On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 11:58:16 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , Tim Streater
writes
On 13 Mar 2021 at 17:47:29 GMT, ARW
wrote:

We started fitting wall lights on some new builds not so long ago
and most buyers loved them.

Most rooms that we redecorate, here, we're restoring the picture rails
that some swine has taken out.

Our first house, a Victorian semi, had a horizontal board fitted at
picture rail height in the *front room*.

We used it for displaying decorative plates but I have not seen it used
elsewhere since.

That was pretty common on period Scottish houses. Not seen it on English
ones.

There's a house near here (East Kent) that has such a shelf all the way
round. It is integrated with what I am pretty sure is original panelling.

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