room and Ballroom Blue in the little room next to it. The walls look different hues depending on the lighting and/or time of day. And the finish is very chalky and soft.

The bit beneath the dado rail is the dado, and lincrusta was designed to cover and protect the dado - it's like cardboard.

Anaglypta is a thinner cheaper version.