Comments on: Now with more TEXTURE http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/ Practical Lifestyle Advice for Homemakers and Home Owners Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ben Thompson http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-4787 Ben Thompson Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:21:12 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/#comment-4787 gotta love the deer heads...but what about the dust in those panels or whatever they are? gotta love the deer heads…but what about the dust in those panels or whatever they are?

]]> By: Never teh Bride http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-1217 Never teh Bride Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:10:52 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/#comment-1217 Twistie: Spill, please! Jo: I am right there with you. I grew up in a house that had faux wood paneling left over from the post-war years -- it was a Levitt ranch -- and I grew to hate it. In fact, I still can't stand it. Whenever The Beard and I looked at a house with it, I'd reject it because ripping it down would be so dang tedious.* <small>*Of course now we're planning to rip siding off the exterior of our home which will be more tedious, but one must set one's priorities! </small> Twistie: Spill, please!

Jo: I am right there with you. I grew up in a house that had faux wood paneling left over from the post-war years — it was a Levitt ranch — and I grew to hate it. In fact, I still can’t stand it. Whenever The Beard and I looked at a house with it, I’d reject it because ripping it down would be so dang tedious.*

*Of course now we’re planning to rip siding off the exterior of our home which will be more tedious, but one must set one’s priorities!

]]> By: Jo http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-1216 Jo Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:34:25 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/#comment-1216 Can we talk about fake panelling for a minute? I mean, it's not really texture, but once you paint it, yeah, it's sort of like having a textured wall, 'cause you've got all those little grooves running down the wall and sometimes those places where bits of the panelling has torn off or been installed wrong and it's hard to get paint into... ....*sigh* I just got up and now you've got me wanting a drink. Can we talk about fake panelling for a minute? I mean, it’s not really texture, but once you paint it, yeah, it’s sort of like having a textured wall, ’cause you’ve got all those little grooves running down the wall and sometimes those places where bits of the panelling has torn off or been installed wrong and it’s hard to get paint into…

….*sigh*

I just got up and now you’ve got me wanting a drink.

]]> By: Twistie http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-1215 Twistie Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:36:17 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/#comment-1215 Oh, would now be a good time to tell you why I will never, ever, under any circumstances even pain of death EVER paint a wall grey? Oh, would now be a good time to tell you why I will never, ever, under any circumstances even pain of death EVER paint a wall grey?

]]> By: Twistie http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-1214 Twistie Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:35:34 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/#comment-1214 You're on, NtB! (rummages through childhood traumas...finds very few...recalls tales of other peoples' childhood traumas...hits serious paydirt) You’re on, NtB!

(rummages through childhood traumas…finds very few…recalls tales of other peoples’ childhood traumas…hits serious paydirt)

]]> By: Never teh Bride http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-1213 Never teh Bride Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:28:38 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/#comment-1213 Carol: Glad I could help! Twistie: Be my co-author -- we'll clean up! Carol: Glad I could help!

Twistie: Be my co-author — we’ll clean up!

]]> By: Twistie http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-1212 Twistie Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:09:39 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/#comment-1212 I'm with you, NtB. I've never cared for a textured wall. If I want a pattern, I'd rather create it with color on a wall. Then again, there was a downstairs hallway in the house I grew up in that was panelled in this really rough, grooved faux wood that kept splintering in a surprisingly realistic way. Touching the wall could result in a nasty faux splinter that needed to be removed painfully from a very real palm. Hmmm...childhood trauma as aesthetic training. I think there might be a book in that. I’m with you, NtB. I’ve never cared for a textured wall. If I want a pattern, I’d rather create it with color on a wall.

Then again, there was a downstairs hallway in the house I grew up in that was panelled in this really rough, grooved faux wood that kept splintering in a surprisingly realistic way. Touching the wall could result in a nasty faux splinter that needed to be removed painfully from a very real palm.

Hmmm…childhood trauma as aesthetic training. I think there might be a book in that.

]]> By: Carol http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 Carol Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:35:41 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/07/02/now-with-more-texture/#comment-1211 Thanks for the link! We have to re-do our powder room and the walls are in very sad shape. This would give us the interest I'm looking for without the patching and scraping and filling and smoothing. Now if only Mr. Carol agrees... Thanks for the link! We have to re-do our powder room and the walls are in very sad shape. This would give us the interest I’m looking for without the patching and scraping and filling and smoothing. Now if only Mr. Carol agrees…

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