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Originally Posted by coffeebean
Just wondering..........where did this term "pony" come from. Never knew I had a pony in my home.
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I have been wondering the same thing. I found out........
According to bobvila.com -- "Also known as a half wall or a knee wall, the pony wall label emerged more than 150 years ago in Nebraska when a farmer by the name of Walter Clydell decided to build short walls in his horse stable to make it easier to see into the stalls."
(I knew Bob Vila would know.
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FWIW, our last 3 houses have had the ponies. I like them for all the reasons mentioned by others here. But the one level counters do look beautiful when I see them on HGTV. But nobody ever piles stuff up on those HGTV counters.
Boomer