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For the past year we have been totally refurbishing our house. When we bought it there was no plumbing and no septic tank. There was-and still is- a two seater outhouse in the backyard. We live on the side of a mountain [we are working on handicap accessability] and there were 43 huge. crumbling [some mostly missing] crumbling concrete steps going up to our house.
We initially tried repairing the steps, but realized that we had to replace each and every step. It was long and hard work. So was everything else we had to do. It is a work in progress, but I absolutely love my house.
The other day, someone said, "Wow, I guess in some ways it is a good thing that this place was never upgraded all these years or you would've had popcorn ceilings to get rid of. And that made me think. We have done SO MUCH on this place. and we have SO MUCH left to do [we are enjoying it most of the time though, and we do average only 2 hours of work on it a day] and if there were popcorn ceilings, I am not so sure that we would get rid of them.
Had we bought this place ten years ago, if there were popcorn ceilings that would have probably been at the top of my list for aesthetic improvements. Now, I just wouldn't care.
And it is not that I no longer care what my house looks like. In fact, that is more important to me than ever before. It is important to me that my furniture is attractive and comfortable for anyone to sit in. Though I don't have a particular "style" [someone told me '"Your house is SOOO vicky!"] it is important that there is a soothing flow, that there are plenty of fun little surprises hidden about, that there is a balance to how I place furniture and other obects in it. And I mixed together cookie dough that I keep in the freezer so that I can pop some in the oven if someone stops by.
So, I do care what my house looks like, but if I had popcorn ceilings, or something else that was totally out of style-say avocado kitchen appliances, or a pink bathtub- I really don't know that it would be something I had to get rid of, immediately if not sooner!
In the past, I probably would not even allow anyone in my home until I got rid of these "atrocoties," Nowadays, I think I might get a kick out of them.
I was wondering, has anyone else had this change in how they view things, or is just a "Vicky" thing?
Yes~ When I was younger into my 40's my home had be perfect, inside and out, everything had to match etc,etc! ~~ I'm in my mid 50's and my home no longer a focus point in my life, my furniture comfy and things don't match , it feels way more homey these days, now it's all about family and love ones~ I'm a frist time granny and blessed that he in my life daily because my son and our daughter in law live close by, so get to enjoy him! Yes I'm spoiling him~~
~" In these words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on. ..Love the life you live."~ ...
Not dirt, dust. Everyone has some dust in their heating/cooling systems. It comes from small leaks in the ducting which virtually all systems have to some extent. If you have smooth ceilings, it lands on the floor. If you have popcorn ceilings, it sticks to them and makes them look dirty over time.
Never had that problem. I'm looking up at a ceiling vent four inches under a popcorn ceiling right now and don't see it.
Plus, if given decent intake filters changed regularly, the output ducts are all positive pressure, so leaks would be out, not in, and shouldn't suck in dust.
Popcorn ceilings are only a little bit ugly. How’d you like these? I call them marshmallow fluff ceilings.
They do not scrape off easily. We are stuck with them. The one and only good thing about our water heater bursting and taking out our kitchen ceiling is we have a smooth ceiling there now.
I like it just fine. Of course, I live in a house built about 100 years ago that has plastered ceilings and plastered walls.
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