Belton House.

by plz_be_nice_im_sad

28 comments
  1. Surely this is just coincidence and you can sit on those chairs. Or is this a joke post?

  2. It’s a nice touch from National Trust that they replicate through most, if not all, of its old buildings. Different places have different things. (Pictures of) hedgehogs and heather spring to mind.

  3. This feels flawed. I personally wouldn’t sit on decorative seats like the above.

    But it’s just asking for people to sit on any chair where the pine cone has been removed.

  4. Having worked in retail I can promise you that people will not read signs, or just ignore them. 

  5. I see The National Trust has played Chairy Coney before.

  6. National trusts local to us use teasels. It’s definitely visually nicer than a load of “don’t sit here” signs.

  7. Jokes on them, I’m into that kinda thing (I really, really, really, really like nature).

  8. Last one I went to had holly leaves on the seats.

  9. Wimpole Hall? They had pinecones a few weeks ago

  10. They all use something. The most frequent I’ve seen is teasels.

  11. The place I was at the other week had thistles on the chairs that you shouldn’t sit on, and nice welcoming “you can sit here” knitted cushions on the ones that, well, they were happy for you to sit on. Nicer way to do it.

  12. I’ve seen them stick dried thistle flowers on the chairs!

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