Today's real estate trivia is about something I really like seeing in a home when it is done well. It is considered a feature today because it adds beauty to the walls.
I'm talking about wainscoting. Wainscoting is usually wood paneling used in conjunction with crown molding used to cover the two to three feet of the bottom of a wall above the baseboard in a home.
In the past, it was used to conceal the bottom of the walls to cover up rising damp - at a time when they didn't have a horizontal barrier to prevent moisture from rising up on a wall from the ground.
Today the purpose of wainscoting is purely ornamental.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Real Estate Trivia
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