….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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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.
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"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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"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 *an1978Woman
over a year ago
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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
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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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"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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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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 *MandMMCouple
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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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I can visualise the latter looking a bit like a herb rack….but sans the herbs 
