Within minutes to hours after death, the skin is discolored by livor mortis, or what embalmers call postmortem stain, the purple-red discoloration from blood accumulating in the lowermost (dependent) blood vessels.
Common Chair Rail Height. Again, the most common heights for a chair rail are 32/36 inches. Another rule of thumb is that they should be 1/3rd the height of the room.
In those cases, the height of a person's chair determined the height of the moulding. Nowadays, chair rail is typically installed anywhere from 32- 40 from the floor. Many go by the thirds rule-measure your ceiling, divide that number in thirds, and install your railing 1/3 of the way up. On a more modern scale, many are installing their chair rail 2/3 of the way or higher up their walls.