Wallpaper
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When I was a kid most of the interior of our house (originally built about 1910) was always wall papered. Don't seem to see that anymore. Is wall papering completely out of vogue now? I remember mom shopping for wall paper and changing our walls about every 3-4 years.
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Re: Wallpaper
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06/09/21 11:42 AM
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Every spring my grandmother, mother and aunt's would wallpaper my grandmother's kitchen and living room. There must have been 1/4" or more of paper in some areas. With that old farmhouse, I always wondered if it was more for insulation than for looks....
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Mom still changes her wallpaper last time was 5 or 6 years ago Come to think about it she's about due
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06/09/21 08:28 PM
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In the tile business myself. I'm on a lot of new construction and remodel projects. Haven't seen any wallpaper put in 10 years plus. I remember years ago a lot of full walls papered, then just seeing a lot of borders under the crown, but none at all in a long time
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06/10/21 11:33 AM
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Wallpaper your shack with beaver pelts Beeverpeeler. You may be on to something there Boco. May be a market for beaver after all.
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I remember an old guy who lived in a railroad line shack without electricity. He was poor so the only paper he could afford was old newspapers. I used to love to go over and visit and see the funnies from back in the 40's papered up on his walls. A lot of them were ones that were long since out of syndication and I was just mesmerized.
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Re: Wallpaper
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06/10/21 11:54 AM
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We recently wired a master sweet that had some wall paper in the bathroom
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06/10/21 01:17 PM
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Lots of high end remodels use wall paper now but its not the inexpensive stuff I grew up looking at in a 1.5 story farm house in middle of Kansas that is for sure
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My Grandmother and sister were wall papering machines. Too much waste for me on some that had to be match patterns to look right. To be sure there is an art to it.
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Back in the day most work was done yourself my guess is it hide the mistakes and freshened up the walls back then maybe.
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