Currently there is chair rail with a tan above and blue below. My son HATES the chair rail and would like his room red or orange. We've tried to convince him to keep the chair rail and do red below but he doesn't feel chair rail belongs in a bedroom.

So I am looking for ideas for a red room that is not too overpowering. His room just gets the morning sun and only has 1 window but is 12x12.

He likes geography (maps and flags), landmark buildings (skyscrapers), optical illusions and the Ravens football team.

I cannot find any good pictures of red bedrooms, bedrooms with chair rail or something focusing on his interests for a boys room.

I am looking for any pictures or suggestions you might have.

If you want to keep the chair rail, there's no rule that says it has to be painted white (or your trim color) and that there has to be different colors above and below. You could paint the whole wall, including the chair rail, the same color.

Maybe I'm the last to know about this handy little trick, but I can't help but share it in case someone reading this doesn't know about it. It's so cool!

Here's a picture of our 'red room' which I had painted looong ago; it's the guest room in our basement. Yes, it's very red, but with furnishings etc the impact is lessened.

Here's a shot of part of the kitchen, a BM color called 'Baked Clay'; has more orange and brown than a pure red (you can see it looks different in different light; the real color is somewhere between the two; ignore the weird reflections in 2nd pic):

You mentioned he likes the Ravens; DS is a sports fan too and one of the cool things we got him is a 'ball claw' to hang a signed football (it's between the Bulls and Bears pennants.)