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Tue, Jul 29, 08 at 14:41
| In every corner of the house and at each door there is a tall post looking thing.When we bought the house we were told they are orignal and he thought they were victorian. |
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| Are you talking about some kind of pillars, or ??? How wide are they? Are then floor-to-ceiling? Painted to match surroundings? Hollow (tap them)? Where are the exactly in relation to doors, etc? |
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| Pilaster? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilaster |
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- Posted by spyrogirlkim (My Page) on Tue, Jul 29, 08 at 22:06
| they are about 4 inches tall and in every corner of the house,yes they are decorative.They are at bottom not up top in walls. |
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- Posted by antiquesilver (My Page) on Wed, Jul 30, 08 at 9:27
| Wooden corner protectors? |
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| The ones at the doorway - if the door casing/trim comes down to meet them - are probably plinth blocks. For example: (A pilaster is typically the decorative panel that comes up out of the plinth block.) The ones in the corner are usually just called "inside corner trim blocks", like this: My stepdad (a contractor, old-house-sympathetic-but-not-obsessive) also called them "corner soldiers", but I don't know how widespread that is. |
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| LOL, I used them when I put up molding in a house I just sold. They're great ways to get out of mitering corners. I called them cheaters. |
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