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Louis XVI bedroom
A bedroom with straight lines: a pearl grey dado with moulded panels picked out in blue, Gustavian blue walls and whitewashed herringbone parquet.
Louis XVI bedroom, in detail
The Louis XVI style favours straight panels and calm proportions. Here only the dado is dressed: moulded skirting, a Greek key dado rail and regular panels that step around the door and window. The upper wall stays free for pictures and the bedhead.
The mouldings are picked out in chalk white and the panel fields in pearl grey: two close tones that draw the panels without hardening them. Gustavian blue above the dado rail and the pale parquet keep the room light.
In this room
- Style
- Louis XVI
- Composition
- Dado panelling
- Floor
- Herringbone
- Walls
- Pearl grey / Gustavian blue
- Light
- Morning
- Estimate for this room
- €1,440 to €1,930Supply only, excluding installation and delivery, to be confirmed by quote. Installation is carried out by the professional of your choice.
The panelling
- Plain skirting, 10 cm
- Lower wall panel, Half-round beading, 3 cm
- Greek key dado railSee in the shop
- Upper wall panel, Half-round beading, 3 cm
The proportions of this room
Louis XVI bedroom: what the simulator worked out, using the rules of the Louis XVI style.
- Room
- 3.80 × 4.40 m, or 16.7 m²
- Ceiling height
- 2.80 m
- Skirting board
- Plain skirting, 10 cm
- Dado rail
- Greek key dado rail, top at 88 cm from the floor
- Panel mouldings
- Half-round beading, 3 cm
- Finish
- Painted in the workshop (Chalk white)
Why the dado rail sits at this height
- Proportion used: 33% of 280 cm gives 92 cm (an exact third would be 93 cm).
- Window sill at 90 cm, within 12 cm of the result: the rail drops to 2 cm below the sill so it runs beneath the window.
Wall by wall
| Wall | Length | Openings | Lower panels | Upper panels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 3.80 m | Door (90 cm) | 3 × 67 cm | none |
| B | 4.40 m | Fireplace (130 cm) | 2 × 53 cm and 2 × 58 cm | none |
| C | 3.80 m | Window (120 cm) | 2 × 45 cm and 4 × 46 cm | none |
| D | 4.40 m | none | 5 × 70 cm | none |
- Panel height: 48 cm, below the dado rail. Gap between two panels: 15 cm.
- Overmantel above the fireplace: a 120 × 117 cm mirror frame.
- Profiles sold in the shop have their own page; skirting boards, panel mouldings and ceiling roses outside the shop are made on quotation.
Further reading
- The proportion rules, with two calculators: wall moulding proportions
- The style in detail: decorative wood mouldings
Other rooms
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Oak studyA study dressed in waxed oak panelling to mid-height, British green walls and a coffered ceiling, seen by evening light.
Louis XV dining roomRound-cornered panels over the full height, chalk white mouldings on a sage green ground, honey Versailles parquet and a ceiling rose.
Graphic hallwayA two-tone hallway, Prussian blue below a Greek key dado rail and chalk white above, over a black and white marble chequerboard.
Château grand salonA grand salon with a 3.80 m ceiling, dressed in varnished oak from floor to ceiling: bolection panels, overmantel, coffered ceiling.
The proportions offered are workshop guidelines, and in no way a survey of your room. The estimate covers the supply of new elements; it is confirmed by quote. The workshop replies within 48 working hours.