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Shake rattle and roll (shaker peg rail)

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If you look closely in the new living room, you’ll see those strange trim boards a foot or so below the (gorgeous, perfect and HUGE) crown moulding. It actually serves as the top piece of trim for the windows as well.

My mother-in-law explained that they are picture rails, designed to hang photos without damaging the plaster. (I guess you’d hang them from a wire attached to a nail on top?)

I thought that was kinda cool, but when I spotted these shaker peg rails at ABCD Design, I knew they’d be the perfect finishing touch to the picture trim.

This also pointed me in the direction of Apartment Therapy with lots of other examples of shaker pegs and hooks.
I’m thinking it fits in with the style of the house, plus it would allow us to hang photos and such from wire (although I can’t promise I won’t nail the walls for shelves, etc.). And, don’t get me started on how great it would be for holiday decorating. It would also be practical, as we don’t have lots of closet space on the lower level of the house. We could just hang coats and such on the hooks when we have visitors.
I’m loving this.
What do you think?

Comments

  2. love the idea of the pegs! but unless I chose what was on it I think it might get a little too cluttered for me.

    Jenny at Little Green Notebook did a great post on picture rails … might be good for some inspiration!

  4. Thank you all for your insights –

    Miss Eff – love the hooks, but I’m unsure about them. I’ll have to check out one in person to see if they’ll work for our trim. It doesn’t seem to have the ledge on the top to hold it.

    Danielle – thanks for pointing them out at Nicole’s. I hadn’t seen them and love seeing them in action.

    Leigh – this is the only room with a picture ledge. Strange? But, other rooms seem to have been “updated,” which basically means all the good stuff was removed and replaced with plastic crap. 😉

    Christi – I’m going to have to visit to see the knobs at Home Goods. No HG here. ;(

    Wendy – LOVE this. Wouldn’t it be great by a backdoor?

  5. I totally heart your shaker peg rail. It is mag! I’m thinking it might be fun to install something like that in my house. When I’m done destroying things and get on to the fun part of froufing the place up!

  6. We had picture rails in our dorms at the school I went to for my freshman college year. I believe you can buy hooks made for them to hang pictures from. I think the shaker pegs would be great for a portion, just not the whole room.

  8. i like the detail and think that you could really make it look great! can’t wait to see what you decide to do!

  9. ya’ll picked such a cute, detailed home. love it! keep it and go with some knobs you love! my homegoods just got in a HUGE shipment of anthro looking knobs (in clear/pink/colors/pearl). those could look really cute up there too.

  10. What a fun detail…and I agree it totally fits the style of the house. You could do so many fun things with it and details like that are what make old houses so fun!

  11. How fun to have such character in your new home. Thinking on it, my grandmother’s house has this detail and she did use it to hang pictures! My dad hung a board with shaker pegs in my sister’s room when she was little. It was such a fun touch to her room and there were always fun things hanging on the pegs. Can’t wait to see how your’s turn out!

  12. I think Nicole on making it lovely has the same picture ledge thing. Are they in all the rooms? It would be awesome for decorating purposes but what about dusting?

  14. Hi there…thanks for your comment about the stair runner. I love it! Hope you find a great solution for your house.

    I really like the hooks in these pix better than the pegs. I love Shaker style. I think the hooks are much prettier than the wooden pegs. As a previous commenter said they look rather primitive.

    Off to check out the rest of your blog! 🙂 Kim

  15. I totally think it adds to the character of the house…. love all the ideas. Can’t wait to see what you do with it in the end! 🙂

  16. aren’t old houses THE FREAKIN’ BEST!

    love it! all the little details.

    i like the peg idea and think it would work if that’s what you wanted.

    although i like the idea of hanging pictures from it more … minus the pegs.

    oh … and i have a guest staying with me that has 18 chickens. she orders 20 every year and she picks one of each kind so she has a variety. i’m so jealous. expect she did say eats the chickens too … which i couldn’t do. i would probably never eat chicken again if i had chickens.

  17. It was so hard to read the post, I’m still drooling over your amazing crown molding!!! WOW

    I agree with Danielle – check out Making it lovly she has chair rail in her home and its looks amazing the way she hangs her pics etc….

  18. I really like it! Didn’t your MIL do something like this in her family room? I saw a model home where they did shaker pegs in the nursery and it was freaking darling – thinking about it for Tommy’s big boy room.

    But I’m thinking limit the pegs to one wall in a bigger room like your living room. And really, I love the trim plain too. It’s gorge.ous.

  20. I was unsure at first, but after looking for a bit back and forth between the AT pics and your LR, I have changed my mind. I think you will make them look really cool!

  21. omgoodness I LOVE this. How fun! I want this now! What a cute idea. And I like that it’s not the standard anymore, so it adds character 🙂

  23. I really like the shaker peg but agree with Miss Effie. I would only want them in rooms like the hallway or den. I am loving the crown molding in your rooms… wow!