Is this still classed as a picture rail?

Made_Without

Current owners seem to be using it as shelving :-/

Leave or remove?

C*F

wallbash

Looks like a dust trap to me .

( from a house husband)

So I would remove, Someone will say you should always retain orig features , watching to many diy house progs. You have to live with it .... and clean

Welsh_Totster

its a plate rail

Made_Without

wallbash wrote: »

Looks like a dust trap to me .

( from a house husband)

So I would remove, Someone will say you should always retain orig features , watching to many diy house progs. You have to live with it .... and clean

VERY good point! Oooph the dust that must be gathered up there.
But what exactly is it? Shelf or Picture rail??

C*F

Made_Without

Welsh_Totster wrote: »

its a plate rail

Come again? Really??!!! Or you pulling my (naive) leg? Why the heck would anyone put plates so high up!

C*F

keystone

No its a plate rack. There is a groove horizontally along the front edge to stop the plates sliding off. You'll prolly find that the bottom of the moulding doubles as a picture rail though.

Lovely original feature.

Certainly leave it in place IMHO.

Cheers

[Deleted User]

Hi,

here are some other comments, some for, some against.

keystone

Chocolate*fish wrote: »

Come again? Really??!!! Or you pulling my (naive) leg? Why the heck would anyone put plates so high up!

C*F

For display not storage. Not dining plates.

Cheers

Made_Without

keystone wrote: »

For display not storage. Not dining plates.

Cheers

I must be providing you some entertainment today! Sinks, dining plates

C*F

keystone

Chocolate*fish wrote: »

I must be providing you some entertainment today! Sinks, dining plates

C*F

Entertainment. Oh no. I was being a bit cruel earlier over the sink but with this I'm serious. Feel along the top of the rack. You'll find the groove I was talking about. Heres another one



The dining plates comment was in response to your question about putting plates so high up. Not for storage of eating plates for showing dispay plates. Very common in the past and (IMHO) you could well ruin the visual perspective of the room if you remove them. But it would be up to you of course.

Cheers

VoucherMan

wallbash wrote: »

Looks like a dust trap to me .

( from a house husband)

Personally I'd leave it. 'Out of sight, out of mind' would be my first thought on the dust (from a house bachelor).

Dado rails on the other hand are nuisance.

Besides, I can never look at one without smiling.