wainscotting

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Beautiful 3 Bedroom Victorian in Alamo Square, with stunningly high ceilings, remodeled kitchen, formal dining room, two period fireplaces, built in china cabinet, wainscotting, hardwood floors, new carpet in hallways, city views from living room.

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  1. wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
  2. a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively)

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  • Where are the gut-wrenching stories of today, like those of yesterday, that do not involve mis-applied wainscotting or a barbecue that won't light. —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • Wednesday, January 28, 2009 for arts sake worth hearing • very rarely does news make me cry, it usually makes me angry; the kind of angry that causes me to shatter dishes against the wainscotting, but not usually weep over the general state of affairs. —  Bibliophile Bullpen
  • It is adorned with beautiful wainscotting, crown molding, designer colors, pretty fixtures, and more. —  Random feeds from Syndic8.com
  • Beautiful 3 Bedroom Victorian in Alamo Square, with stunningly high ceilings, remodeled kitchen, formal dining room, two period fireplaces, built in china cabinet, wainscotting, hardwood floors, new carpet in hallways, city views from living room. —  Random feeds from Syndic8.com
  • I had only to add as a bribe that Oliver Goldsmith had visited there and carved his initials in a heart on the wainscotting, to make them eager to climb the steep stairs which led to my Surprise It began by my opening the door at the top with a key--instead of knocking. —  The Chauffeur and the Chaperon
 

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