Two toned painted walls (UPDATED with new question)

SO , we plan to get miki's big girl room ready shortly. Right now, she has a white chair rail in the middle of the wall which we will be leaving. I wanted to do one color on top of the chair rail and one color on the bottom

we were thinking purple. If I were to do 2 colors, would you do 2 shades of purple or purple and then a neutral like beige color or something else

any ideas, suggestions, pics are welcome

thanks

Update - so I think we are going to go with the suggestion below and paint the whole wall in a flat finish purple color and then make stripes on one side of the chair rail in a satin finish with the same color paint. Would you make the stripes on the bottom of the chair rail or on top

I was thinking on the bottom

TIA

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Question-

whats her bedding look like or colors?

That is how I incorporated colors in the nursery.

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I personally like the chair rail look better if the colors are totally different (ie: Purple and Cream) or a solid and a pattern .......(Striped top, solid bottom)

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agree with AP, about color of bedding..

But a light green sage color would look pretty with a light purple.

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yeah, we have no bedding picked out yet. I guess that will be the first step?

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We have solid pink above the chair rail and light pink, dark pink, and white stripes painted on the bottom.

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I would do the full wall purple in flat paint and then on the bottom add stripes in a satin finish in the same color purple. Just a thought.

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yeah def pick the bedding first. its easy to match paint to the bedding, but not so much fun to match bedding to the walls.

i speak from experience

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here is an example I found in beige

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I'm in the minority on this - but I never pick the bedding first -
It's MUCH easier to change up bedding than it is to repaint. -
And for a little girl's room (ahem, "BIG" girl's room ) any color you choose to put on the walls will be easily found in girl's bedding choices .........

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Posted by MarisaK

I'm in the minority on this - but I never pick the bedding first -
It's MUCH easier to change up bedding than it is to repaint. -
And for a little girl's room (ahem, "BIG" girl's room ) any color you choose to put on the walls will be easily found in girl's bedding choices .........

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My DD's nursery is a sage green with a lavender racing stripe through the center of the walls...like a border, but painted. On the painted border I put fairy wallies....

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Whenever we move DD to her "big girl" room, my plan is to have purple/lavender, white chair rail, and green on the bottom.

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we have rasberry in my room, 2 tone finish...it looks amazing...pics in my album

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BUMP with new question

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I love the idea of the stripes on the bottom!

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I think I like strips on the bottom but-would you see them? i.e. If her furniture would block them, I would do them on top.

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