I'm remodeling the entire downstairs of my house and just opened up the wall between the living room and kitchen to put a little breakfast bar on what's a half-wall now. In the bedrooms I'm doing a dark green on the bottom 32 in. of each wall and a lighter gray on the top portion with a stained, wooden chair rail around. The living room will be the same. I would like to paint the walls in the kitchen just a solid light yellow/brown from floor to ceiling without the chair rails. Will this create a design flow problem considering that you can now see into the kitchen from the living room? Should I continue the chair rail and two-tone color scheme into the kitchen as well? I realize it's all about personal preference, but I'd love to hear others thoughts on this. I don't want this to be an unpleasant contrast that people see when they walk in my home. Thanks in advance.

I have had a problem with paint peeling from all wall for years (large areas and small patches) . . I was told that I had used a cheap primer or the builder did not use any primer years ago. The problem is even in areas that I have scraped off the paint and gone down to the bare plaster board (PB)it still happens.Some times I was able to scrape off (paint) in 3-5 foot areas on the PB. In areas that I even had to fix the PB in the past it has happen again.I use to have hot air heat now for the last 5-7 years I have hot water base board heat. It has happen mostly in the front of the house that gets the most sun and usually is the warmest (living ,dinning,kitchen rm). It has happen to outside walls and inside walls. I have in the past even tried to use oil based primer before painting but that has not really solved the problem. Any ideas other that burning down house and starting all over.