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By *ensuallover1000 OP   Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

….are sadly, somewhat out of vogue nowadays it would seem.

Did you know that they originally came about in Victorian times as a way to protect walls from the backs of chairs?

How absolutely fascinating, right?

Anyway, please discuss

(I will accept skirting board and picture rail discussion also if dado’s fail to float your metaphorical boat)…

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By *ocksareoffMan
over a year ago

Out n About

Dado or dildo rail?

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By *ensuallover1000 OP   Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…


"Dado or dildo rail? "

I can visualise the latter looking a bit like a herb rack….but sans the herbs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ok, fascinating stuff about Victorian chairs, will that do? Those cloths that hang over the top/back of the chair are called antimacassars. They were there to prevent damage to the upholstery from a popular 19th century gentleman's hair oil called Macassar.

Bess x

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By *ensuallover1000 OP   Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…


"Ok, fascinating stuff about Victorian chairs, will that do? Those cloths that hang over the top/back of the chair are called antimacassars. They were there to prevent damage to the upholstery from a popular 19th century gentleman's hair oil called Macassar.

Bess x"

Thank you! I love such fun facts

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

didnt the victorians have dodo rails hence their modern day extinction?

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By *rBeejayMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh


"didnt the victorians have dodo rails hence their modern day extinction?

"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ok, fascinating stuff about Victorian chairs, will that do? Those cloths that hang over the top/back of the chair are called antimacassars. They were there to prevent damage to the upholstery from a popular 19th century gentleman's hair oil called Macassar.

Bess x"

Macassar, su casa.

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By *ensuallover1000 OP   Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…


"didnt the victorians have dodo rails hence their modern day extinction?

"

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By *an1978Woman
over a year ago

GONE/TIMEOUT (No DMs please)

I'm a simple soul, so long as the walls are there, I'm happy.

Seeing all these tiktoks of dark painted walls and gorilla glued MDF fake panelling looks like future nightmares!

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

I have a picture rail in my parlour.

The room was a bedroom, an office and now a room to store materials and archived documents.

It's a very basic picture rail, oh, and useful for hanging clothing on.

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By *r and Mrs SnogalotCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow


"I'm a simple soul, so long as the walls are there, I'm happy.

Seeing all these tiktoks of dark painted walls and gorilla glued MDF fake panelling looks like future nightmares! "

Most definitely a nightmare after all the “no more nails” or “sticks like sh*t” used to hold it up is peeled off taking most of the plasterboard with it or leaving waving lines through the walls.

Thankfully MrsS has never asked for it to be done.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"didnt the victorians have dodo rails hence their modern day extinction?

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i thought that was one of my better ones

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

I don't have dado rails in my house but I do have picture rails. And I blooming love them, can move pictures on a whim without making holes in the walls. Don't understand why they fell out of fashion

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I distinctly remember my parents almost divorcing each other when I was a kid over dado rails because my dad put them up squint in the living room

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By *ertcamembertMan
over a year ago

Reading area


"Ok, fascinating stuff about Victorian chairs, will that do? Those cloths that hang over the top/back of the chair are called antimacassars. They were there to prevent damage to the upholstery from a popular 19th century gentleman's hair oil called Macassar.

Bess x

Thank you! I love such fun facts "
Here's another one, wallpaper produced in the 19th century contained arsenic!

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By *ensuallover1000 OP   Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…


"Ok, fascinating stuff about Victorian chairs, will that do? Those cloths that hang over the top/back of the chair are called antimacassars. They were there to prevent damage to the upholstery from a popular 19th century gentleman's hair oil called Macassar.

Bess x

Thank you! I love such fun facts Here's another one, wallpaper produced in the 19th century contained arsenic! "

Strewth! I’d previously heard of lead in paint but arsenic?!

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By *ensuallover1000 OP   Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Talking of wallpaper; Does anyone here have any wood-chip paper on their walls? (It was hugely popular in the 1980’s as I recall)

It invariably proved to be an absolute bastard to strip off!

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By *londebiguyMan
over a year ago

Southport

I do not have dado rails but do have picture rails in the rooms downstairs on account of my house being Victorian.

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By *ormalfornorfolkMan
over a year ago

Norwich


"Talking of wallpaper; Does anyone here have any wood-chip paper on their walls? (It was hugely popular in the 1980’s as I recall)

It invariably proved to be an absolute bastard to strip off! "

Plaster over it. Like artex. They still do it you know.

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By *obshortMan
over a year ago

Cork


"I'm a simple soul, so long as the walls are there, I'm happy.

Seeing all these tiktoks of dark painted walls and gorilla glued MDF fake panelling looks like future nightmares! "

Yes totally agree, disgusting. Properly made by a real joiner. In a joinery shop, or forget it.

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By *ocksareoffMan
over a year ago

Out n About


"Talking of wallpaper; Does anyone here have any wood-chip paper on their walls? (It was hugely popular in the 1980’s as I recall)

It invariably proved to be an absolute bastard to strip off!

Plaster over it. Like artex. They still do it you know."

Artex another fun product to remove as it can contain asbestos.

Thanks for the info about the wallpaper, I never knew about the arsenic.

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By *ig_eric_tionMan
over a year ago

IPSWICH


"Dado or dildo rail?

I can visualise the latter looking a bit like a herb rack….but sans the herbs "

Except the the dill do.

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By *MandMMCouple
over a year ago

Welwyn garden city


"Talking of wallpaper; Does anyone here have any wood-chip paper on their walls? (It was hugely popular in the 1980’s as I recall)

It invariably proved to be an absolute bastard to strip off! "

Discovered that we have woodchip on the walls, while removing the dado rails. They had skim coated over it, but not very well. Stripped off the skim coat and woodchip to reveal lovely smooth walls. Well worth the effort

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Talking of wallpaper; Does anyone here have any wood-chip paper on their walls? (It was hugely popular in the 1980’s as I recall)

It invariably proved to be an absolute bastard to strip off!

Plaster over it. Like artex. They still do it you know.

Artex another fun product to remove as it can contain asbestos.

Thanks for the info about the wallpaper, I never knew about the arsenic. "

ARTEX stands for Asbestos Reinforced TEXTURED coating.

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By *MisschiefxTV/TS
over a year ago

London


"Talking of wallpaper; Does anyone here have any wood-chip paper on their walls? (It was hugely popular in the 1980’s as I recall)

It invariably proved to be an absolute bastard to strip off! "

That and textured ceiling plaster is one of the worst crimes humanity committed in recent history.

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By *inister_SpinsterWoman
over a year ago

North West


"Talking of wallpaper; Does anyone here have any wood-chip paper on their walls? (It was hugely popular in the 1980’s as I recall)

It invariably proved to be an absolute bastard to strip off! "

I do and my mum also had wallpaper with hessian threads through it, the same time as we got a kitten. I clearly remember the kitten scaling the walls and being found about 6ft up clinging on to the hessian!!.

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By *londebiguyMan
over a year ago

Southport

I do miss the dildo rails in the hallway that I removed when plastering.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Ok, fascinating stuff about Victorian chairs, will that do? Those cloths that hang over the top/back of the chair are called antimacassars. They were there to prevent damage to the upholstery from a popular 19th century gentleman's hair oil called Macassar.

Bess x

Thank you! I love such fun facts Here's another one, wallpaper produced in the 19th century contained arsenic!

Strewth! I’d previously heard of lead in paint but arsenic?! "

Many experts speculate that Napoleon Bonaparte died from arsenic poisoning caused by damp mould on his wallpaper forming airborne spores.

Bess x

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